{"id":1474,"date":"2026-08-18T07:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2026-08-18T07:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:35:20","slug":"new-chelsea-signing-facundo-buonanotte-brutally-left-out-of-champions-league-squad-just-two-days-after-revealing-excitement-at-playing-in-elite-european-competition-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1474","title":{"rendered":"New Chelsea signing Facundo Buonanotte brutally left OUT of Champions League squad just two days after revealing excitement at playing in elite European competition for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>Despite the setback, Buonanotte\u2019s Chelsea journey is far from over. With domestic competitions offering plenty of fixtures, the Argentine will have opportunities to impress and force his way into the club&#8217;s plans. Clubs are also permitted to make three squad changes before the knockout stages, offering him a slim chance at redemption if he performs strongly. The Blues open their group stage on September 17 in Munich, facing German giants Bayern. It\u2019s the kind of glamour tie Buonanotte had been dreaming of, but one he will now miss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea\u2019s Champions League squad for league phase<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong> Marc Cucurella, Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Levi Colwill, Jorell Hato, Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong> Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer, Jamie Gittens, Dario Essugo, Andrey Santos, Moises Caicedo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards: <\/strong>Pedro Neto, Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Marc Guiu, Estevao, Alejandro Garnacho<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-ng\/lists\/new-chelsea-signing-facundo-buonanotte-left-out-champions-league-squad\/blta8d4ef8252122452\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the setback, Buonanotte\u2019s Chelsea journey is far from over. With domestic competitions offering plenty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}