There has been many Arsenal rumours this season speculating that Arsene Wenger has been actively searching for a top goalkeeper to give some serious competition for the young Pole Wojciech Szczesny, and this view has been given even more credence since Wenger dropped Szczesny from the Gunners First XI.
With the news today that, despite it looking like a done deal for a good few weeks, Arsene
Wenger is reportedly ready to pull the plug on Arsenal's £17 million move for Yann M'Vila in lieu
of waiting for Abou Diaby to fulfil his debatable potential, we thought we'd have a little look at
some of the other big names that the frugal Frenchman has passed on at the eleventh hour during his
tenure in North London it's not a bad little squad as things happen.
There has been lots of talk and speculation about Arsenal and the goalkeeping situation, with stories linking the Gunners to many keepers, both in the Premier League and abroad. The latest player to be rumoured to be on Arsene Wenger's list of targets is the Chelsea and Czech Republic keeper Petr Cech.
The newly signed Arsenal striker (!) Theo Walcott started his new career in fine style by scoring the only goal against Chelsea this weekend, after being caught offside about 20 times in the first half, and is very happy to have been praised by some of our opponents after the poachers goal.
Walcott also believes that he is now playing better than any other season he has had with Arsenal.
Chelsea golea al Monterrey, equipo representante de la Concacaf por 3 a 1 con goles de Mata, Torres, autogol de Chávez. Por Monterrey anotó Aldo de Nigris.
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Cech (c); Azpilcueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole; Mikel, David Luiz (Lampard 62); Mata (Ferreira 73), Oscar, Hazard; Torres (Moses 78).
Chelsea golea al Monterrey, equipo representante de la Concacaf por 3 a 1 con goles de Mata, Torres, autogol de Chávez. Por Monterrey anotó Aldo de Nigris.
Los equipos iniciaron asi:
Chelsea:Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole; Luiz, Mikel, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Torres Monterrey:Orozco; Perez, Mier, Basanta, Chavez; Meza, Ayovi, Cardozo; Corona, Delgado, De Nigris Monterrey jugará por el 3er lugar contra el Al Ahly y el Chelsea la final contra el Corinthians.
Rafa Benitez faces another important test in his young Chelsea career as his side take on Nordsjælland in the final day of the Champions League group stage tonight. The Blues will require a win in their own match to allow qualification to the knockout stages, as well as the result to go their way in the Juventus/Shakhtar Donetsk match.
Chelsea played Manchester United on Wednesday evening for a spot in the Capital One Cup Quarterfinals, and the match did anything but disappoint. United had the lead three times throughout the match, and Chelsea were only able to take the lead in the 97th minute once they forced extra time. The match ended 5-4 in Chelsea's favor and provided soccer fans worldwide with 120 minutes of non-stop entertainment.
All three of the Arsenal strikers had a chance to score on Saturday but only Gervinho managed to hit the back of the net. Lukas Podolski had a header well saved by Petr Cech before being replaced by Olivier Giroud. Giroud had a late chance to equalise but fired in to the side netting. Giroud and Gervinho have spoken about the Chelsea game but want tp put it behind them and focus on what is ahead.
Radamel Falcao struck a remarkable first-half hat-trick to stun Champions League winners Chelsea
at half-time of their UEFA Super Cup clash against Atletico Madrid in Monaco.
Falcao, who was billed to come face to face with former Atletico great Fernando Torres, outshone
the Blues striker in a 45-minute spell where he could have actually added even more.
Hello everyone! Welcome to BFZ's first ever live text. Honestly, we have no idea how this will
turn out but hey, we're here to try! Glad you're here to follow all the action from tonight's
game.
This page will auto-update whenever we get around to typing something that's worthy of a live
text.
szólj hozzá: Chelsea vs Reading 4:2 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Chelsea went top of the Premier League tonight with this cagey 4-2 win over Reading at Stamford
Bridge to-night, with their fourth coming in the last minute after they broke from a Reading last
minute corner, which the keeper Federici went up for.
Soon to be co-starring in a movie called The Campaign, heavyweight film stars Will Ferrell (of
Anchorman fame) and Zach Galifianakis (from The Hangover) hooked up with some of Chelsea's squad in
Seattle during the Blues' pre-season tour of the States.
Ross Turnbull, Frankie Lamps, Petr Cech and Paulo Ferreira (all pictured) were among the Blues'
players to meet up with the two comedy superstars, giving them Chelsea shirts in exchange for some
American football gear.
Chelsea goalie Petr Cech says the Blues can become the first squad to support the Champions League
next period. HTTP://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image/61637000/jpg/_61637519_144818465.jpgMore to cum
on goalpost.tv from Olympics 2012
The Chelseacareers of the ‘old guard' are coming to a close, and as sad as it will be to see them leave, I wonder what the club's plans are for replacing them. Do we need to invest in new players for their positions or can we dip into our youth and loanees for a replacement? I shall consider Cech, Terry, Cole and Lampard; the situation is different for each of them.
