Wrexham allow Chelsea to break obvious substitution rule during pre-season friendly
Cucurella was substituted onto the pitch after already being taken offscored twiceConor Gallagher netted their third of the night in the 80th minute as the Blues cruised to victory.Pochettino opted to make six substitutes at the start of the second half, withMcElhenney jokes Wrexham and Chelsea will meet again in the Premier League in five years
Having made all of their changes by Chalobah's injury, Chelsea were left with ten men for the remaining minutes of the match. However, Cucurella made his way back onto the pitch for his second appearance in the game as Chelsea wanted to finish with a full team. Both the officials and Wrexham were happy for the Blues to bring him back on in a bizarre omission of the rules.
Pochettino revealed the reasoning after the match: "Chalobah felt his Achilles and we wanted to play with 11 rather than ten. That was it."
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