Sheva.

Nice start.

Bertrand is with the Olympic team.

http://www.flashwebtown.com/mediaplayer/mediaplayer.swf?backcolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&file=rtmp://cp96798.live.edgefcs.net/live/&id=ChelTV_Ch01_1000k@26291&autostart=true

Couple players not back yet, 5 or so more at Olympics and Cole + Malouda just joined up with the squad.

Bamford will not play today.

Can't remember what date Torres returns from vacation, but Lukaku and Bamford are the 2 strikers in the USA.

According to Blues News, there will be around 62k at the game.

Brazilian media say he's had a medical at Chelsea and it will be official Wednesday.

Chelsea - Mata, Rambo, Cech, Lampard, Drogba, Mikel, Cole, Terry, Cahill, Torres. General - Messi, Ronaldo, RVP, Aguero, Falcao, Iniesta, Kompany, Ozil, Hazard, Ibra.

Well played

Press conference which just ended (saw it on the club's twitter account)

Maybe it's just me, but i have never been really impressed by him.

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce that Gazprom has become the club's official Global Energy Partner. The three-year sponsorship deal will see Gazprom Energy, supply gas and electricity to the club and be involved with our award-winning global CSR activities. Chelsea FC chief executive Ron Gourlay said: 'This is another very exciting global partnership for the club, and demonstrates the ever-growing appeal of Chelsea FC. 'As a global supplier of energy with a commitment to the environment and social responsibility, Gazprom is a perfect match for the club. 'Our huge fanbase around the world will help Gazprom reach their key markets in Europe and Asia, while we will benefit from their support in developing further our wide-ranging CSR programmes.' Vitaly Vasiliev, chief executive officer of GM&T, said: 'The Gazprom group is delighted to be associated with such a well known and successful brand in international football. 'Gazprom supplies secure and clean natural gas to clients all over the world and this energy partnership with the European champions gives us an outstanding global platform to further raise our profile across our European and global markets. We very much look forward to working together over the coming three seasons.' The announcement follows on from recent sponsorship news that Audi, Sauber F1 and Delta Air Lines have all become partners of Chelsea FC. Gazprom last week also confirmed an agreement with UEFA to become an official partner of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup for the next three seasons. http://www.chelseafc...2851323,00.html

Stupid rumour, no way on earth we bid that much for a player with just 1 year left on his contract.

Yes, only Hazard and Mata. Marin is a winger, he played in the middle at Bremen because they had no one to replace Ozil. I have always known KDB to be a winger, but he apparently played in a deeper role for some time last season. Anyway, Yossi will be on the bench a lot, and Kakuta will probably go out on loan. If he is to play in a deeper midfield role (a 3 man midfield), he will rotate with either Lampard or Ramires. Something like this: Ramires/Meireles--Mikel/Romeu/Essien--Lampard/Oscar or further forward, 4-2-3-1: Oscar-Mata-Hazard, all 3 can interchange positions and provide a lot of chances for the striker.

No we don't. We have Hazard and Mata, the only two that will play that consistently. Oscar can and probably will play deeper, or we can play like City, with no wingers and 3 attacking midfielders.

LOL didn't know what you meant till i watched the video

This list only confirms what i already knew already that Journo's = ultimate trolls

Juanando

They beat Denmark and the USA prior to that. The Mexico game was a fair loss, but the Argentina game could easily have gone either way. And half the players you mentioned will be too old by 2014, so the team they have been using is not only preparation for the Olympics, but also for Brazil 2014.

Emenalo wasn't even Technical Director when Torres was signed.

Why? i can't think of what he has done wrong to make anyone dislike him.

From what i've read (only seen him play 3 times), strengths - he's quick, skillful and creative. Likely to cost around 20m. He can play on both wings (and also in the middle) so i think he would be a good addition to the squad. Hazard, Mata, KDB, Marin, Willian, Ramires. RDM will be spoiled for choice, can choose any 3 or 2 depending on who we're playing.