An injury scare for Chelsea ahead of the biggest game in their history may be of interest to football betting fans looking to stake money on the match.
Football betting fans may have seen that Chelsea's English left-back Ashley Cole suffered an ankle injury in his team's training session yesterday evening, just over 24 hours before today's Champions League final against Manchester United.The 27-year-old Londoner, who is 80/1 with 888Sport.com to be tonight's first goalscorer, turned his ankle after a challenge from team mate Claude Makelele.
Wayne Bridge will be standing by in reserve, waiting to take Cole's place in the starting line-up if he does not recover in time.
People who witnessed the tackle may be inclined to choose Makelele as the first player to pick up a card in the Moscow showdown. He is currently priced at 12/1 with the same sports betting service to be carded before anyone else.
It is not the first injury scare Chelsea have had ahead of the match. Didier Drogba, John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho all suffered knocks in the final game of the Premier League season against Bolton Wanderers on May 11th, but are expected to take to the pitch tonight.
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