Kepa Arrizabalaga has spent a summer immersed in a sea of doubts and questions. His uneven past course cost him Frank Lampard's trust and sent Chelsea throwing Edouard Mendy. The former Rennes player came to steal the number '1' of Stamford Bridge, his since he landed in London in 2018 from Athletic Bilbao, 80 million euros through. If days ago I received Luis Enrique's trust in La Roja, being a starter in the friendly against Portugal (0-0), now fate could have given him a second chance on the islands: Mendy has left the Senegal camp with a thigh injury.
“The Senegalese Football Federation announces that the goalkeeper of the National Team, Edouard Mendy, has an injury to his right thigh that occurred during the training session on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 and has passed a medical examination at the Rabat hospital. Edouard Mendy also left the group this afternoon to return to his club (Chelsea) where he will pass more comprehensive examinations“That is the statement issued by the Federation of his country this Thursday, in which they report that Boubacar Fall, goalkeeper of the sub-20, will take his place. Senegal plays this Friday a friendly against Morocco in Rabat (8:00 p.m.) and receives Mauritania next Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. for a second, matches that the 28-year-old goalkeeper will miss.
Recovery exam
Chelsea do not play again until Saturday 17, when they host Southampton at Stamford Bridge (4:00 pm) in a Premier League match. The extent of the injury is not yet known, but this could become the first make-up exam for Kepa. There are only eight days left until the return to club competition and if the Spaniard takes his opportunity and gives away, if the forecasts are confirmed (a slight muscle tear means between 8 and 10 days of recovery), a good performance for Lampard, he would begin to build the foundations of his assault on tenure blue.
Kepa started the first two games of the season, against Brighton and Liverpool, while the signing of Mendy was taking place. However, even before the Senegalese's debut, Lampard handed over the keys to the title to Caballero on the third day, against West Brom, after the unfortunate performance of the Spanish days before, against those of Klopp, where he gave a goal to Sadio Mané. The fourth day was already played by Mendy as a starter and left his clean sheet (4-0 at Crystal Palace), in addition to Carabao's match against Tottenham, which would cost Chelsea elimination after a penalty shoot-out. Fate gives Ondarroa a second chance, we'll see if he takes advantage of it.