Ancelotti: "Drogba has malaria, but it will be in the field"

LONDON - On the eve of the delicate derby against Fulham, says Ancelotti training conference that will take the field for the eleventh round and which players are still unavailable in Stamford.

"I have problems with three players, two of them and evaluate their physical condition in the hours preceding the race. One of these is that Alex has a little swelling on the knee, the other is that Anelka is not trained very well today. He has a little back problem and is not 100% so we'll see tomorrow how will the last workout. Unfortunately there will still be Lampard, but we think it will be the match early as next week to Sunderland. He has been training with us, is in good condition and worked very well physically. And be able to play, but I still do not want to risk it, besides the fact that the pace did not match. He will play for the national team? Well if he will have no problems to play with us, I think it will have no problem playing for his country. Then Capello will still make this choice, I only know that the game will be in the game against Sunderland. They recovered well but Cech and Kalou and Essien will be the game that also comes back after a foot injury, having been out for two races. So we will play the first minute on goal with Cech, Essien and Obi Mikel in midfield, while the forces of our attack will Kalou, Malouda and Drogba".

Reporters are not given the full training, but announced a major news about the state of health through in the latter period of Drogba: "A test that we performed showed that he contracted malaria. We do not know when and where he contracted the disease, then we do not know if the virus is new or not. We know that now is under control and that there are problems with respect to his health. It was quite ill a few days ago, but now the disease is under control, and the medical staff assured me that within 48 hours will be cured by medicines given to him. It certainly was not 100% in the previous races, but he played even though he had a unique form. In fact it was really unselfish play with this condition. Obviously it was not the same Drogba on the pitch, because he had lost condition, but now can only get better, and tomorrow will be in the field".