Chelsea captain John Terry is confident of his form going into the World Cup.

With Rio Ferdinand no longer around, Terry clearly needs to take his 'A' game into Saturday's Group C opener against the United States.

He is confident enough about doing it too, given his form steadily improved as Chelsea's season reached a League and Cup-winning conclusion.

"My form got questioned on earlier in the season but towards the end, Chelsea had a lot of big games and I stepped up and performed at my best level," Terry said.

"When Chelsea did not win games I probably accept that I did not play well. But when Chelsea won - and we won a lot more than we lost - I played well."