{"id":14542,"date":"2024-05-19T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/?p=14542"},"modified":"2024-05-19T10:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T02:40:20","slug":"captain-reece-james-says-chelsea-can-reach-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/captain-reece-james-says-chelsea-can-reach-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"European Spot Within Reach for Chelsea, Says Returning Captain Reece James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/European Spot Within Reach for Chelsea, Says Returning Captain Reece James Chelsea can secure a top-five finish in the Premier League as they aim to end the season on a high note with renewed form, stated captain Reece James (24) following their 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest. The West London club overcame an early deficit to clinch three points on Saturday, courtesy of Raheem Sterling&#039;s 80th-minute equalizer and Nicolas Jackson&#039;s winner two minutes later. James, making his first appearance in five months after undergoing hamstring surgery, provided the assist for Jackson&#039;s decisive goal. Chelsea, who have struggled with injuries and inconsistent performances from their young squad, have shown significant improvement in recent weeks under Mauricio Pochettino&#039;s management. The twice Champions League winners have climbed the standings swiftly. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81-uM0KYUrA Currently seventh with 57 points and two games left, Chelsea are tied with sixth-placed Newcastle United and trail fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur by six points. &quot;We\u2019re finding a good level and maintaining consistency week in, week out. Despite our youth and occasional off days, we&#039;ve improved and are finishing the season strong,&quot; James told the club&#039;s website. &quot;Europe represents one of the highest levels in club football, and as one of the biggest clubs, we aim to be in the Champions League every season. That&#039;s our goal.&quot; Chelsea will face Brighton &amp; Hove Albion on Wednesday and host Bournemouth on Sunday.\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chelsea <\/a>can secure a top-five finish in the Premier League as they aim to end the season on a high note with renewed form, stated captain Reece James (24) following their 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest. The West London club overcame an early deficit to clinch three points on Saturday, courtesy of Raheem Sterling&#8217;s 80th-minute equalizer and Nicolas Jackson&#8217;s winner two minutes later.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James, making his first appearance in five months after undergoing hamstring surgery, provided the assist for Jackson&#8217;s decisive goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Under Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s leadership, Chelsea, who have suffered with injuries and patchy performances from their youthful roster, have made notable progress in recent weeks. The two-time Champions League champions have quickly ascended the rankings.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live<a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> football scores<\/a> delivered to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nottingham Forest 2-3 Chelsea | Premier League Highlights\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/81-uM0KYUrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Currently seventh with 57 points and two games left, Chelsea are tied with sixth-placed Newcastle United and trail fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur by six points.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;We\u2019re finding a good level and maintaining consistency week in, week out. Despite our youth and occasional off days, we&#8217;ve improved and are finishing the season strong,&#8221; James told the club&#8217;s website.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Europe represents one of the highest levels in club football, and as one of the biggest clubs, we aim to be in the Champions League every season. That&#8217;s our goal.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chelsea will face Brighton &amp; Hove Albion on Wednesday and host Bournemouth on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea can secure a top-five finish in the Premier League as they aim to end the season on a high note with renewed form, stated captain Reece James (24) following their 3-2 win at Nottingham Forest. The West London club overcame an early deficit to clinch three points on Saturday, courtesy of Raheem Sterling&#8217;s 80th-minute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Chelsea can secure a top-five finish in the Premier League as they aim to end the season on a high note with renewed form.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,36,4227,17],"class_list":["post-14542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-chelsea","tag-football","tag-james-reece","tag-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14546,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14542\/revisions\/14546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}