Chelsea midfielder Deco will miss the Blues' Champions
League first-leg tie with Juventus on Wednesday night after
suffering a minor hamstring injury.
The Portuguese playmaker missed training on Tuesday ahead of the
meeting with the Turin outfit at Stamford Bridge, with the club
later confirming he will be out of action for two or three
days.
However, there was better news for Blues fans in the form that
stricken pair Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Essien both took part in
training.
Essien has been out since August after suffering a serious knee
injury.
Meanwhile, temporary coach, Guus Hiddink hailed Juventus
counterpart Claudio Ranieri, who is returning to the west London
club for the first time since his departure as manager at the end
of the 2003/04 campaign.
"What I like is he is a gentleman coach, very intelligent, he knows
how to cope with the press and the pressure in this particular job.
I respect him very much," the Dutchman told Chelsea's official
website.
"I think he has several abilities, one is that when he was working
here he made a team very competitive for the Premier League.
Second, what I have seen recently and before is that he is a very
good organiser. His teams show enormous tactical discipline and
play like a team.
"In his teams the stars, which he has also, can expose themselves,
but he organises teams in a very disciplined way. It is difficult
to play those teams he has managed."