Fernando Torres has been ruled out of Chelsea's Champions League game at
home to Schalke on Wednesday and could miss the Blues' next few
matches.
Torres, 29, has been struggling with a thigh problem that he aggravated
in training on Monday, having been substituted in the 62nd minute of Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Newcastle.
Manager Jose Mourinho confirmed he would be without the Spain striker
with what he described at his prematch news conference as a "muscular"
problem, and he is awaiting the results of a scan to determine the
extent of the injury.
"Fernando we know is a muscular injury" he said. "We don’t know the dimension, we have to wait."
Should the results bring bad news for Chelsea, Torres could miss the
rest of the club's November fixtures, which feature Premier League
matches at home to West Brom and at West Ham as well as the Champions
League trip to Basel.
One of either Samuel Eto'o or Demba Ba are expected to come into the
side in place of Torres, who has five goals in all competitions to his
name so far this season, most recently scoring a late winner in the 2-1 victory over Manchester City nine days ago.
"Samuel and Demba, they want to play, they want to play," Mourinho said.
"They are waiting for opportunities to play so when they have that
chance, and they know they are going to have it in this game and the
next game against West Brom, they know they are going to have in their
hands the job to play up front. I think it has to be, a good motivation
for them and hopefully they can express on the pitch the way they work
during the week."
Chelsea currently top Group E, after beating Schalke 3-0 in
Germany in their last game, but Mourinho is taking nothing for granted
as they look to book their place in the knockout phase.
"We are in a stable position to qualify in the Champions League but if
we lose again we are in a difficult position, so Wednesday is an
important game for us," he told the club's official website.
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