Federico Chiesa named in Liverpool squad forward of potential debut
Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa is in with an opportunity of constructing his debut for the membership on this week’s Champions League opener towards AC Milan at San Siro.
Chiesa accomplished a summer season deadline day switch from Juventus final month however, having not performed aggressive soccer since June, he wasn’t on the bench for the shock defeat towards Nottingham Forest. The idea is Arne Slot is taking a cautious method concerning the Italian’s health.
The Reds boss has named a 23-player squad for the midweek journey to Milan and Chiesa is included this time, probably about to make his Liverpool bow again in his homeland.
A begin is unlikely given an absence of current motion, in addition to the competitors for attacking locations in Slot’s lineup, however followers will definitely be eager to see Liverpool’s solely summer season signing get onto the pitch.
The group departed from John Lennon Airport in Liverpool on Monday afternoon, with coaching on the San Siro pitch to observe within the night, earlier than kick-off on Tuesday evening.
Goalkeepers: Alisson Becker, Caoimhin Kelleher, Vitezslav Jaros.
Defenders: Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jarell Quansah, Conor Bradley.
Midfielders: Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch, Tyler Morton.
Forwards: Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Mohamed Salah, Federico Chiesa, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota.
That is the primary of eight ‘league phase’ matches that Liverpool will play within the reformatted Champions League between now and the tip of January. Along with Milan, the Reds are to face Bologna, RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, Actual Madrid, Girona, Lille and PSV Eindhoven.
Despite the fact that every membership solely face eight opponents, all 36 competing sides shall be ranked in a single lengthy league desk. The highest 24 will progress to the knockout levels, with the highest eight of these gaining an computerized bye to the final 16 and lowering their total fixture load by two video games.
