Expect the worst as Chelsea deploy Bosingwa to shackle Messi

27 April 2009 09:19
Jose Bosingwa will have the job of shackling Barcelona's Lionel Messi tomorrow night in the Champions League semi-finals, but the signs are not good.[LNB]The fact the Chelsea defender is one of the more attacking full-backs around and will be playing on the left rather than his favoured right should be a mild cause for concern ahead of the first leg at the Nou Camp.[LNB] [LNB]Tough times: Jose Bosingwa can expect a bigger test from Lionel Messi than what Luis Boa Morte offered on Saturday[LNB]   More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Rooney's rejection is a joke, especially when Anelka nicks his PFA place27/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Villa boss O'Neill misses the target with his friendly fire27/04/09 HATCHET MAN: When Clegg met Keano: I can Truly Seymour Foggy times ahead when the summer whine starts at Portman Road24/04/09 HATCHET MAN: The best league in the world? Not if the likes of Robinho can end up its top scorer24/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Welcome to Oil Drum Lane, new home of Tottenham Hotspur FC - that'll step on a few toes24/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Rafa's facts are fiction - 'Better than United' Liverpool will win nothing this season - as usual24/04/09 HATCHET MAN: FIFA chief Sepp Blatter deserves a dressing down23/04/09 HATCHET MAN: Talkative Tevez might just have given United boss Fergie the perfect reason to give him the Old Trafford boot23/04/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE But much more frightening is that after a month out with injury he hadto be withdrawn at West Ham on Saturday because he was stiff and tiredbefore he had completed an hour of chasing around after...Luis BoaMorte.[LNB]Blimey, if Bosingwa cannot last a full game against the pedestrianPortuguese winger then he will be in serious trouble in Spain.[LNB]Boa Morte has been a paycheck player for years now and as unpredictable as he is it is rarely in a good way.[LNB] [LNB]  

Source: Daily_Mail