Ancelotti hopeful of Chelsea return

CARLO ANCELOTTI is hoping to be back in the dugout today after rushing home to Italy to be with his seriously ill father.

The Italian coach learned that his father Giuseppe, 86, had been taken sick after Chelsea’s 4-0 thrashing of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

His father was in a stable condition on Thursday night and the club’s assistant boss Ray Wilkins is confident that Ancelotti will be back in time for this evening’s 5.30pm home game with Blackburn in the Barclays Premier League.