Terry, Eto'o and Hazard give Chelsea injury boost ahead of Atlético tie

Chelsea will have John Terry, Samuel Eto'o and Eden Hazard fit and available for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Atlético Madrid on Wednesday, with Petr Cech having also made a surprise appearance at training at Cobham on Tuesday morning.
The goalkeeper strode out into the Surrey drizzle with his team-mates just a week after dislocating his right shoulder during the goalless draw at Vicente Calderón in the first leg. The injury is still expected to rule Cech out for the remainder of the season – there remains the possibility he will undergo surgery – and he appeared to be

Mourinho threatens to play weakened Chelsea team against Liverpool

José Mourinho is threatening to rest virtually his entire Chelsea team and potentially hand Liverpool the Premier League title after revealing he will seek permission from Roman Abramovich to pick a deliberately weakened side in protest at being made to play the game on Sunday.
Mourinho's plan is likely to infuriate the Premier League and also has serious ramifications for Manchester City, who are relying on Chelsea to beat

Chelsea beware: Diego Costa is Atlético Madrid's warrior

Diego Costa hit the post against Getafe. Painfully so. There were six minutes remaining and it was 1-0 to Atlético Madrid when Adrián laid the ball across the face of goal from the right; it was escaping the striker but he was not going to let it go, so he flew at it, launching himself. The ball hit the back of the net and Costa hit the post. Hard. The goal secured a vital victory that kept Atlético top of the table, but Costa was down. The full-back Filipe Luís approached him and immediately signalled to the bench. As he turned away he looked to

UEFA Champions League Semi Final Draw

The semi-final pairings are determined by an open draw in which no teams are seeded and clubs from the same national association can be drawn against each other. The side drawn first will play the first leg at home.

Semi-finalists

Real Madrid CF (ESP) vs FC Bayern München (GER)

Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) vs Chelsea FC (ENG)

UEFA Champions League Quarter Final

QF 4 Manchester United (ENG) Vs Bayern Munich (GER)

QF 3 Paris Saint German (FRA) Vs Chelsea (ENG)

QF 2 Real Madrid (ESP) Vs Borussia Dortmund (GER)

QF 1 Barcelona (ESP) Vs Atletico Madrid (ESP)

Here we go...


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