Steaua Bucharest vs. Chelsea, Europa League: Lineups & Game Thread

Chelsea seem a bit anxious with the lineups, which have been confirmed well in advance of kickoff. So here we go.

Steaua Bucharest starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Ciprian Tatarusanu | Iasmin Latovlevici, Vlad Chiriches, Lukasz Szukala, Cornel Rapa | Alexandru Bourceanu, Mihai Pintilii | Alexandru Chipciu, Cristian Tanase, Adrian Popa | Raul Rusescu

Substitutes from: Razvan Stanca, Florin Gardos, Lucian Filip, Andrei Prepelita, Leandro Tatu, Adi, Gabriel Iancu

Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Petr Cech | Ryan Bertrand, John Terry, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic | Frank Lampard, John Obi Mikel | Eden Hazard, Oscar, Yossi Benayoun | Fernando Torres

Substitutes from: Ross Turnbull, Ashley Cole, Paulo Ferreira, Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marko Marin, Juan Mata

And so the Yossi love-in continues. Baffling.

At least Juan Mata only starts on the bench. So it's not all senseless.

Which is a win in itself.