5/10 Chelsea Star was even worse than Palmer

After a summer of waiting Premier league To come back, it was not the performance Chélat Fans hoped to see this afternoon.

Instead of playing high-energy football, exciting and effective they have done in pre-season, ENZO MARESCA The side looked lethargic and largely out of ideas against Crystal Palace.

In addition, if it was not for Var speaker and excluding Ebelechi Eze’s free kick, the West Londoners could have started their campaign with a loss.

Unsurprisingly, there were almost dull performances in all areas for the hosts, but two we really stood out, including Cole Palmer.

Palmer’s performance against Palace

After his brilliant performances at the Club World Cup and the moment he had had since to better understand his new teammates, we expected a great performance from Palmer today.

Unfortunately, we did not have, and instead, English did not seem sure what to do for the vast majority of the meeting.

Now, the former Manchester City prospect has not made huge mistakes to cost his team the game, but he did not have a positive impact on procedures either and, as he is undoubtedly the best blues player, this is a huge problem.

We were not the only ones disappointed by his performance either, like the Dom Smith of Standard has awarded him a rather generous 6/10 match note in full time.

We say generous, because in addition to failing the eye test today, the statistics of the midsen of the midfielder make an unpleasant reading.

For example, during his disappointing 96 minutes, he gathered expected combined goals and assists of only 0.24, only played a key pass, misplaced 100% of his crosses, did not take a single shot on the target, failed in 100% of his dribbles and lost three of the four duels on the ground.

In all, it was a bad first performance of the Palmer season, although one of his teammates was even worse.

The chelsea star worse than palmer

Unfortunately for Maresca and Co, there were several runners who could take this place, but for our money, Joao Pedro there.

Like Palmer, the Brazilian striker entered the match of a sensational pre-season with the blues, but looked like a fully different player against the Eagles.

In fact, the former star of Brighton & Hove Albion was so disappointing that it was easy to forget that it was even playing in the first place, which is not that you want your debut in the league for your new team described.

It may seem hard, but once again, we are not alone in this opinion, because Smith gave a note of 5/10 at 23, writing that he was “frustrated by central defenders Marc Guehi and Chris Richards”.

Unsurprisingly, the Statistics of the Braconnier born in Ribeirão on the game of the game do not show how disappointing he was.

In 73 minutes of inaction, he recorded a combined figure of the goals and assists of 0.32, had no blow on the target, failed in 100% of his dribbles, took only 23 keys – 19 less than Robert Sanchez – lost six of the nine duels, lost the ball seven times and finished only ten passes.

In the end, it was not a performance to remember from Pedro today, but fortunately, it is only the first match, and if the pre-season is to be passed, it will eventually be well and perhaps a dangerous partnership with Palmer.