{"id":295938,"date":"2023-11-02T07:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T07:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295938"},"modified":"2023-11-02T07:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T07:23:57","slug":"pochettino-admits-chelsea-need-to-avoid-risks-with-reece-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/pochettino-admits-chelsea-need-to-avoid-risks-with-reece-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Pochettino admits Chelsea &apos;need to avoid risks&apos; with Reece James"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mauricio Pochettino admits Chelsea &#8216;need to avoid risks&#8217; with Reece James&#8217; fitness after Blues captain made his first start since August following a hamstring injury<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea beat Blackburn 2-0 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reece James made his second start of the season after recovering from injury\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino is taking a &#8216;careful&#8217; approach with captain Reece James, who started a match for just the second time this season in the Blues&#8217; 2-0 Carabao Cup victory over Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>James, who has been making his way back to full fitness after sustaining a hamstring issue in August, played 61 minutes of Wednesday&#8217;s tie before he was swapped for Malo Gusto.<\/p>\n<p>Benoit Badiashile netted the opener in his first appearance this season, while Raheem Sterling added a second after the break to book the Blues a quarter-final clash with Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said: &#8216;The plan was to check at half-time how [James] was feeling, and after 15 minutes he starts to feel tired and we&#8217;re checking from the second half, and we need to be careful how we manage him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We decide to make the change because I think it is important now, the progression, and being careful about not going back, sometimes [you] play 90 minutes and maybe take some risks, but we need to avoid this.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/06\/77306793-0-image-m-3_1698905318937.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino said he is taking a &#8216;careful&#8217; approach with captain Reece James<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/06\/77306781-0-image-a-1_1698905312667.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Blues captain started for the first time since August in the 2-0 win over Blackburn in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s true that we cannot 100 per cent avoid risk, but the plan is to go little by little.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Badiashile, who had not appeared for Chelsea since May, broke the deadlock on the half-hour mark after Leopold Wahlstedt&#8217;s save deflected favourably into his path.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides had penalty shouts go unanswered by referee Tim Robinson before the break, including a potential handball on Conor Gallagher that could have swung momentum in the visitors&#8217; favour, but Sterling&#8217;s top-corner strike made it a comfortable second half for the hosts.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn had their chances &#8211; Harry Leonard firing just wide moments after the interval and substitute Arnor Sigurdsson coming close in stoppage time &#8211; but never looked close to a comeback in front of the 3,000 fans who had made the trip south.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Dahl Tomasson was convinced his Rovers side should have been awarded a spot-kick, but was pleased by how well his youthful side responded to their top-flight opposition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/06\/77306783-0-image-a-4_1698905332127.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>James, who is recovering from a hamstring injury, played 61 minutes before being subbed off<\/p>\n<p>The Danish boss, who believes cup football is &#8216;extremely important&#8217; said: &#8216;It was a great challenge, and I think our fans will be proud of this young Rovers team playing against a top team in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The millionaires from the Premier League against the young guns from the Championship and do a challenge and an effort like this, I think the boys will learn a lot from this game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you play at this level you need to make a decision quite quick, the intensity is high, the decision-making needs to be right and I thought actually we had some great attacks on the ball as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m sure this young group will take a lot from this game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12700979\/Mauricio-Pochettino-Reece-James-fitness-risk-Chelsea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino admits Chelsea &#8216;need to avoid risks&#8217; 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