Chelsea will look to forget about their recent shocking home defeat at the hands of Sunderland to focus on the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid.
Blues are virtually out of the title race as they need to win the remaining games, need Liverpool to lose 2 of their last 3 league games and also hope that City drop more points.
Therefore, Champions league is perhaps the best chance for Chelsea and Jose Mourinho to finish the season with a trophy and that is the biggest prize.
No one can count out Jose Mourinho and even after a disappointing result at the weekend, Chelsea will come back motivated.
As far as the team news is concerned, Ivanovic is suspended for the first leg which means Azpilicueta may as well start as Right back and Ashley Cole may come in as left back.
The only injury concern is that of Eden Hazard who suffered a calf problem in the second leg vs PSG. Schurrle replaced him then and was brilliant.
Brazil international Ramires may as well be ousted from the starting XI after his flop performance at the weekend against Sunderland. The Samba star has been largely inconsistent this season, expect Lampard and Luiz to start in central midfield.
Here is Chelsea’s probable XI vs Atletico Madrid.
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Ramires Ousted – Chelsea's Probable XI vs Atletico Madrid
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Hopefully the FA stand up and do the right thing and slap a large ban on Ramires for the common assault he performed on larson, it was so blatant he took a look back where he was then swung a forearm in the face, After his awful stamping just a few weeks ago he deserves more than the 3 game red card ban for repeated offending!!!!!
@ninjawebby or watever ur are called , you are too hasty to point out what Ramires did put completely forgetting what the referee did in dat match . I even wonder hw that is any of ur business anyway since u are not FA leave them to do dia job . HATERS .
There is no sense in Mourinho benching Mikel all the time, the earlier he realizes this, the better for him and Chelsea. Matic has been largely ineffective and responsible for Aston Villa and C. Palace losses.
@passmark or whatever lol.
Seems like your team condone violent conduct, maureen avoiding any questions regarding his players and staff’s outrageous behaviour. Regardless of the ref having a bad game (yes, I agree he did for many missed offences including the charge on Ramires by larson)
However, it was only the 2nd game back since Ramires stamping against villa, and if the player/manager/owners/staff/or fans can condone his actions then your all no better than thugs.