Chelsea

Mourinho Names Starting XI To Face Singha All Stars

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has named his starting eleven the day before a game after confirming the eleven who will take on the Singha All Stars on Wednesday

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Football Talk
July 16, 2013

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has taken the unusual step of naming his starting eleven the day before a game after confirming the eleven players who will take on the Singha All Stars on Wednesday afternoon.

The Blues kick-off their pre-season preparations in Thailand tomorrow for the first game of the Here to Play Here to Stay pre-season tour and it will be Mourinho’s first game in charge since returning to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea face a Singha All Star team that pulled of a shock 1-0 win over champions Manchester United on Saturday, so Mourinho knows his players are in for a stern work out. The Portuguese coach confirmed that his first team will consists of experienced first team players such as Cech, Terry, Cole, Lampard and Essien, while youngsters Piazon, Kalas, Lukaku and De Bruyne will all get a chance to impress.

There will also be debuts for new signings Wallace and Schurrle before Mourinho makes wholesale changes at half time. Here are the teams Mourinho told Chelseafc.com he’ll be playing n Wednesday:

Petr Cech, Wallace, Tomas Kalas, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Lucas Piazon, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Schurrle, Romelu Lukaku.

The second half side will begin:

Jamal Blackman, Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ryan Bertrand, Marco van Ginkel, Ramires, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Demba Ba, Victor Moses.

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77 Comments

Partson

July 17, 2013 at 8:20 am

UmmM I’m so Happy with e happy one coz he’s proud of what he has right now nd he’s expecting to do his best with e team!Go on e hammer we luv ur line up its perfect everyone has got a chance nd the very best will cum out luv u chelsea!

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Charles

July 17, 2013 at 8:29 am

Bt cfc excutiv ray&jm,mikel shudnt b tag for sell or any offer frm any so club,shud or has to b overlookd cos ds guy mikel is 1 of cfc key plyer interms of holdinmf,essin evn d new guy jm wnt sign to rplace mikel,cnt do d gud dmf dt mikel has bin doin,so jm dnt u eva accept mikel to leav,he stil v many yrs of service to render in dt our mf,jm its lik u v made up ur mind to let him go?dts why ur lookin for ds guy to rplace mikel?do u tink dt ds u jm wnt sign cn do mikel job on dt mf?he cant,its beter to rtain mikel,so we d wast african cfc fans community re sayin dt jm shuld nt let b sold, ur startin 11 re ok,bt jm stil rmember to blend ba,lukaku wit alongside victor moses on d cf

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wedia

July 17, 2013 at 8:32 am

i think that will be a gud purchase.cos luis gustavo is younger and dam good.thats very wise decision.

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Alatamania

July 17, 2013 at 8:39 am

Nice formation4rm d great man himself’the happy one’for those of you demanding to see mikel,luiz,emboaba,mata,torres,azpillicueta, on the formation don’t forget they all have their part in confederation cup so they won’t be back till28of july

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Abiodun Azeez

July 17, 2013 at 10:27 am

Gud line up but stil want mikel to stay….

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emy

July 17, 2013 at 10:43 am

We luv john obi plz dnt let him go plz

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S.Azeez

July 17, 2013 at 11:00 am

Pls CFC,don’t let Mikel obi leave,Because we need him.Gustavo can’t do Obi job,mikel I̶̲̥̅̊s best ever for cfc in that position.Pls don’t listen to any offer for Mikel,You must keep him.

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patrick adebanji

July 17, 2013 at 11:25 am

plz let obi stay @ blues i beg u mr coach.

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Alatamania

July 17, 2013 at 11:37 am

Mikel was d1dat want2leave chelsea nt dat chelsea want2sell hid.Mikel want2go coz Turkey r demanding4lesser tax dan england and mikel want2be playing in his usual10 spot and he cant do that at chelsea.Mikel need2leave chelsea in order2win personal record4himself coz he’ve won it all at chelsea and Gustavo was one of d best holding midfilder in d world he is very gud in takling and very gud in passing forward2striker’s so chelsea should look4best option to make d team strong and dont let’s be descemenating d team coz of national team or tribalsms

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Oyewole busayo raphael

July 17, 2013 at 1:55 pm

Plz my lovely apy 1 don’t let my cfc main man mikel leave cfc for any club I stil want to c him on blues shirt diz coming season.
Thanks.

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Wesd

July 17, 2013 at 3:14 pm

I’m very sure of the blues wining the all stars of china hmmm the special one carry on your job I love ur line-up

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dominic

July 18, 2013 at 12:20 pm

we have MVG,RAMIRES,FL OSCAR and ESSIEN as the CMs two WEhave MATA,HAZARD,ANDRE,KDB,as the AMs three TORRES,LP,VM,DB,RL as the STRIKERS THEN finally back 4 i start with right back IVA,CEAZER THEN WALLACE I GO to left back COLE THEN RYAN I TURN to CB DL,JT,GC TO ME I CAN SEE OTHERS FOLLOWING MIKEL BECAUSE NO JOKES A ROUND EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK HARD AND FOR THOSE ONE WHO SAY CFC WANT TO SELL MIKEL ARE WRONG BECAUSE IT IS MIKEL WHO REQUESTED FOR THE TRANSFER AFTER SEEING GINKEL JOING CFC LOOKING BEHIND BOX TO BOX MAN RAMIRES IS THERE SUPER 8 FRANK ALSO OSCAR THE WONDERKID HE FEARED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO PARKING BUS MY BEST SQUAD PC,CA,AC,DL,GC,RAMIRES,ANDRE,OSCAR,FT,JM,EH THEN MY FIRST BACK UP MARK,WALLACE,IVA,JT,RB,KDB, DB VM,RL,MVG, FL the rest i will consider them incase of injuries

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