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Cech wants Drogba & Torres to start CL final

ESPN staff
May 1, 2012
Fernando Torres bagged a hat-trick against QPR at the weekend © PA Photos
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Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba would form a lethal strike partnership because their playing styles complement each other, according to Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Interim Blues boss Roberto Di Matteo faces a selection headache ahead of the FA Cup and Champions League finals later this month, with both Drogba and Torres in fine form.

Torres scored a hat-trick in the weekend victory over QPR, while Drogba was a talisman as Chelsea battled back from two goals down to grab an unlikely draw at the Camp Nou against Barcelona last week.

Di Matteo has played with one striker since taking charge following the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas, but Cech is advocating a change in system to accommodate the two hitmen.

"We know Fernando is strong running behind the lines and getting in between defenders, and with Drogba you can do everything: he's a target man, he can hold the ball," Cech said.

"They are different strikers. With both, you know you will get goals. I'd pick both. I don't know if it would work or not but I am sure one day it will happen and there will be goals."

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