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According to clean sheets all round online news, Chelsea have been handed a blow ahead of the second leg of their UEFA Champions League second round tie with Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday as John Terry is set to miss out once again, according to the Mirror.
The club captain has already missed the Blues’ last five matches with a hamstring injury picked up in the 5-1 thrashing of Newcastle last month.
John Terry has been back on the training pitch and it had been hoped over the weekend that he would be ready to face the champions of France in the crucial second leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He has been on an individual training programme over the past couple of days in hope to get him in shape to face PSG.
However, it appears the game will come too soon for the former-England international as manager Guus Hiddink has confirmed that John Terry is highly unlikely to pass his fitness test for the match as he is still unable to run freely.
The Premier League champions trail 2-1 from the first leg in Paris three weeks ago.
After Chelsea's weekend draw against Stoke City, coach Guus Hiddink was quoted saying:
“I don’t think John will make it on Wednesday. For the time being, there has not been enough development to put him on the list.
“It’s not worse – he trained and had treatment on Saturday morning, and he can run, but he cannot go into a longer stretch where you have to accelerate. There he has to be careful.
“When he is ready to do so, maybe on Tuesday, he will play in a practice match, but I don’t think he will make it. Hopefully, let’s see what can be done for next weekend.”
Assuming John Terry will miss out again, Chelsea’s interim manager is expected to stick with Branislav Ivanović and Gary Cahill in the centre of his defence. César Azpilicueta and Baba Rahman should make up the rest of the back four.
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