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The club's attacker Didier Drogba suffered an injury in yesterday's match, which will keep him out for about four weeks. The 26-year-old player injured his groin.
"It's a muscle injury," said Chelsea's head coach Jose Mourinho. "Drogba will not play for two, three, maybe four weeks. I don't know exactly, but I can say for sure that he will not be representing his country in the weekend matches."
D. Drogba's teammates from Ivory Coast's national team will play in the World Cup qualifier match against Benin on Sunday. Without these matches, D. Drogba will miss the Premier League match with . It's still unclear whether he will be able to play in the Champions League match against Deivid Shevam's on October 20.
Instead of D. Drogba, we should see another Chelsea newcomer, Serbian Mateja Kežman, who arrived in England from the club for 5 million pounds. There is also a possibility that another striker, Romanian Adrian Mutu, will appear on the field.
In ten matches this season, D. Drogba scored five goals. He came to London from for a record sum of 24 million pounds.
