Potter: I won’t play youngsters “just for fun.”

• Chelsea’s advancement already secured
• Top of Group E
• Potter could still field first-choice players

Graham Potter, the manager of Chelsea, has confirmed that his team won’t start any teenagers against Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday in the Champions League.

Despite a busy schedule of games and the desire of young players to experience European competition, the head coach said he wouldn’t rest his team in favor of young players.

“I don’t think it’s a time to use young players for the sake of it,” Potter told reporters. “A lot of them have been impressive, I like the character and they’ve had a role in what we do here.”

Brighton Vs Chelsea: A Triumphant day for Brighton( 4:1)

Potter would view Wednesday as a low-pressure opportunity to test out tactical changes with some of his top players after the Blues’ 4-1 loss to Brighton last weekend. However, the Chelsea manager may have been anticipated to rearrange his pack for the dead rubber given the crucial Premier League matchup against Arsenal on Sunday.

It was a successful day for Brighton, and events unfolded in a cinematic fashion: not just a convincing victory, not just the appointment of their new manager, not just in front of a home game, not just demonstrating to their former boss just what he’s missing in west London…

This defeat undoubtedly requires Chelsea to contemplate. The other side of the issue on the road today was careless errors in defense. There was hardly any attacking sharpness, and Havertz’s starting role may be scrutinized in particular.

Potter’s team will not mount a comeback when Gross ends the game definitively with a touch into the empty net after the ball deflects off substitute goalkeeper Mendy. Var is checked for a moment, but it is given! In front of his own supporters, De Zerbi will record Brighton’s first victory under his leadership.

Sanchez moves out of the goal to securely gather up the ball after Broja attempts to sprint after a long pass in the box. Play comes to a standstill when March collapses to the ground while battling a groin problem.

Graham Potter is asked by the crowd what the result is. Chelsea’s time is running out as they maintain possession and attempt to break through the midfield. Brighton, though, does not make things simple.

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