By dixon9
September 18 2010

Ancelotti flitting back and forth to Italy due to father´s illness, Lampard still out injured, Bosingwa nears return and David Villa on his toughest opponent.

Ancelotti family illness

Carlo Ancelotti has unfortunately had to make various journeys to Reggiolo, Italy to visit his elderly father, Giuseppe, who has been taken seriously ill. 

Our manager will be present on the bench tomorrow for the match against Blackpool but will return again to Italy on Monday before rushing back to Stamford Bridge for the League Cup match against Newcastle.

Ancelotti´s father is 87 and is suffering from diabetes.

"My father is not well – he's an old man – so when possible I have to go to Italy to see him."

"He has good support from my sister back home, but I will be there when I can. Everyone here knows my situation, and I have good support from my assistants. It's difficult, emotionally, when it's your father. I have to do my best to stay close to him, but this is life. I will keep my focus."

Lampard still out

Frank Lampard has recovered from his recent hernia operation but has stomach muscle problems.

"He has a weakness on his adductor, and we want to strengthen that to avoid a problem when he comes back to play," said Ancelotti.

"The surgery went very well and there's no problem there, but his adductor is still weak. We want to avoid an injury."

"He's training but we don't want to take a risk. He has to put more power in his adductor, so he'll have to train again."

However, Ancelotti did say that Lampard may manage 45 minutes against Newcastle on Wednesday.

Bosingwa close to return

José Bosingwa has fully recovered from the knee injury that has kept him out for almost a year and is now concentrating on reaching full fitness.

We know that despite what a player does in training obtaining full match fitness is only ever quickly obtained by actually playing matches.  The Portuguese international right-back will play for the reserves next week.

It should be interesting to see how Ancelotti juggles with Bosingwa and Ivanovic, whose form has been so good that the negative effects of Bosingwa´s absence has practically been nullified - that said, the pace of the Portuguese will offer interesting attacking options with both Cole and Bosingwa operating on both flanks as overlapping full-backs.

Villa’s most difficult opponent

Barcelona striker David Villa has named a Chelsea defender as his toughest challenge in recent seasons:

"John Terry. Not just because of his reputation for being tough but because he is a great defensive player."

PART 2

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18/09/2010 18:10

Prayers and thoughts go out to Carlo, his father and the Ancelotti family in this difficult time.

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