The World Cup is well underway with a mixture of upsets, impressive outings and boredraws already compelling and surprising across the groups. Groups E and F were next to get their tournaments underway with plenty of potential Chelsea interest.
Already Raheem Sterling and Mason Mount had got their tournaments off to winning ways, while Ethan Ampadu was a crucial component in Wales' draw with USA. Edouard Mendy had a more difficult outing as he had some fault in Netherlands' two goals against Senegal.
Tuesday was a quieter day for those connected to Chelsea, but former striker Olivier Giroud scored a brace which saw him tie Thierry Henry as France's record scorer. With that said football.london takes a look at how Mateo Kovacic, Hakim Ziyech, Cesar Azpilicueta, Kai Havertz and Romelu Lukaku got on.
