Every team has few players who are known as the gem for the side and coach/manager try to preserve them for critical games only but it unusually happens after half of the season has passed away – not in the beginning, and if we are talking about Chelsea, its in-form player Diego Costa is of course on the top. The 25-year-old Spanish forward has scored seven goals in four played games so far and if he continues to maintain his fitness, he has much better chances to break many records, but this time, manager is worried with his hamstring injury hence doesn’t want to overuse him in every game they play. Jose Mourinho has ruled out their season’s first hat trick maker from the Championship league debut game – an unlikely move for many but practical. Didier Drogba is going to replace Costa while Spaniard would be used as substitute if needed. Without revealing much detail about the state of his injury, former Everton manager only said, “Costa has a problem. If he has one week to let the muscle recover he can start a game. Playing on Saturday, three days is not enough for him to recover.
“It was not to protect for the game Sunday, it was because today he was not in condition to start the game.”
Actually, it was expected by many looking at the way Spanish national side sidelined him for his injury from the game with Macedonia hence Mourinho did nothing wrong by allowing him time to heal his injury. Actually, second term serving Chelsea manager again heated the issue why top clubs hesitate to release their star players for international duties. He rather blamed that Costa was fit when went for the match with Macedonia and retuned as injured so they had to rest him for next few games. He said, “He played here one match and he was perfect. He went to the national team and after the game against France he came back to us injured. He came to us and he was completely fine. He had a problem again in the national team, not with us.
“Now we have the problem and now we have to resolve the problem the best we can. Today he was not in condition to play. Sunday we believe he is. Next week against Bolton for sure he isn’t. We have to manage the situation until the moment he’s completely fine. If today he starts the game, for sure he cannot play on Sunday. We have to go step by step.”