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Chelsea could move controversial pre-match huddle

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It follows the unusual scene before Saturday 1-0 Premier League defeat by Newcastle when referee Paul Tierney was standing over the ball before kick-off but did not move away as the Chelsea players gathered around him for captain Reece James delivered his team talk. Speaking on Monday, Rosenior said discussion about the huddle had been "blown out of proportion" and was a "distraction for the media" "The lads always wanted to show unity and togetherness: the lads will continue to do that," he said before their Champions League last-16 match against Paris St-Germain on Tuesday. The huddle was the brainchild of now-injured captain Reece James rather than Rosenior, who explained their purpose saying: "That is the best way I think I can get messages across to them. " Chelsea need to overcome a 5-2 deficit on Tuesday night after a late collapse away at PSG in the first-leg at Parc des Princes. " Former Premier League assistant referee referee Darren Cann told BBC Sport he had never seen anything as strange "in 50 years of watching football" after seeing the incident on Saturday. " How Chelsea signed a star team with hidden payments Chelsea's James could miss weeks with hamstring injury Chelsea fined over secret payments worth £47m.

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