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The busy 2020-21 season continues to hurtle along at breakneck speed. Big Cup returns this evening after a two-minute hiatus, and three of England’s representatives have the opportunity to make it through to the knockout stage in short order, giving themselves a little breathing space. Chelsea are on a five-game winning tear and, if they make it six tonight in Rennes, they’ll progress providing Euro Vase champions Sevilla don’t lose at Krasnodar. Frank Lampard will be praying it all works out, so he can effectively sack off the visit to Seville, which is sandwiched between next weekend’s annual donnybrook with Tottenham, and the visit of Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds and history (recent, ancient and personal). There’s a fair chance Chelsea won’t have a full complement of legs after that lot, so every little helps.

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