Unsurprisingly, Calum McFarlane has gone for a strong team in Chelsea’s final game of the season against Sunderland.
Chelsea travel to the Stadium of Light knowing that Europa League qualification is still possible with a win.
They will also need to rely on results elsewhere, but the club will take that after previously going on a run of six consecutive defeats in the Premier League.
Champions League football was the aim, but they will be grateful to at least be in the running for some form of European football after that disastrous run.
Chelsea confirmed XI vs Sunderland
Enzo Fernandez captains Chelsea, with Reece James left on the bench. Check out the full team below:
CONFIRMED Chelsea XI vs Sunderland
Reece James benched!
Chelsea XI vs Sunderland
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This is also an important fixture for Sunderland, as they have a chance to qualify for the Europa League, too.
The likes of Robin Roefs and Brian Brobbey will want to have good games and not just because they want to help the Black Cats bring European football to the Stadium of Light.
Roefs and Brobbey are both attracting interest from Chelsea, so Sunday afternoon could be a bit of an audition for the pair.
Whatever happens, this season will undoubtedly going down as a failure for the Blues. The “world champions” have failed to qualify for Europe’s elite competition once again under BlueCo. Xabi Alonso will now be tasked with getting them back into it.
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