{"id":890061,"date":"2026-02-04T02:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/why-palmer-was-substituted-against-bournemouth-caballero\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:24:11","slug":"why-palmer-was-substituted-against-bournemouth-caballero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/why-palmer-was-substituted-against-bournemouth-caballero\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Palmer Was Substituted Against Bournemouth \u2013 Caballero"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chelsea assistant coach Willy Caballero defended Enzo Maresca\u2019s decision to replace Cole Palmer after the controversial substitution sparked jeers from angry fans during the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Maresca was barraged with chants of \u201cyou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing\u201d when Palmer was brought off in the 63rd minute as Chelsea chased a winning goal that would have ended their disappointing spell.<\/p>\n

The Chelsea manager\u2019s move backfired, leaving them with just one win from their last seven league games and sparking more boos at the final whistle.<\/p>\n

The pressure is growing on the Italian, with fifth-placed Chelsea having dropped 13 points at home from winning positions.<\/p>\n

But Maresca, who was absent from his post-match media duties due to an illness, remains an \u201cexample\u201d to everyone at the club, according to Caballero.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAny supporter wants to have the best players on the pitch. We want to have that as well. But Cole is coming from a long injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this case, we need to find a way to find the right substitutions to go for the game and also to look after the health of our players.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have them for the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked why Maresca didn\u2019t face the media to explain his Palmer switch.<\/p>\n

Caballero said: \u201cHe didn\u2019t feel well the last two days. He was with a bit of a temperature two days ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did the last two sessions, he wanted to prepare the team. But after the game, he went to the changing room and asked me to replace him because he didn\u2019t feel well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s dealing well, he\u2019s very professional. He does a lot of hours every single day, even when the last two days feeling bad, he was there. He loves to train and to coach. He\u2019s an example for me and all of the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bournemouth went ahead after six minutes when David Brooks finished at the second attempt following a Robert Sanchez save, before Chelsea levelled through Palmer\u2019s penalty.<\/p>\n

Enzo Fernandez then fired the hosts in front, but again the Blues could not hold their lead, Justin Kluivert equalising before halftime after Chelsea failed to deal with a long throw-in from Antoine Semenyo.<\/p>\n

Ghana forward Semenyo is reportedly set to join Manchester City and he appeared to say goodbye to Bournemouth\u2019s fans before leaving the pitch.<\/p>\n

However, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola is confident he will play against leaders Arsenal on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not his last game here with us,\u201d Iraola said. \u201cI cannot say a hundred per cent but I think he will play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea will return to action against Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Blues have slipped down to fifth on the log after one win in their last seven Premier League matches.<\/p>\n

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Chelsea assistant coach Willy Caballero defended Enzo Maresca\u2019s decision to replace Cole Palmer after the controversial substitution sparked jeers from angry fans during the 2-2 draw against Bournemouth on Tuesday. Maresca was barraged with chants of \u201cyou don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing\u201d when Palmer was brought off in the 63rd minute as Chelsea chased a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":890062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32877,147926],"tags":[20203,147925],"class_list":{"0":"post-890061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-palmer","8":"category-substituted","9":"tag-palmer","10":"tag-substituted"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}