CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Chelsea Receives A Lifeline Ahead PSG Tie

Barely four days before Chelsea take on PSG in the second leg Champions Leaguequarter final match scheduled to hold on Tuesday, the London side have received a lifeline.According to news coming out of France,Paris St Germain will have to cope without their star striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.* PSG's Ibrahimovic ruled out of Tuesday's Champions League due to injuryIbrahimovic, 32, pulled up with a thigh muscle injury in Wednesday's 3-1 win over Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.Reports on Friday say the Swede will certainly miss the return leg next week and though the injury is not too serious, even if PSG progress against Chelsea there is no guarantee he will be fit in timefor the semi-finals at the end of April."He's out for the weeks to come," said Coach Laurent Blanc at a press conference."If the injury doesn't get worse, he will play before the end of the season," he added.Despite Ibrahimovic's injury set back, analysts believe Chelsea would still have to deal with the threat posed by the likes of Ezekiel Lavezzi, Lucas Moura, Pastoreand Thiago Silva in the backline.

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