Football news - Eden Hazard starts for Chelsea in Belarus
ByTNT Sports
Eden Hazard starts for Chelsea as they make the trip to take on BATE Borisov at the Borisov Arena in Belarus in a Europa League Group L match.
Blues boss Maurizio Sarri has left Alvaro Morata, David Luiz, Antonio Rudiger and Marcos Alonso at home, but starts with Hazard, who travelled to Belarus despite only just recovering from a back problem.
Joining Hazard in the attacking third is Olivier Giroud and Pedro, while Ross Barkley starts in midfield alongside Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jorginho.
Gary Cahill captains the team, while there are rare starts for Andreas Christensen, Davide Zappacosta and Emerson Palmieri.
In total, Chelsea make seven changes from their weekend 3-1 win against Crystal Palace.
For the hosts, Alexander Hleb starts in what in his fifth different spell at the club.
TEAMS
BATE: Scherbitski; Rios, Filipovic, Filipenko, Volkov; Baga, Drahun, Hleb, Skavysh, Signevich, Stasevich.
Chelsea: Kepa, Zappacosta, Christensen, Cahill, Emerson, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Barkley, Pedro, Hazard, Giroud.
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