The academy won't have it easy
Chelsea had only pride to play for in their final group match but looking at their starting XI, you wouldn't necessarily think it. Thiago Silva was afforded a rest but otherwise it was arguably the strongest team Graham Potter could pick against Dinamo Zagreb. Given Potter's assessment of the academy players who had spent time training with the first time, it always seemed unlikely a member of the development team would start, but perhaps they could have filled out the bench?
He said: "As I said before I don't think it's a time to be using young players just for the sake of it. I think we have to be competitive and respectful of the competition. There are still teams looking for points for their own qualification. So from our perspective we have try and pick a team we think can win the game.
