As I mentioned earlier, my father was at the Chelsea game this past Saturday. I had him write my a little guest blog, and as promised here it is.
I arrived at the Reebok in gentle late afternoon sunshine. No, that's not a joke. In fact, you can tell that the stadium was not built with sunshine in mind, since for the first half an hour or so I was there, it was shining directly into my eyes (at first I was so surprised by the unaccustomed glow I thought Wigan must be on fire – no such luck, however), making it hard to concentrate on the cheerleaders.

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Reliable centre back is considering his options.

According to a report in The Daily Mail, English giants Liverpool and German powerhouse Bayern Munich are closely monitoring the situation of Chelsea centre-back Alex.

The strong defender's current deal is due to expire in the summer of 2010, and the 27-year-old reportedly wants a longer deal than the two-year extension offered by the Blues.

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Ancelotti keen to use Bosingwa as part of Ribery deal.

Bayern Munich stepped up their pursuit of Jose Bosingwa and urged Chelsea to keep their word over allowing him to join them for about £15million.
The German giants dismissed claims Roman Abramovich was flying to Munich to try and sign Franck Ribery but insisted the Chelsea owner had agreed to discuss a deal for Bosingwa in the wake of Sunday's Community Shield success over Manchester United.

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Gallery, Images, Photo's & Pictures of Chelsea FC v Club America World Football Challenge Championship, the 26th of July, 2009. Teams/Clubs: Chelsea FC, Club America Players/People: Franco di Santo, John Terry, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Henrique Hilario, Juliano Belletti, Ricardo Carvalho, Ross Turnbull, Branislav Ivanovic, Nicholas Anelka, Sam Hutchinson. Click to continue reading...

Soccerlens was at the Chelsea-Inter World Football Challenge game in California tonight - what follows is a live blog from that game.

Chelsea take on and humble their previous manager Jose Mourniho at the hirstoric Rose Bowl stadium on a sunny California night.

A very festive atmosphere out here at the Rose Bowl as mostly Chelsea fans continue to pour in to fill the stadium close to capacity.

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A few eyebrows will doubtless be raised by Chelsea's decision to appoint an exotic continental manager with a poor grasp of English just six months after sacking an exotic continental manager with a poor grasp of English. Accusations were certainly cast about Luiz Felipe Scolari's ability to control the dressing room given his alarming accurate impression of an overweight Andrew Sachs� in Fawlty Towers.

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A few eyebrows will doubtless be raised by Chelsea's decision to appoint an exotic continental manager with a poor grasp of English just six months after sacking an exotic continental manager with a poor grasp of English. Accusations were certainly cast about Luiz Felipe Scolari's ability to control the dressing room given his alarming accurate impression of an overweight Andrew Sachs� in Fawlty Towers.

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Peace out.

The newly-renamed Chris Sutton-Winston Bogarde Award for wack transfer of the season goes to ... Luiz Felipe Scolari
The fat, loveable World Cup winner traded national team football with Portugal for the sunny side of London and Stamford Bridge.

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Three English clubs - Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal - made it into the semi-finals of the Champions League this week. Manchester United looked vulnerable after drawing the first leg of their quarter-final tie with Porto at Old Trafford. But they squeaked by with a 1-0 win at Porto in the second leg today, thanks largely to a superb, long-range strike from Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Bayern Munich: Jorg Butt, Phillip Lahm,Lucio, Martín De Michelis, Christian Lell; Andreas Ottl, Zé Roberto, Mark Van Bommel, José Sosa; Franck Ribéry, Luca Toni

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Eric Abidal, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta, Touré Yaya, Xavi, Seydou Keita, Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o

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Chelsea FC: Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, Michael Ballack, Solomon Kalou, Didier Drogba

Liverpool FC: Pepe Reina, Álvaro Arbeloa, Martin Skrtel, Jamie Carragher,� Fabio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Xabi Alonso,� Yossi Benayoun, Kuyt, Fernando Torres

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Five things Liverpool can do to overcome the 3-1 deficit in their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
1 Employ their midfield generals

At Anfield Chelsea dominated midfield with both work rate and exceptional passing. Click to continue reading...

