{"id":1368681,"date":"2024-11-18T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1368681"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:57:17","slug":"noni-madueke-chelsea-enzo-maresca-england-starter","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/noni-madueke-chelsea-enzo-maresca-england-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"How Chelsea star Noni Madueke became an England starter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noni Madueke started both of England’s games in the November international break.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They were his first two starts for the England senior squad, having received his first call up by Lee Carsley in September. There was a bit of good fortune for Madueke with circumstance, as Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden were both out injured for the November international break.<\/p>\n

But Madueke had earned his chance in the starting XI.<\/p>\n

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The Englishman has had an interesting start to life at Chelsea<\/a>, joining in January 2023. In his first season, Madueke played just 12 games totalling 646 minutes under Graham Potter and Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n

He had his best run of starts under Lampard, but recorded just one assist. Under Mauricio Pochettino last season, Madueke played 34 times across all competitions but again only amassed 1,593 minutes. He scored eight goals and provided three assists, averaging 0.62 direct goal involvements per 90 minutes. But he only featured in 34.5% of all available minutes for Chelsea.<\/p>\n

This season, Madueke has featured in 54.9% of Chelsea’s total minutes. And it would be more if he wasn’t rested for the Europa Conference League league phase, being part of Enzo Maresca’s so-called first XI.<\/p>\n

In the Premier League, Madueke has started 10 of Chelsea’s 11 games this season, only sitting on the bench for their opening match against Manchester City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Madueke’s first start came against Wolves<\/a>, and he made it hard to drop him, scoring a hat-trick in Chelsea’s 6-2 win at Molineux. He’s also scored against Nottingham Forest, equalising and gaining Chelsea a point.<\/p>\n

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