Eintracht Frankfurt vs Chelsea

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Chelsea FC

1 August 2010, 1530 KO - Friendly, Commerzbank-Arena

MATCH CHAT HERE

[EskWeston 696]

I think everyone will be available for this game at last. I am sure the players who come back today though will only have a small involvement. But it will be good to get a proper pre season underway. Will be good to hopefully get Benayoun involved at last and see how Carlo wants to use him. Hopefully we can continue the involvement of some youngsters, especially the ones Carlo plans to keep around. Should be an interesting game.

[Blue_Swede 4]

If anyone else is going and fancy a drink before the game try this place: http://oreillys.nl/frankfurt/

That's where my lot will be. It's just by the main train station in Frankfurt.

[Kujamowicz 16]

I'll be there, sector 20A

[Blue_Swede 4]

I'll be there, sector 20A

Same as us. See you there mate!

[Madmax 9,219]

Should be a great workout for the WC returned players and ones returning from injury like Bena and Yuri. Good news about the Drog travelling with the team, doesn't look like he'll play but good for him to be doing some light training work with the others I suppose. On the surface of it, the result doesn't matter, but it can only be good for the team psychologically to win games ahead of the season's start. Hope to catch some of the action online

[James 5,140]

From ChelseaFC.com

The Chelsea squad has departed for Germany, minus Daniel Sturridge and Frank Lampard.

Youngster Sturridge misses out on the trip due to a minor ankle ligament injury while Lampard will join up with the group in Frankfurt later due to illness. New Uefa Under 19 European Championship winner Gael Kakuta will also link up with the squad during the five-day trip, which involves two matches, against Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday and Hamburg on Wednesday. FA Youth Cup-winning goalkeeper Sam Walker is also in the party, as is midfielder Josh McEachran.

Didier Drogba and summer signing Yossi Benayoun are also on the trip, but as Carlo Ancelotti confirmed yesterday, the foursome of Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Alex and Deco all remain at home due to injury.

The full travelling squad is:

Hilario

Ross Turnbull

Sam Walker

Jeffrey Bruma

John Terry

Michael Mancienne

Patrick van Aanholt

Paulo Ferreira

Ashley Cole

Ricardo Carvalho

Branislav Ivanovic

Michael Essien

John Mikel Obi

Nemanja Matic

Yury Zhirkov

Florent Malouda

Yossi Benayoun

Josh McEachran

Scott Sinclair

Salomon Kalou

Nicolas Anelka

Didier Drogba

Fabio Borini

[Manuf 1,448]

No Di Santo =

[Kostas 1,468]

Chance for Borini to start?

[Madmax 9,219]

No Rhys Taylor? Is he injured?

Good to see Mancienne in there. Hope he gets a chance to impress.

Cork and Franco don't make the trip, and guess they're getting closer to the exit door.

[DYC. 7,542]

Glad Mancienne's going. It looks like he's finally getting a real and fair chance to prove his worth. Kakuta joining the trip is also very good news, he'll be very confident after winning the euro under -19 (important part in winning it).

Feel sad for Sturridge though. Really wanted to see him play with our star players. Also feel sad for Bertrand. Thought he made a good impression in the first pre-season game. In the second game he played as a CB so he couldnt really perform.

Suprised to see Sinclair in the list. Maybe Ancelotti will use him as our own ''Walcott'', coming of the bench. His amazing speed is a handfull for any defence, especially tired defences.

Di Santo and Cork will probably go on a loan spell again.

Edited July 31, 2010 by Blue_Soldier

[LDN Blue 7,903]

No Rhys Taylor? Is he injured?

He's on loan with Crewe, so he probably hooked up with them for pre-season training.

I'm quite concerned Bosingwa's not travelling, does that means he's not over his injury yet? Hopefully Kakuta will get game time once he arrives in Germany, will be a great game tomorrow!

[EskWeston 696]

Disappointing to see no Bertrand and Van Aanholt ahead of him. Wrong choice in my opinion. And a lack of Jack Cork is disappointing too.

Still looking forward to a good game tomorrow.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Good news is that Cech will be fit for the first game of the new season

[gary gordon 1,777]

What time is the game on in Australia Steve???

[Steve 10,227]

What time is the game on in Australia Steve???

If you watch stream, it will start at 12:30am, according to Chelsea TV online (Might not kick off until 1). If you watch it on Setanta sport its on at 3:30am.

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Is it only on Chelsea TV in the UK? Thinking if it is then i'll have to find a justin.tv or iraqgoals.com stream :champions:

[Steve 10,227]

Ever since Chelsea TV online was released there has been Chelsea TV streams, so you might find one!