Fa Barclaycard Premiership News( 30 october 2008 )
English Premiership football News
Carvalho faces three-week lay-off
Chelsea defend Ricardo Carvalho could be sidelined for a minimum of three weeks after he limped from Wednesday to the 3-0 victory on the hull.
The 30 years old, who returned to action last week after a month with an injured knee ligament, suffered a thigh problem towards the end of The Game.
The Blues made an initial assessment of the injury as they left the KC Stadium.
Boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said that May Carvalho, but not until late November, his decision about five games.
The Portugal star is likely to miss the matches against Fa Barclaycard Premiership Sunderland, Blackburn and West Brom, the Champions League game against Roma and the Carling Cup tie with Burnley.
Meanwhile, Scolari hopes that Joe Cole will be fit to face Sunderland on Saturday, although the midfielder was replaced after feeling pain in the ankle.
by bbcnews.
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That's a big blow for Chelsea having Carvalho out. He and Terry are an excellent central partnership. Work very well together. But at the end of the day Chelsea have got should a big and talented squad they should be able to cope with his loss.
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