Portsmouth 0-1 Chelsea

[Sheva. 5,373]

STARTING XI: Turnbull; Ferreira, Kalas, Ivanovic, Cole; Mikel, Clifford, Malouda, Zhirkov; Torres, Sturridge.

[ruggedknot 105]

Wonder how relevant it is. Whether they are just giving him a game because he feels he can get through one last one, or whether it really is a comeback. Would be great to hear from the club about him.

As it stands , I'd presume they're taking it day by day . He announced his retirement , so for him to come back and give it a shot with his dodgy knee ...even he has to be apprehensive about a complete comeback although this will give him and the people around him plenty of confidence . Great stuff .

[Igi26 346]

Go CFC, 17 minutes

[Kostas 1,468]

According to the official website it's a 4-3-3 with Torres being accompanied by Sturridge and Malouda.

[TomCFC 356]

Chelsea will line-up in the following 4-3-3 formation:

22 Ross Turnbull

19 Paulo Ferreira

2 Branislav Ivanovic

35 Tomas Kalas

3 Ashley Cole

47 Billy Clifford

12 John Mikel Obi

18 Yury Zhirkov

23 Daniel Sturridge

9 Fernando Torres

15 Florent Malouda

Subs: 40 Hilario, 32 Carl Magnay, 62 Nathaniel Chalobah, 26 John Terry, 17Jose Bosingwa, 38 Patrick van Aanholt, 34 Ryan Bertrand, 44 Kaby, 10 Yossi Benayoun, 8 Frank Lampard, 7 Milan Lalkovic, 39 Nicolas Anelka, 11 Didier Drogba

The Portsmouth team is as follows:

Henderson, Ben-Haim, Rocha, Mokoena, Hreidarsson, Mullins, Varney, Halford, Kitson, Norris, Ben-Haim.

Subs: Ashdown, Pearce, Magri, Williams, Stockford

The referee is Keith Stroud.

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2394310,00.html

[milanoww 81]

Where is McEachran? He is not even in the subs..

[BlueLion. 21,491]

According to our official site, ben Haim and his clone will be playing us.

[zolayes 14,489]

who will Ben Haim injure??? Cech sensible to miss this game

[TomCFC 356]

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[EveryHeart 2]

where is Josh ????? i wanna see Josh ㅠㅠ

[Billy. 2,739]

weres josh??

[milllz 43]

cole, malouda, zhirkov???

[TomCFC 356]

Torres in the centre thankfully. It'll be interesting to see how Sturridge and him get on.

[Domino- 116]

Josh is probably not among the reserves

[eldo 868]

Josh is sub.

[lionsden 4,689]

Why is AVB playing sturridge and malouda out of position. . . .Sturridge rarely plays as a left wing forward

[The Big Drog 1,110]

Delighted that Sturridge starts right wing, I've continously said that he should start right wing this upcoming season so hopefully he puts a good performance in today and cements that spot in the team as his own. Bit disappointed that there is no McEachran but excited to see Kalas play first team football and just generally excited to see how we play for a full 90 minutes under AVB.

[crazy1 24]

has the game started??????????