The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti has played the media well by announcing that he is willing to let his African players leave “early”, at the same time as he agreed to let the Ghana doctors come over and assess the injury to Michael Essien.
The Ghana Football Association want to get their team together for a two week preparation period before the African Nations Cup begins in January, and are not willing to take Chelsea’s word on the injury to their star player, Michael Essien.
With a goal each in yesterdays game against Fulham, both Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are pretty sure that that they can play together at last.
The Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka is very happy to have scored his first goal of the season against Fulham yesterday, and says he loves the club and wants to stay for the rest of his career.
Didier Drogba believes that this will be Chelsea’s year. Having kept John Terry while all the other top clubs were losing a star or two has given him the confidence to believe Chelsea will win the Premiership back from Man Utd this season.
The Fulham manager knows that his team will have a difficult job against Chelsea today, and he thinks that his opponents new manager will be very successful at Stamford Bridge.
The Fulham coach Roy Hodgson is under no illusion that their four-match 100% record so far this season is not under threat tomorrow when they take on Chelsea.
So Chelsea are aiming to keep their 100% record in this local derby. Most games between these two teams are close affairs but i have a feeling that Chelsea will continue their brilliant form with another emphatic win.
Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti made a change to his much-discussed “diamond” formation in midweek when he played with one striker and two supporting just behind. This formation is called the Christmas tree because of it 4-3-2-1 line-up.
The Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti knows Roy Hodgson reasonable well, and has nothing but praise for his style of management.
