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Chelsea Vs. Barcelona: Lineups/Game Thread

Chelsea starting lineup (4-3-3*): Petr Cech; Ashley Cole, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic; John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, Raul Meireles; Juan Mata, Didier Drogba, Ramires.

Substitutes from: Ross Turnbull, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Fernando Torres, Salomon Kalou, Daniel Sturridge.

Barcelona starting lineup (4-3-3): Victor Valdes; Adriano, Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves; Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andres Iniesta; Cesc Fabregas, Lionel Messi, Alexis Sanchez.

Substitutes from: Jose Pinto, Marc Bartra, Thiago, Gerard Pique, Pedro, Seydou Keita, Isaac Cuenca.

*That Chelsea shape could also be a highly lopsided 4-4-1-1 or a 4-2-3-1 with Lampard and Mikel in the pivot and Meireles wide right. It's kind of hard to say. We'll see what happens when the match starts.

I'm not sure why Gerard Pique is on the bench for Barcelona, but that's a relatively weak back line for Drogba to hit. This should be an interesting one.

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