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Chelsea have suffered a major injury blow ahead of their Champions League Round of 16 second leg clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.

This comes after Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior disclosed at his pre-match interview on Monday that captain Reece James is injured ahead of the PSG clash.

According to him, the England international will not feature against the Parisians at Stamford Bridge.

Rosenior’s side lost 5-2 in the first leg against the French Ligue 1 side last week in Paris.

“Reece felt something in his hamstring at the end of Chelsea’s game with Newcastle United,” Rosenior said.

“That is disappointing for us and we don’t know the full extent of that just yet, but it rules him out of tomorrow’s game against PSG.”

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Barcelona winger, Lamine Yamal, on Saturday evening set two records after scoring a hat-trick in his side’s LaLiga 4-1 win against Villarreal.

According to OptaJose, Yamal is now among the youngest players to score their first hat-trick in the LaLiga in the 21st century.

He achieved the feat at the age of 18 years and 230 days today.

Other players are Gio dos Santos (19 years and 6 days) against Murcia in May 2008, and Santi Mina (19 years and 125 days) against Rayo Vallecano in April 2015.

Also, his hat-trick against Villarreal means the Spain international has scored 26 goals in 95 matches in the LaLiga, becoming the first player to reach 25 goals before turning 19 in Europe’s top five leagues in the 21st century.

Yamal will now hope to lead Barcelona to victory when they face Atletico Madrid in the return leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie on Tuesday.

LaLiga: Yamal sets two records after Barcelona’s 4-1 win against Villarreal

Nigeria have defeated Iran 2-1 in an international friendly played in Antalya, Turkey on Friday afternoon.

Eric Chelle named a strong side for the game amid the absence of Victor Osimhen and Stanley Nwabali.

It paid off as Moses Simon opened the scoring as early as the sixth minute, with a mazy dribble and sharp finish.

The Super Eagles doubled their lead after the break thanks to Akor Adams, after fine work from Ademola Lookman.

Mehdi Taremi pulled one back for Iran.

Nigeria’s next match is another friendly against Jordan on Tuesday.

This match was part of a four-nation invitational tournament, which also includes Jordan and Costa.

Super Eagles defeat Iran 2-1 in international friendly