Enzo Maresca has revealed that Moises Caicedo was in pain along with his ankle injury during Chelsea’s Club World Cup semi-final victory against Fluminense on Tuesday night.
Two goals from £60 million summer signing Joao Pedro sealed a 2-0 win for Chelsea on the MetLife Stadium, and Maresca’s side will now play either Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid within the Club World Cup final on Sunday.
Caicedo, meanwhile, delivered one other impressive performance at the guts of Chelsea’s midfield but he may now miss the ultimate after he suffered a twisted ankle within the closing stages of the victory against Fluminense.
The Ecuador international was treated on the pitch and attempted to see out the ultimate minute of the sport, however the 23-year-old was clearly struggling to maneuver and was seen with ice on his ankle after the full-time whistle.
‘Moi twisted his ankle,’ Maresca said after the sport.
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‘When it happened I told him, because there just two or three minutes to go, I told him we could play with 10 players, the necessary thing was to not make it worse because we now have a game on Sunday.
‘But he felt that he could try, but he tried and he felt pain.
‘Hopefully he might be fit on Sunday, we’ll see.’
In a separate interview with DAZN, Maresca said: ‘I told him that he has to do every thing to be on the pitch on Sunday so we’ll see.’
In a post on Instagram after Chelsea’s win, Caicedo gave the impression to be optimistic over his possibilities of being available as he wrote: ‘See you on Sunday, Blues.’
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