Chelsea struggling for defenders



Chelsea's Andre Villas-Boas struggling for defenders after Branislav Ivanovic injury | Mail Online
Branislav Ivanovic will miss Chelsea’s first game of the season with a thigh injury, leaving Andre Villas-Boas with a defensive headache ahead of Sunday’s trip to Stoke.

Ivanovic has not trained fully since pulling a muscle in pre-season and missed Serbia’s friendly in Russia.

His absence leaves Villas-Boas low on central defensive cover against Stoke’s aerial attack because Brazilian pair Alex and David Luiz have both had their pre-season programmes interrupted.
Chelsea have a winnable, if tough, match at Stoke but then face West Brom and Norwich at Stamford Bridge. For me, this news makes Bosingwa a viable option at the back. Though it worries me that Ferreira has gotten time at right back this preseason too, including the latest match against Rangers.

2 comments:

  1. It is not just that Ferreira has gotten game time during the pre-season but he played well whenever he was on the pitch.

    It's going to be a headache but I'm going to blindly jump on the Bosingwa bandwagon and hope it works out.

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  2. Stoke will certainly bundle in a goal (rugby style, if necessary) so I'm staying away from Chels at Britannica.

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