Three months have passed since the last time Cole Palmer was benched for a Chelsea game. However, the apparent drop in form in the last two months saw him not scoring in assisting ever since mid-January, which is quite a long period for the forward of his ilk.Moreover, he played against Leicester City on Sunday through illness, and also failed to find the back of the net or to register an assist in a 1-0 home win. Therefore, several English media suggest the Blues’ “Chill Guy” could be dropped for the starting XI for tonight’s Conference League clash against FC Copenhagen.Oii Raheem Sterling has more G/A than Cole Palmer in 2025 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/aK6eV1CUc6— Phrase (@AFCPhrase) March 12, 2025 Chelsea celebrated a deserved 2-1 away victory in the first leg last week, and are favourites to progress to the quarter-finals. “Cole, Reece [James] and Christo [Nkunku], today has been the first session [of the week],” Chelsea’s boss Enzo Maresca said on Wednesday. “Yesterday they were not here and two days ago they had a rest. The reason why is because all of them had some problems but today, they were all back and they were all better.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8773593##Even though it’s not an ideal situation for Maresca, there’s a chance of Palmer being rested here without jeopardizing Chelsea’s status and the expected progress to the next round, with the Blues being the big favourites to win the competition.UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE – ROUND OF 16Second legThursday 20.45: (2.00) Cercle Brugge (3.50) Jagiellonia (3.70)20.45: (3.00) Djurgarden (3.20) Paphos (2.45)20.45: (1.70) Lugano (4.05) Celje (4.60)20.45: (1.48) Rapid (4.20) Borac Banja Luka (7.25)23.00: (1.33) Chelsea (5.10) Copenhagen (9.50)23.00: (1.50) Fiorentina (4.30) Panathinaikos (7.75)23.00: (3.05) Guimaraes (3.25) Betis (2.40)23.00: (1.85) Legia (3.80) Molde (4.50)***odds are subject to change***
