John Terry (right): Chelsea captain set for scans on damaged ankle

Ashley Cole: Blues defender made reserve-team return against Reading on Wednesday night

TERRY SET FOR SCANS AS COLE RETURNS

Chelsea captain John Terry will miss the Carling Cup final and is doubtful for England's World Cup qualifiers against Israel and Andorra next month.

The England skipper will undergo scans on the right ankle he damaged on Wednesday night and is certain to miss Sunday’s final against Arsenal at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

CHELSEA SUFFER TERRY INJURY BLOW

Terry limped home on crutches and wearing a special boot to protect the injury that happened within the first 10 minutes of their Champions League last-16 first-leg 1-1 draw with Porto.

Chelsea were hit by a double blow as Porto went on to score their opening goal while Terry was receiving treatment.

But the centre-half had already signalled to the bench that he could not continue after twisting his ankle as he went to clear the ball to safety.

Midfielder Frank Lampard said: “I asked him at half-time and he wasn't sure how bad it was, it felt bad at the time. I don't think John comes off unless it's pretty painful."

However, England left-back Ashley Cole boosted coach Jose Mourinho’s options after playing for the reserves against Reading.

Cole has been out since the end of January with a knee injury but managed 60 minutes at the Madejski Stadium and could now be included in Mourinho’s plans for the final.

Reserve team coach Brendan Rodgers said: “He came through with no ill effects.

"He was with us for two days and his attitude was top class. He showed what a great professional he is and that reflected in his performance.

"His play was fantastic. It was a pleasure having such a person around.

“I took him off after an hour to protect him, but he looked as though he could comfortably have played for longer.”

Raul Meireles took advantage of Chelsea’s sloppy defending in the Champions League clash to put Mourinho’s former team in front with a volley that zipped beyond Blues goalkeeper Petr Cech.

But five minutes later, Andriy Shevchenko scored his 58th goal in European competition to leave him just four short of Gerd Muller’s all-time record.

Mourinho was cheered by news that Dutch winger Arjen Robben should be fit to face Arsenal.

The Portuguese coach replaced the Dutchman at half-time after the player complained of a muscle injury.

Robben had replaced Terry in the opening half but Mourinho, fearful of losing another player for a long period, opted to replace him and the move looks to have paid off.

Mourinho said: “I think Robben’s injury is a consequence of not warming up. I wanted to put John Obi Mikel on but they scored while we were down to 10 men and so I put Robben on instead.

"He had to go straight on. I don’t think it is a big thing. At half-time he wanted to try and play on but I didn’t want to lose another player for a long time so I decided to put Mikel on."

Mourinho was also full of praise for goalscorer Shevchenko, saying: “Andriy scored a crucial goal for us. He was brilliant. His effort for the team is amazing and so is his improvement."

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