{"id":858873,"date":"2025-06-29T17:12:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/alternative-to-sanchez-mikel-tells-chelsea-which-goalkeeper-to-get\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T17:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:12:42","slug":"alternative-to-sanchez-mikel-tells-chelsea-which-goalkeeper-to-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/alternative-to-sanchez-mikel-tells-chelsea-which-goalkeeper-to-get\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative to Sanchez? Mikel tells Chelsea which goalkeeper to get"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has urged Enzo Maresca&#8217;s side to go all out for Benfica&#8217;s Ukrainian goalkeeper, Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Trubin, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues took on Benfica in the FIFA Club World Cup&#8217;s round of sixteen at the Bank of America Stadium, and the 23-year-old goalkeeper made four stunning first-half saves to keep his side in the game, denying Marc Cucurella, Cole Palmer and Liam Delap from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Trubin kept his head in the game up until extra time, where his error cost his team a place in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157439\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/04\/imago1061234841-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157439\">Craven Cottage, April 20th 2025: Players of Chelsea huddle prior to kick off during the Premier League match between Fulham and Chelsea. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/siasia-mikel-obi-rio-olympics.html\">\u201cShow receipts\u201d \u2013 Siasia denies Mikel Obi paid for Nigeria\u2019s flight to Rio Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/2016-olympics-mikel-obi-nigeria-rio.html\">Who is lying? 2016 pre-Olympic camp organizer fact-checks Mikel Obi flying Nigerian team to Rio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/cwc-chelsea-mikel-jackson.html\">Club World Cup: Mikel Obi blasts Nicolas Jackson\u2019s recklessness as Chelsea lose ground in qualification battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168181\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/imago1063228300-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168181\">Anatoliy Trubin saves a shot on goal from Leroy Sane during the match between SL Benfica and FC Bayern Munich, for the 3rd round of group C for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, at Bank of America Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the game, Mikel praised the young goalkeeper and urged Chelsea to go out for him, despite his error against the two-time UEFA Champions League winners.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAgain, another mistake from Trubin,\u201d Mikel said during post-match\u00a0analysis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P_9r_g5654s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DAZN<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about him before the game. He has had a brilliant tournament so far. Today&#8217;s one of those days; he just needed to forget it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still think we (Chelsea) need to get Trubin. There is no question about it. Clumsy tackle, that&#8217;s definitely a second yellow card,\u201d the AFCON 2013 winner concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151805\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago10613010-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151805\">John Obi Mikel, Didier Drogba, David Luiz, and Fernando Torres, Football Champions League. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Soccer <strong>Sanchez out at Stamford Bridge?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In January, Manchester City defeated Maresca&#8217;s side with a 3-1 scoreline, and the Spaniard made an error leading to a goal, becoming the first Chelsea player to hold the record of most errors leading to goal since the 2007\/2008 season.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez&#8217;s inconsistency in goal has been a pain in the neck for Chelsea fans since he joined from Brighton and Holves Albion two years ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_168197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-168197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/a5281ce0-db54-11ef-a5a7-1d54e1f39ca2.jpg.webp\" alt width=\"976\" height=\"549\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-168197\">Sanchez reacts to Chelsea conceding a goal against Manchester City. [Photo Credit\/X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea have been linked with other goalkeepers like Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Gregor Kobel, as per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/01\/30\/report-chelsea-target-robert-sanchez-replacement-with-bundesliga-shot-stopper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caught Offside<\/a><\/strong>. However, it appears Enzo Maresca trusts the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure, we continue to trust Robert. We trust Robert, but now we have one entire week [until the next game], we see the reaction and then we decide for the next game,\u201d the Italian manager said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/06\/chelsea-sanchez-mikel-trubin.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Former Super Eagles and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has urged Enzo Maresca&#8217;s side to go all out for Benfica&#8217;s Ukrainian goalkeeper, Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Trubin, Soccernet.ng reports. 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