Ancelotti facing major Torres call

NOT long ago it would have seemed inconceivable that Carlo Ancelotti was contemplating going into Chelsea’s biggest game of the season without Fernando Torres.

Failure to overcome Stoke on Saturday means Chelsea’s only realistic hope of winning silverware now rests with defeating Manchester United over two legs in the Champions League.

Yet 48 hours before the quarter-final first leg at Stamford Bridge, Ancelotti is coming round to the fact that his team’s best chance of progressing in Europe is with his €58million signing sat on the substitutes’ bench.