"If you concede because you are outplayed or outpaced you get angry but, when you calm down, you accept it ­happens in football," said manager Guus Hiddink, after Chelsea nearly blew a four-goal lead in a 4-3 win over Bolton on Saturday at Stamford Bridge.

"But when you outplay yourself...

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Man, I still haven't come down from Wednesday. I mean, I haven't been able to think straight since that absolutely superlative display.

Anyway, we must move on unfortunately. Next up for the Blues is Bolton at Stamford Bridge today.

If ever there was a straight-forward match, this would seem to be it.

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Multi-purpose bodies have played key role in Fire's early success
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - It is pretty clear-cut what Chicago Fire head coach Denis Hamlett's criteria are: game shape, versatility and breaking into his top 11 player list.
Salaries don't play a factor. Past successes and accomplishments are a non-issue. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool were hammered in their own back-yard in the Champions League tonight as Chelsea took a huge step on the road to a possible Rome final.
Chelsea produced a performance of great quality and strength to leave Liverpool's dreams in tatters after this quarter-final first leg.

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Highlights and reaction following Chelsea's sterling 3-1 win at Anfield in the first leg of the Blues' Champions League quarterfinal against Liverpool.

Highlights

Reaction

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Originally uploaded by Hussain Kroof Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 3
(Champions League, Abril 8, 2009)
Realmente sorprendente este resultado, el Liverpool se aleja de otra Gran Final pero al parecer el Drama no dejara hasta el final a los rojos, todos los aficionados del Liverpool musical tienen ciertas esperanzas. Click to continue reading...

What. A. Game. Stand up and be applauded if you saw this result coming.
Branislav Ivanovic is now my new man crush.
Bring on the second leg.

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Fiorentina seem intentionned to sign two new defenders; Christian Zapata from Udinese and/or Branislav Ivanovic from Chelsea, while Benfica's David Luiz seems unreachable for La Viola. At this moment Zapata has reportedly outrunned Ivanovic, due to non cooperation from his club Chelsea. The real dream of the Tuscan club, which will, for 99% sure, stay a [. Click to continue reading...

According to Novantesimo.it, reigning Italian champions Inter Milan could sign Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic as early as January. There has been speculation on Ivanovic for several weeks now as it has emerged that the Serbian international defender would like to try himself at a club other than Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

Dopo lo stop alla trattativa per portare Branislav Ivanovic (24) al Milan, Adriano Galliani ed i suoi collaboratori si sono presi una pausa di riflessione fino a domenica per individuare la possibile alternativa al difensore del Chelsea. Tra gli obiettivi dei rossoneri i brasiliani Alex Silva, Thiago Silva e Miranda; il primo, a dire il vero, pare essere molto vicino alla Fiorentina, che però, in caso di acquisto del centrale paulista, potrebbe liberare Dario Dainelli il quale potrebbe accasarsi proprio a Milano. Click to continue reading...

Quick which one? Or both?

As per Chelsea, two days ago it was Robinho that was supposed to alight on Stamford Bridge on a bid of £40m. Today it is Kaka for double the price. How about importing the whole Brazilian and Portugese team and rendering the Premiership moot? Having Big Phil makes these pipe dreams possible.

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Parlando di mercato la nostra dirigenza ha affermato come sia sicuramente in arrivo un centrocampista, un secondo per Buffon ed una "sorpresa": escludendo che sia un attaccante, potrebbe essere lui? riporto da calciomercato.com Il difensore serbo Branislav Ivanovic, da tempo nel mirino della Juventus, potrebbe giungere a Torino con la formula del prestito.

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With the transfer window set to open, reports are linking United with two left-backs, the latest name to emerge is Branislav Ivanovic (23). the Serbian defender is currently playing for Lokomotiv Moscow, reports claim the fee could be as much as £10m which seems like an awful lot of money for a fullback (we will always make comparisons to Dennis Irwin who cost the club buttons to sign but went to on to become a red legend). Click to continue reading...