Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o must complete training on
Monday or he will not play against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions
League.
PSG lead Chelsea 3-1 heading into Tuesday's quarter-final
second leg in London, while Eto'o has not played in three games due to a
hamstring injury sustained in his team's 6-0 demolition of Arsenal.
Chelsea have lost two of the three games Eto'o has missed
but manager Jose Mourinho claimed he will not risk the Cameroonian striker
against PSG if the 33-year-old fails to complete a full training session with
the main squad.
Eto'o did not join his team-mates in a light training
session on Sunday.
"Will Eto'o be fit? Let's see. Let's see if he
trains on Monday," Mourinho said after training.
"Maybe he could play but to risk a player you need
to have minimum conditions to take that risk.
"If you think he's going to be out after 10 minutes
of the game you can't take that risk. If there is a minimum of risk, then yes.
"We need to score goals. If we don't score a minimum
of two goals we are out. We know that, so if we can have everybody available
who can give us a chance to score goals then let's do that."
Eto'o is Chelsea's equal-leading goal-scorer in the
Champions League this season with three, alongside Fernando Torres, while the
former Barcelona, Inter and Anzhi Makhachkala striker has 11 goals to his name
in all competitions, behind only Eden Hazard (17) and level with Oscar.
All 11 goals have come at Stamford Bridge this season,
which would make Eto'o the prime candidate to start up front for Chelsea on
Tuesday.
But despite a two-goal deficit and an injury to his
leading central striker, Mourinho denied he was worried.
"Am I nervous about the match? No," the
Portuguese manager said.
"I'd have been nervous if we'd won 1-0 or 2-0 in
Paris, but losing 3-1 means I am not nervous. I want to enjoy the game, I want
to enjoy the fight, I want to enjoy the risk. So, no nerves.
"A big game, an almost impossible job - so let's go.
"What's important is that they give everything, that
they leave nothing on the field. PSG as a club don't have the experience we
do."
Culled from Soccerway
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