ChelseaFCSW6: 28 Jul 2008

Monday 28 July 2008

Bosingwa Out For Three Weeks

Chelsea's new right-back Jose Bosingwa will miss the start of the Premier League season after tearing a thigh muscle, says viewlondon.co.uk.
The 25-year-old will be missing for at least three weeks after suffering the injury 20 minutes into his Chelsea debut in the game against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical.
The £16.2 million defender underwent a scan in Macau on Friday and has returned to England for treatment.
"He is out for two weeks minimum for treatment and he won't be able to play for three weeks," said Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Chelsea manager.
"At the moment, he is out of the first game against Portsmouth."
Meanwhile Scolari has defended Chelsea's pre-season schedule after there were reports that the players are unhappy with the amount of travel involved and the time away from home.
They have played two games in China, and now travel to Kuala Lumpur to take on a Malaysia XI.
Then they will move onto Moscow where they will face Lokomotiv Moscow and either AC Milan or Seville in the Railway Cup.
"These games are important for me,' Scolari said.
"If I was able to choose the opposition, I would choose this team [Chengdu Blades] at this time in our pre-season. I do not want to play against strong teams, because my players are not fully match fit.
"Because I am new to Chelsea, I need to learn about my players. I have an idea about my players, but I need to work every day with them to learn more. For us, this is match training.
"We are here not only to play games, but for other things and for me it is better as I build my team for the games in Russia, and after Russia for the first game, against Portsmouth."

Chengdu Blades 0 Chelsea 7

Joe Cole's double strike helped Chelsea to a 7-0 victory over the Chengdu Blades in their pre-season friendly in Macau.
The game, played in a humid atmosphere, helped raise funds for the Sichuan earthquake appeal.
Nicolas Anelka began the scoring in the 15th minute when he picked up a Shaun Wright-Phillips cross and beat the keeper to knock it in from a yard out.
Wright-Phillips was the instigator again in the 31st minute when he crossed to Anelka who then passed to Saloman Kalou who calmly slotted past the goalkeeper.
Seven minutes later Frank Lampard added his long-range effort and at half time the Blues were 3-0 up.
In the 53rd minute boss Luiz Felipe Scolari brought Joe Cole on for John Terry. Two minutes later Cole scored his first goal. Then, ten minutes later, substitute Franco Di Santo also scored an easy tap-in goal just moments after coming onto the field.
England winger Cole scored his second in the 82nd minute also from a Wright-Phillips cross, which he whipped through his legs and into the back of the net.
Finally after playing a pivotal role all match, in the 84th minute Wright-Phillips scored a goal of his own, when Florent Malouda's drive ricocheted off his back and into the goal.
In their final match in Asia Chelsea will face a Malaysian Select XI in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday before they head off to Russia next week.