Ashley Cole Makes Renato Veiga’s Confession Following His Display In His First Competitive Game

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Enzo Maresca’s boys have won the first-leg of their UEFA Conference League play-off round tie against Servette at Stamford Bridge.

Christopher Nkunku scored from the penalty spot immediately after half-time to give the Blues the lead. Somehow it was not 2-0 when Marc Guiu missed a sitter just moments later.

Chelsea did enough to edge past Servette on Thursday night in a European tie, and one player certainly did himself favours with his individual performance that catch the eyes of Chelsea legend, Ashley Cole.

The England and Chelsea ex defender praised Renato Veiga’s performance in his first competitive game for Chelsea.

He’s Strong in his tackles though he  struggled with inverting into midfield, but hopefully with time he’ll turn out good for Chelsea…. Cole says

The Portuguese defender was solid defensively, Perhaps could pass it forward more often. He played well and demonstrated his versatility by inverting into a midfield position.

Moreover, it stayed 2-0 with Chelsea taking a healthy advantage into next week’s second-leg in Geneva, Switzerland. Below, Bobby Vincent rates the Chelsea players out of 10 from their efforts this evening…

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