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Chelsea Face Dangerous Debutantes in Champions League

Written by Adeleke Afolayan

Wednesday, 01 October 2008

Action in the UEFA Champions League continues tonight with matches in Groups A to D with Chelsea, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid poised to maintain their winning start.

John Obi Mikel's Chelsea travel to CFR Cluj who shot to limelight with a 2-1 win at AS Roma in the opening match of the group. The Blues will be without defender Ricardo Carvalho while Deco remains is a doubt though Didier Drogba is set to make a return after missing the Bordeaux win through suspension.

The other group match sees Bordeaux and Roma slug it out at the Chaban Delmas with both clubs needing a win to keep hopes of a place in the last 16 alive after disappointing results on the opening day.

In Group B, Inter Milan face a tricky test of character when free scoring Werder Bremen visit the San Siro while a derby will play out in Cyprus between debutantes Anorthosis Famagusta and Greek club Panathinaikos.

Inter will be seeking to bounce back from the 1-0 loss to archrivals AC Milan on Sunday in the league while Bremen, with 10 goals in its last two league matches, will be out to end a two-year winless run in Europe.

Barcelona travel to Ukraine to contest top spot in Group C with Shaktar Donetsk while Sporting Lisbon and Swiss club FC Basel meet in Portugal for their first points in this season's competition.

Five time champions Liverpool, off a morale boosting Merseyside derby win, host a PSV Eindhoven side it has not lost to in their last four encounters, winning three of those matches.

Group D's other match see Atletico Madrid out to continue a good debut in Europe's elite competition when it hosts Taye Taiwo's Olympique Marseille at the Vicente Calderon.

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