{"id":1204241,"date":"2022-09-14T13:36:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/mendy-and-kante-out-of-chelsea-game-against-rb-salzburg\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:36:57","slug":"mendy-and-kante-out-of-chelsea-game-against-rb-salzburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/14\/mendy-and-kante-out-of-chelsea-game-against-rb-salzburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendy and Kante out of Chelsea game against RB Salzburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kante-696x391.png\"   alt=\"Kante and Mendy\" title=\"Kante and Mendy\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kante and Mendy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante will miss Graham Potter\u2019s first game in charge when Chelsea face RB Salzburg in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea welcome Salzburg to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday after losing their opening Group E game to Dinamo Zagreb \u2013\u00a0Thomas Tuchel\u2019s last match\u00a0as manager.<\/p>\n<p>Kante, 31, is absent with a hamstring injury while Mendy, 30, missed the defeat by Zagreb with a knee problem.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Potter, 47, is expected to otherwise have a full squad to choose from.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s new boss will be managing in Europe\u2019s elite competition for the first time, having previously taken Ostersund from the fourth tier in Sweden to the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good time for me to get into the dugout,\u201d said Potter. \u201cMy experiences in the Champions League are just at supporter level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut obviously I\u2019ve experienced the Europa League with Ostersund, winning at Galatasaray and getting through the group stage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWherever we would start it would be a heck of an introduction, wherever we start it\u2019s going to be brilliant, so why not start here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RB Salzburg boss Matthias Jaissle was expecting to take on old friend Tuchel, but has instead switched his preparation to the former Brighton boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bit of a pity \u2013 I know him personally,\u201d said Jaissle of Tuchel. \u201cBut we had to be professionals. We haven\u2019t seen any games of the new manager with Chelsea, but we know about their individual quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have analysed their character and the new manager with ideas from (his) old club. We are very well prepared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was incredible, just the drive here, to go through London, to come here to here to the stadium, to soak up the atmosphere, it\u2019s something incredible \u2013 it\u2019s a dream come true for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"oSUHhpppMpQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eastern Corridor Road: Akufo-Addo inspects Asikuma-Have section on Volta Region tour (13-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSUHhpppMpQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kante and Mendy Goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and midfielder N\u2019Golo Kante will miss Graham Potter\u2019s first game in charge when Chelsea face RB Salzburg in the Champions League. Chelsea welcome Salzburg to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday after losing their opening Group E game to Dinamo Zagreb \u2013\u00a0Thomas Tuchel\u2019s last match\u00a0as manager. 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