Many of Schalke's top players are out with injury, as Chelsea prepare to fight for vital Champions League points
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Chelsea's Champions League hopes have been boosted by Schalke's crippling injury crisis.
The German side have seven players crocked.
Striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has been ruled out until the New Year with a knee injury.
Kevin-Prince Boateng is struggling with knee problems and will be assessed ahead of Tuesday's Group E clash, while Jefferson Farfan has suffered hamstring pain.
Midfielder Jermaine Jones, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Marco Hoger and Sead Kolasinac have also been sidelined.
The Schalke crisis has become so bad that 35-year-old striker Gerald Asamoah has been summoned from the reserves to train with the first-team squad.
Asked about the number of injuries, German international Dennis Aogo said: "It seems like we had the plague!"
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