Chelsea vs. KAA Gent, UEFA Conference League: Live blog ...
Welcome to Matchday 1 of the “league phase” of the 2024-25 UEFA Conference League. This is the first of six games we will be playing, three home, three away, to determine our ranking among the 36 teams in the competition. The top 8 go directly into the Round of 16, the next 16 contest an extra knockout round, the bottom 8 go home.
It’s our 300th European match!
Wins are expected for us, so let’s deliver.
It’s the B Squad for us today, just as voted on by the people. Andri Gudjohnsen, son of Eidur starts for Gent.
Here we go!
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Jörgensen | Veiga, Badiashile, Tosin, Disasi (c) | Dewsbury-Hall, Casadei | Mudryk, Félix, Neto | Nkunku
Substitutes from: Sánchez, Bergström, Cucurella, Colwill, Enzo, Madueke, Caicedo, George, Dyer, Guiu
Gent starting XI:
Roef | Brown, Watanabe, A.Gudjohnsen, Gambor, S.Mitrovic (c), Ito, Delorge, Surdez, Fadiga, Torunarigha
Substitutes from: Schmidt, Gandelman, Vancsa, Gerkens, Sonko, Samoise, Tiago Araújo, Dean, Kums, Núrio Fortuna, De Vlieger, Hélio Varela
Date / Time: Thursday, October 3, 2024, 20.00 BST; 3pm EDT; 12:30am IST
Venue: Stamford Bridge, SW6
Referee: Daniel Schlager (on pitch); Sören Storks (VAR)
On TV: TNT Sports (UK); none (USA); Sony TEN 5 (India); SuperSport MáXimo 3 (NGA); elsewhere
Streaming: discovery+ (UK); Paramount+ (USA); Sony LIV (India); DStv Now, SuperSport GoTV (NGA)
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
