Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo is considering whether to drop striker
Fernando Torres ahead of the Blues' crunch Champions League clash with
Juventus tomorrow.It was deja vu for one of football's most
trigger-happy club today as Di Matteo became the latest Blues manager to
face serious questions about his job security following a slump in
results.
| Group E | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 19:45 | FC Nordsjælland | v | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 19:45 | Juventus | v | Chelsea |
| Group F | |||
| 17:00 | BATE Borisov | v | Lille |
| 19:45 | Valencia | v | Bayern Munich |
| Group G | |||
| 17:00 | Spartak Moscow | v | Barcelona |
| 19:45 | Benfica | v | Celtic |
| Group H | |||
| 19:45 | CFR Cluj-Napoca | v | Braga |
| 19:45 | Galatasaray | v | Manchester United |
And defeat in tomorrow night's huge Group E encounter in Turin could lead to his exit.
Speculation
is rife Di Matteo has finally lost patience with Torres after hauling
him off during Saturday's Barclays Premier League defeat at West Brom
after another miserable performance.
Barcelona's defeat at Celtic on Matchday
4 has made their goal of winning Group G a bit more difficult to
accomplish, but the Spanish club can still clinch the top spot with a
victory against Spartak Moscow on Tuesday and a Celtic loss to Benfica.
Spartak were defeated 2-0 by Benfica
in their most recent Champions League match and need a victory at home
against Barcelona to have any kind of chance to progress to the knockout
stage of the competition. They sit bottom of the group with three
points.
These two clubs played at the Nou Camp on Matchday
1, when Barcelona were fortunate to take three points against the
Moscow team that jumped out to a 2-1 second-half lead before Lionel Messi took the game over with two goals.
Messi
scored the only goal in Barcelona's 2-1 defeat to Celtic on November 7
and will once again be the most important player in Tito Vilanova's
squad.