Atlético Madrid 0-0 Chelsea: José Mourinho Faces Injury Crisis

Mourinho Encounters Selection Headache As Čech And Terry Limp Off In Madrid
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Chelsea manager José Mourinho is considering surrendering the Barclays Premier League title to Liverpool by fielding a weakened team at Anfield on Sunday ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg with Atlético Madrid.

Mourinho's team drew 0-0 at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, but goalkeeper Petr Čech was ruled out for the season with a dislocated shoulder and captain John Terry suffered will miss the return leg in a week's time with an ankle injury.

Striker Samuel Eto'o (knee) and Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard (calf) are also doubts, while midfielders Frank Lampard and John Obi Mikel are suspended for Atlético's visit to west London.

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Čech is out for the remainder of the season with a dislocated shoulder

Chelsea are five points behind Liverpool following their shock 2-1 defeat to Sunderland on Saturday and Mourinho believes Europe is now the priority.

"I can't decide by myself," said Mourinho. "I think that's a decision I have to listen to the club. I'm just a piece, I'm just the manager and no more than that.

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Players argue after Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech was injured during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech of Chelsea clases with Raul Garcia of Club Atletico de Madrid as he makes a save uring the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech of Chelsea lies injured after clashed with Raul Garcia of Club Atletico de Madrid during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech of Chelsea clases with Raul Garcia of Club Atletico de Madrid as he makes a save uring the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Diego Costa of Club Atletico de Madrid and Gary Cahill of Chelsea look on as Petr Cech of Chelsea receives treatment during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech (L) is treated by medical staff after injury during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ DANI POZO (Photo credit should read DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech is injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Jose Mourinho manager of Chelsea speaks to Petr Cech of Chelsea as he leaves the field after injury during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Atletico Madrid's midfielder Raul Garcia (L) comforts Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech after he was injured during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ DANI POZO (Photo credit should read DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech of Chelsea clases with Raul Garcia of Club Atletico de Madrid as he makes a save uring the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Players react after Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech (R) was injured during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: An injured Petr Cech of Chelsea is helped off the pitch by medical staff during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Petr Cech walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Manager Jose Mourinho looks at Petr Cech as he walks off the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (L) watches as Chelsea's Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech (3R) leaves the field after injury during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Jose Mourinho manager of Chelsea speaks to Petr Cech of Chelsea as he leaves the field after injury during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi look at an injured Chelsea's defender John Terry during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's defender John Terry sits on a stretcher are injury during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: An injured John Terry of Chelsea receives treatment during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: An injured John Terry of Chelsea receives treatment during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: An injured John Terry of Chelsea leaves the field with medical staff during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: An injured John Terry of Chelsea leaves the field with medical staff during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Diego Costa of Club Atletico de Madrid reacts during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer (L) jumps past Atletico Madrid's Brazilian-born forward Diego da Silva Costa during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ GERARD JULIEN (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta (L) vies with Atletico Madrid's Brazilian-born forward Diego da Silva Costa during the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ DANI POZO (Photo credit should read DANI POZO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Diego Costa of Atletico de Madrid reacts as he fail to score sitted on the ground during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea FC at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Diego Costa of Club Atletico de Madrid reacts as David Luiz and John Obi Mikel of Chelsea look on during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's midfielder Frank Lampard (L) and Chelsea's Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer celebrate a draw at the end of the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Frank Lampard of Chelsea give the thumbs up as Mark Schwarzer of Chelsea applauds the fans during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Ashley Cole and John Obi Mikel of Chelsea react during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi (L0 is handed a yellow card during the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Chelsea's defender Ashley Cole (L) Chelsea's defender Gary Cahill (R) and Chelsea's Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi celebrate a draw at the end of the UEFA Champions League first leg semi-final football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs Chelsea at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on April 22, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 22: Gary Cahill of Chelsea heads the ball under pressure from Thibaut Courtois of Club Atletico de Madrid during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final first leg match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Chelsea at Vicente Calderon Stadium on April 22, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

"I think the fact that the match is on Sunday puts the problem out of my hands. We represent English football and we are the only English team that is European competition. Spain has four and gave them all the conditions to try to have success.

"I know what I would do but I have to speak with the club. I would play with the players that are not going to play Wednesday."