Things have been looking up for Chelsea in the past two weeks as Roberto Di Matteo has guided us to three wins in-a-row in the FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League respectively. Next up is Leicester City in the FA Cup quarter final and although it’s against a team in the division below, it represents our best chance of silverware and we won’t be taking any chances.
The FA Cup is a competition that is close to Di Matteo’s heart for obvious reasons and he has said that he will pick the strongest team available to secure the west Londoner’s place at Wembley in the semi finals.
Both David Luiz and John Terry picked up knocks during the dramatic win against Napoli in the week which will give the manager something to think about, especially as he has a well rested Gary Cahill to choose.
I reckon there could also be a place for John Obi Mikel in the midfield as he will also be fresh and was one of the best players on the park when Chelsea played Stoke last weekend.
Both Juan Mata and Ashley Cole have played a lot of football this season and I don’t think it would do any harm to give them a little rest, at least omit them from the starting line-up.
Cech
Bosingwa Ivanovich Cahill Bertand
Romeu
Meireless Piazon
Lukaku Torres Kalou
Subs; Turnbull, Luiz, Hutchinson, Mikel, Lampard, Sturridge, Drogba
Bravo Runar!
I’d pick the team exactly the same as you did.
Hope Roberto thinks so too.
Turnbull in goal. Bosingwa, ivanovic, cahill, bartrand in defence. Meireless, mikel, romeu in midfield and sturridge, torres, kalou in attack with 4.3.3 formation. Matteo should replace torres for lukaku and sturridge for piazon and also ivanovic for hutchinson in the second half to rest them also for manchester city game on wednesday.
cech
bosingwa cAhill luiz bertrand
romeu meireles
piazon kalou
torres lukaku
subs- turnbull, luiz, hutchinson, mikel, lampard, sturridge, drogba
——————Cech————-=
Bosingwa—-Cahill—Luiz—Bertrand
Essien———Mikel——-Meireles
Kalou———-Torres——-Malouda
Cech
Bosingwa Cahill Luiz Bertrand
Mikel Meireles
Sturridge Mata Kalou
Torres
————-Cech————
-Bosingwa, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand-
——–Mikel—-Romeu——-
–Studge—–Mata—–Kalou—
————Torres————
1. Kalou before Malouda for more Offencive play
2. Mikel and Romeu or Meireles as the playmakers, in all honesty Mikel has had some good games, hope he can build on those performances and he can be very important.
3. I would go for Terry if he is ready because he has had less minutes on Wednesday plus we would have more experience in the team.
4. All in all a young team we could field with plenty of attacking threat
cech
ivanovic Cahill Terry Bentrand
Ramirez Luiz Essien
mata
Torres Drogba
Cech-Bosingwa,Cahill,Hutischon,Bentrand.Mikel,Romeu.Meireles,L.Piazon,Kalou,Torres. Substitutions:Turnbull,Ianovic,Essien,Lukaku,Sturridge,Lampard.
Cech. .bosingwa. .ivanovic. .cahil. .cole. .mikel. .mireles. .lampard. . Tores. . Mata. . Sturidge.. . Substitute:lukaku. .kalou. .drogbag. .bretnard. .hilario. .essien
Turnbull-hutchinson-luiz-cahill-bertrand-ramires-romeu-mikel-sturridge-lukaku-kalou.subs:cech-terry-ivanovic-marieles-essien-torres-mata.