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.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.
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.
It is not just that Ferreira has gotten game time during the pre-season but he played well whenever he was on the pitch.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a headache but I'm going to blindly jump on the Bosingwa bandwagon and hope it works out.
Stoke will certainly bundle in a goal (rugby style, if necessary) so I'm staying away from Chels at Britannica.
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