Closed Sporting Lisbon v Chelsea

[HD3D 1,038]

Don't think Mourinho will rotate much because it's a match we really want to win. Probably only Remy/Drogba in for Costa.

I don't believe Mourinho rates Sporting as a strong team. I would be surprised if he puts Chelsea's strongest 11. On the other hand, he probably doesn't want to risk looking bad in front of his country xD

[Wizacar 93]

cech

ivanovic cahill terry luis

Mikel Matic

willian Fab Schurrle

Remy

[Myself 793]

cech

ivanovic cahill terry luis

Mikel Matic

willian Fab Schurrle

Remy

cech won't start mate

[Wizacar 93]

cech won't start mate

oops i meant t-bo.. so used to typing cech

[thehappyone 140]

cech won't start mate

canucks say mate? i have lost faith in mankind

[BlueLyon 9,359]

If we dont win, we will make things alot harder in this ''very easy'' group...

[LAM09 6,744]

I wouldn't say it's a must win, but we should have more than enough to beat them. We already slipped up against Schalke, so we need to make sure we don't the same mistake twice.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Must win game.

Would prefer to see us play as a 4-3-3/4-1-4-1 rather than 4-2-3-1 but who knows. I'd imagine since Sporting are at home they will look to keep the ball and take the game to us from the beginning which could suit us down to the ground if we play more on the counter as we are the away team. Not saying we wouldn't beat Sporting if we went gun ho but we need to get a win and after that goal we conceded in the Schalke game I wouldn't be surprised if we were a bit more cautious against a fairly decent side.

Courtois

Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Luis

Matic

Schurrle - Ramires - Cesc - Hazard

Costa

Wait is Ramires injured?

[mannyfreshh 164]

We need our strongest team for this game. Sporting will be very difficult to beat at home. We can lose this if we don't start a strong team.

[robdog 2,084]

Must win game.

Would prefer to see us play as a 4-3-3/4-1-4-1 rather than 4-2-3-1 but who knows. I'd imagine since Sporting are at home they will look to keep the ball and take the game to us from the beginning which could suit us down to the ground if we play more on the counter as we are the away team. Not saying we wouldn't beat Sporting if we went gun ho but we need to get a win and after that goal we conceded in the Schalke game I wouldn't be surprised if we were a bit more cautious against a fairly decent side.

Courtois

Ivanovic - Cahill - Terry - Luis

Matic

Schurrle - Ramires - Cesc - Hazard

Costa

Wait is Ramires injured?

Yes

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I dunno, Mourinho is going to have to be clever with his team selection for this one. Team rotation has to be considered I guess.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

We should learn from the Schalke game. The way to keep our key players fresh is to start with the strongest team, build a lead and then sub them off. We can't afford to completely drop anyone except Costa.

[Jase 43,479]

Sporting Lisbon’s remorseful Islam Slimani intent on wounding Chelsea

[Thendo 1,088]

What time is todays press conference?

[Special Juan 27,424]

Real tough game this and after that poor result against Schalke we must now get maximum points on the board.

[TheChelseaDane 48]

Hoping to see a strong team in this match, after the Schalke game, but of course with the Arsenal game in mind.

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry Luis

Matic Ramires

Schürrle Fabre Eden

Remy

[TheChelseaDane 48]

Forgot Ramires injury. Oscar in, and Fabre down on CM.

[iseah100 5,612]

Hoping to see a strong team in this match, after the Schalke game, but of course with the Arsenal game in mind.

Courtois

Azpi Cahill Terry Luis

Matic Ramires

Schürrle Fabre Eden

Remy

Think Ramires may still be injured.

Tibo

Brana-Cahill-JT-Luis

Matic-Ake

Willian-Cesc-Hazard

Remy