The lineup for the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage has been completed with the final five qualifiers earning their places on Wednesday night. This week’s ten play-off winners join the 22 automatic entrants in Thursday’s group-stage draw. VfL Wolfsburg, Rubin Kazan, AZ Alkmaar, Standard Liège, Unirea Urziceni, Debreceni, APOEL and FC Zürich will all […]
Chelsea
According to today’s Daily Mail, Manchester City are prepared to offer Chelsea captain John Terry £1million a month in wages to move to Eastlands. City are prepared to offer Chelsea £50m for the England center-half. City have already had two bids of up to £32m rejected for a player who will be 29 in December. […]
Well UEFA finally ruled on Chelsea’s behavior after the Champions League semi-final against Barcelona and I am surprised at how lenient the bans are. The media is portraying UEFA’s ruling to hand lengthy European bans to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa as harsh. I disagree. Drogba was given a six-match ban, but since the last […]
Carlo Ancelotti will become manager of Chelsea on July 1st after signing a three-year contract with the English club. The 49-year-old ended an eight-year spell at AC Milan yesterday, a 2-0 victory at ACF Fiorentina clinching third spot in Serie A and a berth in next season’s UEFA Champions League. Ancelotti replaces temporary coach Guus […]
If losing to Barcelona in the last minute was not bad enough, the actions of Chelsea’s players during and after the game has to result in suspensions from UEFA. First up has to Michael Ballack who was incensed that a penalty was not given in extra time and aggressively chased the referee on the pitch. […]
It wasd Deja Vu for Barcelona who were once again frustrated by English opposition in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Last year it was Manchester United and this year it was Chelsea who left the Camp Nou with a goalless draw. Barcelona have now failed to win their last five home games against Premier League […]
Kick-off: Tuesday, 28 February 2009, 20:45 CET –Camp Nou, Barcelona Barcelona’s Quest for Glory This is a huge two week period for Barcelona. While all the focus in England has been on Manchester United’s pursuit of the quintuple, in Spain the talk has been all about Barcelona’s quest for a history-making treble voyage. Barcelona faces […]
No sooner had Chelsea seen off one familiar foe in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League than another homed into view. After knocking out Liverpool in spectacular fashion in the quarter-finals, the Blues take on Barcelona in the last four. Judging by past meetings between the sides, we could be in for a tie […]