The Chels

He's still not played a full 90 minutes even though he didn't go to the WC.

Ramires-Mikel pivot

Mourinho really ought to have been more considerate towards the fans. I also remember how, on the night of winning the CL with Inter, he told everyone he was leaving for Real Madrid.

I think teams should organise WC returns by minutes played and not how far the player's national team went. In Arsenal's case why should Podolski get longer off than Sanchez?

It was Mikel. I had to double check as it was such a good pass

LMAO what did Podolski even do?

It doesn't look like anyone even touched him.

Oscar plays everywhere. He was even filling in at LB when Azpi went forward

The interchanging between Oscar and Fabregas in the first match was excellent.

I thought Mourinho was finally getting over him when i saw the starting line up but he was waming up within no time and played most of the 2 games FML.

As a shot stopper Cech is as good as there comes. In terms of dealing with crosses/corners Courtois is miles better. I thnk and hope Courtois will be number 1.

Seems likely that this could be the starting line-up for Burnley. No Filipe Luis though hmm.

No Ramires!

Courtois injured according to Chelsea TV.

The first (half) match is on in 25 minutes. The second (half) match is on in 1h 25m.

Besiktas currently leading 1-0 against Fenerbahce. 13 minutes played.

Uefa are hardly consistent though. This seems completely unjust to me. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855

I doubt they'd have sold Falcao/Rodriguez before this happened http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/monaco-football-clubs-owner-must-3573473#.U-Q9w6OCmNg

A controversial opinions relapse? Back to rehab!

Filipe Luis certainly has a case (even if he hasn't showed it this preseason yet). Here's how highly he's rated in Spain, even by Real Madrid: http://www.espnfc.com/chelsea/story/1957572/chelseas-filipe-luis-was-atletico-madrids-best-player-paul-clement

Yes.

The Chelsea website is also now showing the times as 19:30 and 20:30 (BST) http://www.chelseafc.com/matches/fixtures---results.html

are you serious?

It's amazing how gullible people are. An obviously made-up quote/statement like the Fabregas one ('you have permission to kill me') and this one can spread like wildfire across social media.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/marco-reus-available-25m-claims-bayern-munich-boss-karl-heinz-rummenigge-1459984 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2717968/James-Rodriguez-s-Real-Madrid-shirt-sales-figure-exaggeration-say-adidas.html