Manchester City left-back Wayne Bridge will face Chelsea, says Roberto Mancini

By Mark Ogden Published: 10:30PM GMT twenty-six February 2010

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Bridge and Terry are due to come face to face for the initial time given last months revelations of an event in between the Chelsea captain and Bridges former partner, and mom of his immature son, Vanessa Perroncel.

The romantic mishap stirred Bridge to make well known his early retirement from England avocation this week, finale his chances of personification in the World Cup and, some-more pertinently, the awaiting of carrying to outlay up to 6 weeks holed up with Terry in South Africa this summer.

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But whilst the relapse of Bridges attribute with Terry valid unpleasant sufficient for the City full-back to repel from the general stage, Man City physical education instructor Mancini insists that it will be commercial operation as common for the �90,000-a-week defender this lunchtime.

Mancini said: "Wayne wants to fool around opposite Chelsea. Absolutely. He will fool around and he will fool around really well. He wants to fool around well for himself and for the club. We wish to finish in fourth on all sides in the Premier League and, for this to happen, the big players contingency fool around well and Wayne is a really critical player.

"He will be in the group for this game. Why not?"

Privately, Mancini is well known to be irritated by the courtesy surrounding Bridge. The Italian believes his players should thoroughness on their football and not concede off-field issues to affect their performances on the pitch.

Mancini has not deliberate lazy Bridge, notwithstanding the difficulties it might poise for the defender, and he admits any preference on either Bridge should shake up Terrys palm before to the diversion contingency be done by the player himself.

Mancini said: "If Wayne wants to verbalise to me about these matters, afterwards I would verbalise with him and discuss it him my thoughts, but that would be private.

"Wayne is a great man, though, and he has a clever mentality. If he gives all of his thoroughness to the match, afterwards that will be great for us."

Bridges preference to call time on his England career came as a warn to Mancini, who was not consulted. "I thought he would be in the inhabitant team, but it is his decision, Mancini said.

""I dont know whats altered since when I spoke about this dual weeks ago, I thought Wayne would lift on for England, but usually he can insist his decision. I am contemptible for him and for England because, for me, each player should wish to fool around for their inhabitant team, generally at a World Cup."

With Emmanuel Adebayor criminialized for four-games, Mancini is set to revive Carlos Tevez to the starting choice carrying been but the brazen for 4 games whilst he was on merciful following the beforehand bieing born of his daughter in Argentina.

And whilst Tevez has played down suggestions of a difference with Mancini over the issue, the former Manchester United player was frequency accommodating when asked about the make a difference before to his moody behind from Buenos Aires on Thursday evening.

Tevez said: "Mancini knew from the commencement [about the reason for my absence], but hes underneath a lot of vigour as the group is not winning.

"He is underneath vigour for me to come back, but we have already discussed all and I am calm. I am certain he understood. If he didnt understand, I dont care. With family issues, football takes a behind seat."

Meanwhile Citys Craig Bellamy has been left out of the Wales patrol for subsequent weeks accessible opposite Sweden in Swansea.

The striker is fit again after a knee damage but physical education instructor John Toshack has selected to hang with the childish conflict that tender opposite Scotland in November.