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22 May 2011 180 comments
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Here’s some last minute team news revelations from the Chelsea camp – well, maybe not revelations, but certainly handy confirmations. Carlo Ancelotti has announced a partial lineup for today’s clash with Everton via Chelsea TV exclusive published just this morning…

“Fernando Torres will play, Petr Cech will play, John Terry will play from the start, Alex will play, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard.”

The Chelsea boss also confirmed that he will be without Jose Bosingwa, Ramires and Youssi Benayoun for the Goodison encounter.

The list of confirmations is significant in that it suggests that David Luiz will again sit out having been dropped to the bench for the 2-2 draw with Newcastle. We’re likely to see the same back four at Everton that started that game, with Branislav Ivanovic at right-back.

Moving to midfield and the inclusion of Lampard is no surprise but at least reassuring to his owners. The absence of Ramires could be significant however – he started against the Magpies to be replaced in the second-half by Florent Malouda – the Frenchman could now earn a recall to the side for today’s game along with Michael Essien who may come in for Chelsea’s Young Player of the Year Josh McEachran.

The mention for Torres would suggest a start up front and that could well mean that Didier Drogba finds himself on the bench having had to settle for substitute appearance against Newcastle. Ancelotti could also go with both strikers of course having started with Benayoun in a 4-3-3 last weekend. Nothing is certain then – but at least Ancelotti has lived up to his billing as the Fantasy Manager’s friend by giving us some strong leads.

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  1. Twisted Saltergater
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Are Birmingham going to score today? Really?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      14 years, 11 months ago

      Probably not.

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  2. applebonkers
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    i wasn't lying about the chelsea news then 😎

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    1. andy85wsm
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      14 years, 11 months ago

      :mrgreen:

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  3. Denis Tueart on the wing
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Whon will score the most points today, LAMPS or BAINES ? Desperate !!! need to take 1 out --- HELP.

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  4. markieffm
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Will coleman play or is it worth a 4 point hit? I have a bench of Luiz, odem and djourou. Lol

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  5. markieffm
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    14 years, 11 months ago

    Djourou to R Taylor for a 4 point hit?

    Got no bench basically

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