Community Shield: Chelsea’s Ancelotti chooses Henrique Hilario as the Goalie
As Petr Cech is injured Calro Ancelotti, the Chelsea manager, had to replace him with Henrique Hilario, the thirty four year old Portuguese goalie for their match against Manchester United.
Ross Turnbull has been moved around a lot this pre-season. Turnbull also suffered a calf injury in the pre-season. With Turnbull constantly s******g up, Ancelotti has given Henrique Hilario a chance to play and thus start the Premier League for the team.
Ancelotti commented on the club’s official website that for the friendly coming up, the list of players that we will be see are going to be picked by him very soon.
Ancelotti instigated that he may use the squad he used in the previous season with the only change coming in the goal keeping department as he wanted to give Hilario a better chance of presenting himself. He concluded that his main idea was to use the team he had used against Hamburg last season.
The Blue’s boss stated that he had many options on the table to play his players freely but the ones sitting this out will be Jose Bosingwa, Cech and Alex. He did however mention that the ones confirmed to play are Daniel Sturridge and Didier Drogba.
Ancelotti continued by reckoning the players who had returned from the World Cup are out of shape and not ready to give a hundred percent in their matches but still they have to play and that is why we will be seeing more from their starting line up.
He said that now the team only has Turnbull and Hilario as Cech is injured for the time being. He admitted that although it is true that these guys have made some major errors before and that makes both the team and the fans unhappy it is very important to trust in these players.
Also after this match the team is probably going to play Hilario as he has a good reputation and has played the previous matches very well and generally every one trusts him and feels a lot more comfortable when he is in standing in front of the net.
Hilario has been with Chelsea since 2006; originally he was signed as a third choice keeper for the team but was given a chance to play in the first team very soon when both the goal keepers got injured. Henrique also played for the Portuguese national team in the FIFA World Cup 2010 making his debut in a friendly against China in March and won that match with a score of 2-0.
Ancelotti said that he is going to take this show piece encounter very seriously with Manchester United and it is very vital for them to start the season with a win.
He continued by saying that this match was going to be a really important check for the season. He said that he wanted to play and see where they stand against Manchester United as it is never easy to win against them.
The Italian boss continued by saying that they want to do their best as Manchester United like last season could again be their biggest opponent and the most problematic hassle in their way to win the Tournament.
For this same reason Ancelotti believes that it is very important for them to come back with a win in this match as already they lose way too many games and even friendly games and no one is happy about it from their side. Ancelotti said that now is the time to come back and Win!
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