Wed, 28th Nov 2007
Didier Drogba has recovered sufficiently from a knee injury to start and will be flanked in a 4-3-3 shape by Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joe Cole.
Champions League expert Claude Makelele comes in for John Mikel Obi, Alex replaces Tal Ben-Haim at the back and Steve Sidwell makes way for Michael Essien.
Saturday scorer Salomon Kalou returns to the bench.
Rosenborg name the same side that won well in Valencia last time out. Former Tottenham striker, who scored twice in Mestalla, will be parterned by Burkina Faso international Yssouf Koné.
Champions League expert Claude Makelele comes in for John Mikel Obi, Alex replaces Tal Ben-Haim at the back and Steve Sidwell makes way for Michael Essien.
Saturday scorer Salomon Kalou returns to the bench.
Rosenborg name the same side that won well in Valencia last time out. Former Tottenham striker, who scored twice in Mestalla, will be parterned by Burkina Faso international Yssouf Koné.
Fredrik Stoorn is preferred at right-back to veteran defender Roar Strand. Miika Koppinen, who scored the Rosenborg goal at the Bridge, is on the bench.
The weather is just a couple of degrees below freezing with light drizzle.
The weather is just a couple of degrees below freezing with light drizzle.
Chelsea are expected to line up in a 4-3-3 formation as follows:
23 Carlo Cudicini
35 Juliano Belletti
33 Alex
26 John Terry (c)
3 Ashley Cole
5 Michael Essien
4 Claude Makelele
8 Frank Lampard
24 Shaun Wright-Phillips
11 Didier Drogba
10 Joe Cole
Subs: 40 Hilario, 22 Tal Ben-Haim, 18 Wayne Bridge, 12 John Mikel Obi, 21 Salomon Kalou, 14 Claudio Pizarro, 7 Andriy Shevchenko.
Rosenborg are expected to line up in a 4-3-1-2 as follows:
Hirschfeld; Stoor, Kvarme, Riseth, Dorsin; Skjelbred, Tettey, Traoré; Sapara, Koné, Iversen.
Subs: Lund Hansen, Koppinen, Basma, Strand, Ya, Storflor, Nordvik.
The referee is Olegário Benquerença of Portugal.
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