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Carvalho and Cole return to squad
Tuesday, Aug 23, 2005
Ricardo Carvalho is to be restored to the group of 16 players that
will be named on the team sheet for the visit of West Bromwich Albion on
Wednesday evening.
Looking ahead to the second Premiership game at Stamford Bridge in
four days, Jose Mourinho announced: “Ricardo will be involved in the
game.”
Special attention is of course being given to the Portuguese
international defender’s position following his public questioning of
selection policy and even more public admonishment by Mourinho last week.
“He did what he did, we reacted the way we reacted. He was punished
by the club from a financial point of view plus the biggest punishment a
player can have when he was out of the team for a big game. It is
enough,” declared Mourinho.
“Now he has to work and he knows he stays at Chelsea. He is a great
player. He was voted the best central defender in the Champions League
two years ago. He is a top player we want to keep. What happened happened
and it’s over.”
While not as open with the details of his team selection for the
coming game as he is on occasions, the Chelsea manager revealed that Joe
Cole will also be in the 16-man group having missed out against Arsenal.
There will be changes to the team from the Arsenal game said
Mourinho, but not too many. He then moved on to defend Chelsea’s record
of two 1-0 victories in the opening two fixtures.
“At the beginning of the season, Chelsea v Man United or Chelsea v
Arsenal are not the best games to perform very well in. They are tactical
games, games under pressure. Nobody wants to lose, it’s two big teams
and like Wenger was saying after the game, the first team to make a
defensive mistake would probably lose the game.
“So these are big games and big games at the beginning of the season
are difficult to do well in.
“Wigan, yes, I didn’t like, but the Arsenal game from the
organisation point of view we did tactically well. Individually we can
ask something extra from the great players we have but the team had a
very good structure and controlled emotions.
“We will play better,” he insisted. “The day we score two or three
goals, I believe more goals will come then.”
Mourinho described the success Wednesday’s opponents enjoyed last
season in being the one of the four relegation battlers to escape as
them ‘winning their championship’.
“It was a fantastic achievement so West Brom are a team that comes
back with a lot of confidence. They got a good point against Man City and
three good points against Portsmouth at home.
“They are in good shape to come here to Stamford Bridge and give us
a good game.”
West Brom have no reported injuries as they head down to London.
by Paul Mason
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