{"id":252058,"date":"2009-01-25T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T17:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/xmlimport\/index.php\/2009\/01\/25\/essien-sets-march-return-date\/"},"modified":"2009-01-25T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T17:51:10","slug":"essien-sets-march-return-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2009\/01\/25\/essien-sets-march-return-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien sets March return date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"caption\" http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/images\/stories\/essien.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Essien suffered injury while playing for Ghana\" title=\"Essien suffered injury while playing for Ghana\" align=\"left\" \/>Ghana midfielder Michael Essien could be back for the second leg of Chelsea&#8217;s Champions League tie with Juventus on March 10.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has been out since he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury last September while playing for Ghana, but resumed outdoor training last week.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to be fit for first-team duty in six to eight weeks&#8217; time, meaning he could be available for the game in Turin.<\/p>\n<p>Blues boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has said: &#8220;I lost five players when I lost Essien.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Essien has played at full-back, centre-back and in every midfield role since arriving at Stamford Bridge in August 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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