Willian and Eto'o start for Chelsea.

"The most
eye-catching piece of Chelsea team news is
that Brazil forward Willian, a £30m summer
signing from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala, is
handed his Blues debut. He lines up in a three-
man attacking trio, alongside Oscar and Eden
Hazard, behind lone striker Samuel Eto'o.
"Captain John Terry drops to the bench as
boss Jose Mourinho makes five changes
following the weekend's 1-0 defeat at
Everton. England centre-half Gary Cahill
replaces Terry, with Frank Lampard and Dutch
youngster Marco Van Ginkel also handed
starts."

18 September 2007
holds a firm place in many people's memory
banks, but it does for Jose Mourinho.
Six years ago, a crowd of just 24,973 saw
Mourinho's Chelsea side held to a 1-1 draw with
Rosenborg in a tame Champions League tie -
and just a few hours later Mourinho was off in
a shock exit.
Tonight he leads Chelsea into Champions
League action for the first time since then.
Can he beat Basel and banish the memories of
2007?

Since he left Chelsea, Jose Mourinho has of
course enjoyed a fair amount of success in the
Champions League.
He took Inter Milan to the title in 2010 -
beating Bayern Munich in the final - but could
not bring the coveted 10th trophy to Real
Madrid, making the semi-finals three times in
a row and losing them all.
No 'La Decima' for Jose then - but can he
take Chelsea all the way to the final in Lisbon
next May?

LINE-UPS- Chelsea v Basel (1945 BST)
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Cahill, Luiz, Cole,
Oscar, van Ginkel , Lampard, Willian, Eto'o,
Hazard. Subs: Schwarzer, Mata, Mikel, De
Bruyne, Ba, Terry, Azpilicueta.
Basel: Sommer, Voser, Schar, Ivanov, Safari,
Salah, Diaz, Frei, Stocker, Sio, Streller. Subs:
Vailati, Philipp Degen, Ajeti, David Degen,
Delgado, Sauro, Xhaka


www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24148789

Torres doesn't make bench. Why?

Chelsea and Basel aren't entirely new opposition having faced each other during D̶̲̥̅̊ semi finals of the Europa League.


But, the new look chelsea is entirely different with D̶̲̥̅̊ injection of Willian, Eto'o, van ginkel



And that's it...


Kick off!!!

First corner of the match goes t̶̲̥̅̊ø̲ Chelsea.

Oscar trying to get an early cross in..

Taken by Lampard...

Cleared by Basel

Juan Mata's
continued omission from the Chelsea line-up is
quite staggering.


. These star-studded line-ups
are hard to manage.

Oscar's goal D̶̲̥̅̊ difference between D̶̲̥̅̊ two sides.

D̶̲̥̅̊ same man who opened D̶̲̥̅̊ goal-scoring campaign against Juventus last year does it again....

Oscar!!! All D̶̲̥̅̊ way...