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Today it was revealed that London's upcoming UEFA Champions League round of 16 match will most likely be without the forward Didier Drogba.
This conclusion was announced after further investigations. The Ivory Coast national team forward is slowly recovering from a thigh injury and this will be another headache for "Chelsea" coach Jose Mourinho, as the Dutchman Arjen Robben will also not be able to help the London club in these important matches due to a broken foot.
These predictions were also confirmed by Jose Mourinho himself: "There is no doubt that Didier will not play on Sunday (in the FA Cup match against "Newcastle" - ed. note) and there is very little chance that he will recover in time for the trip to Barcelona."
"The team will have to reshape the game plan and adapt to this loss," Mourinho said.
Drogba, who has scored three goals in this season's Champions League tournament after missing the last three "Chelsea" matches, has managed to score eight times in 12 matches in the English championship.
It is believed that in the first match against "Barcelona," the place in the starting lineup will be taken by the Iceland national team forward Eidur Gudjohnsen.
