After sitting out Chelsea’s triumphant final Club World Cup group game, Nicolas Jackson will also be banned for the upcoming round-of-16 clash against Benfica.
The mercurial striker was sent off for a late stamp during Chelsea’s 3–1 defeat to Flamengo last week, crunching into Ayrton Lucas moments after replacing Liam Delap. The English forward started in Jackson’s absence against ES Tunis on Tuesday evening, scoring the second goal in an easy 3–0 win to book his new side’s spot in the knockout stages of this expanded competition.
