Scolari hoping for fit key players before City clash

September 11, 2008

Scolari, the current Chelsea boss, has been keeping his fingers crossed so that no more players of his team reports of being injured (in the process become unavailable) after their international duty. In fact, Chelsea has an all important match against Manchester City within a few days.

In recent times, the London based club have been rocked by a series of injuries from its key players including midfielder Michael Essien, who has been ruled out for six months after suffering from a ruptured anterior ligament while he was away with Ghana.

With no immediate replacement available for Essien, who needs an extensive period of rehabilitation after a surgery and the transfer window closed till the month of January, the plans of Chelsea’s manager has taken some serious blows.

The only good news lies in the fact that John Obi Mikel from Nigeria is expected to be fully fit after he was suffering from a leg problem and is likely to face City.

Luiz Felipe Scolari also hopes for an injury free John Terry, Ashley Cole, Wayne bridge, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole, when they return to Cobham shortly.

Michael Ballack from Germany still remains troubled by his foot injury adding to Scolari’s woes.

With the likely return of key striker Didier Drogba on Saturday, Chelsea is expected to receive a welcome boost.

Drogba has been out too with a knee problem and failed to feature in any of the matches this season. But, the coach expects him to play only 45 minutes against Manchester City, as he is still yet to recover fully.

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