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Rubin Kazan vs. Chelsea: Lineups

Chelsea have named a heavily-rotated side to face Rubin Kazan as they look to hold onto their 3-1 advantage from the first leg.

Paulo Ferreira comes in at left-back for the visitors, while youngster Nathan Ake also gets a start alongside Frank Lampard and Ramires in midfield. Yossi Benayoun and Victor Moses are on the flanks, with Fernando Torres starting up front. David Luiz and John Terry are the starting centre-back pairing providing some consistency to the side.

The home side, meanwhile, go with Gokdeniz Karadeniz and Bibras Natkho on the flanks, with Salomon Rondon ahead of Roman Eremenko up front.

Rubin Kazan starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Sergei Ryzhikov; Oleg Kuzmin, Cristian Ansaldi, Cesar Navas, Ivan Marcano; Pablo Orbaiz, Alan Kasaev; Roman Eremenko, Gokdeniz Karadeniz, Bibras Natkho; Salomon Rondón.

Chelsea starting line-up (4-3-3): Petr Cech; Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira; Nathan Ake, Frank Lampard, Ramires; Yossi Benayoun, Victor Moses, Fernando Torres.

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