Roberto Di Matteo is willing to drop Fernando Torres should he feel it is advantageous for Chelsea ahead of their crucial UEFA Champions League clash with Juventus.
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The Blues need to win on Tuesday night in Turin if they are to keep alive their European hopes.
On Saturday, they lost 1-0 at West Brom, a game in which Torres looked glaringly out of sorts.
And Di Matteo is prepared to drop the Spanish striker as well as switch up his formation ahead of the Bianconeri encounter.
"Am I prepared to leave Torres out on Tuesday? I think we will have to assess the whole team and see how everybody is, and how they have recovered," he said.
"A lot of players only came back Thursday afternoon or Friday from internationals in Europe and the rest of the world.
"We will assess them and see what the right selection is for Tuesday. If I believe it is the right thing to do for the team, then yes."
The Italian tactician is under no illusions to the fact that his side have to improve defensively after leaking 18 goals in the last eight games.
He added: "I think as a team we have to be better defending. You don't defend with one player - you defend with the whole team, like you want your whole team helping when you are attacking as well.
"It is a defensive organisation on the pitch that we need to look at and, as I said before, maybe I have to do some changes.
"We have got bodies in midfield - the 4-2-3-1 system really helped us last season after the change (of manager) but maybe in terms of personnel we have to do something different."
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