OK people here we go as we start to build up to Friday night. Chelsea travel to Monaco (watch out
for the prices of local booze by the way!) to take on Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup and
it's the first major trophy of our season.
We are waiting for injury updates on Marko Marin ahead of this one.
I have posted articles similar to this at the end of last season but after Chelsea's
transfer dealings this summer so far, it has even more relevance so I need to post this
again.
As we all know, Chelsea had been labelled as "has-been's" for god knows how long. We had to put up
with reading numerous articles about how we need to evolve our squad and get rid of the "dead wood"
for at least two or three seasons didn't we!
Before leaving Seattle for the next stop on their U.S. preseason tour (New York), several
Chelsea players met with Zach Galifianakis and noted Chelsea fan Will Ferrell at their hotel for a
photo op with the Champions League trophy and FA Cup.
After Chelsea masseuse Billy McCulloch froze up upon meeting Ferrell and said he didn't know
what his favorite film was after being urged on by Frank Lampard, Ferrell attempted to autograph
the Champions League trophy.
It is just a matter of time before Arsenal make Victor Valdes one of their summer signings, at least that is what officials at Barcelona think. The 31-year old keeper has until the end of the month to change his mind and sign a new contract with the runaway leaders of the Spanish Primera Liga. Valdes has obviously considered his decision and is unlikely to change it, so the club will sell him.
Copyright Getty Images
So what's your take on the situation that seems to have developed in relation to Ashley Cole's
contract? Do you think he will leave Chelsea?
For me, I think it's rubbish but in saying that, Cole hasn't done what he did before when rumours
of him asking for £200k per week appeared and that's by denying it on Twitter.
Manchester United fans hoping for a bright start to the season were disappointed as they were
defeated by North West neighbours Everton in their first game
• There were some bright points from the game, with David de Gea putting in a great performance
with seven saves in total, second only to Petr Cech who made ten saves on the opening weekend
• Paul Scholes and new signing Shiji Kagawa also shone in midfield and were each in the EA SPORTS
Player Performance index's top five for passes completed in the opponent's half from the first
games with 56 and 50 passes respectively
• Kagawa also covered more ground than any other player for United with 6.
UEFA has announced the three final candidates for the "UEFA Best European Player of season
2011-2012" They are: Cristiano Ronaldo ( Real Madrid CF ) Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona ) Andres
Iniesta ( FC Barcelona ) the rest in line are Pirlo (Juventus),Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona),Iker
Casillas (Real Madrid), Drogba (ex-Chelsea FC), P.
Ronaldo heads Portugal into the semi-finals - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Thursday night saw the commencement of the business end of the Euro 2012 tournament, with
Portugal overcoming Czech Republic 1-0 to become the first team to make the semi-finals. Cristiano
Ronaldo's winner with ten minutes remaining separated the sides, and the Iberian nation will now
face either France or Spain in the last four.
It was probably the most one-sided match of the Euro 2012 tournament so far, but a great header
by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 79th minute was enough to send his side into the semi-finals where they
will play the winner of Spain v France.
Ronaldo was pilloried for his display against Denmark a little over a week ago when he missed
two sitters.
Varsovia.- Cristiano Ronaldo anotó en la recta final y Portugal venció el jueves 1-0 a República
Checa para avanzar a las semifinales de la Eurocopa.
El astro del Real Madrid habÃa estrellado dos balones en los postes, hasta que finalmente le ganó
las espaldas a su marcador y remató de cabeza un centro de Joao Moutinho a los 79 minutos.
The group stage of EURO 2012 has come to a conclusion, and the end product is a quartet of
thrilling quarterfinal matches. With at least one goal in every game thus far, this summer's
tournament is the first edition of the EUROs to not feature a 0-0 result in any match in the group
stage. Here are the quarterfinal matchups with complementary analysis
According to my high-ranking Czech source Mirka (bird of my mate Matt), coach Michal Bilek is
getting a bit of slating on the forums but he's still managed to do the business and drag them into
the quarters. It didn't look to cosy for them when they where pretty much caned by the classy
Russians who I had down as semi material after I watched the highlights.
The Euro 2012 quarterfinals being with Group A runners Czech Republic facing Group B runner-up
Portugal. The match will take place at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland with kickoff
scheduled for 20:45 local time.
With co-hosts Poland 1-0 down and pushing for an equalizer to rob the Czech Republic of a place
in the quarters in the dying seconds of the game, Kuba Blaszczykowski pinged a shot past Petr Cech
that appeared to be heading in at the the far post only for Czech left-back Michal Kadlec to arch
his spine and pull off a heroic 'swan dive' goal-line clearance to keep his country at Euro 2012
with pretty much the last touch of the game.
Petr Cech is often quoted in the media at different stages of a Chelsea season and especially ahead of big games or disappointing results. Today is no different as he has spoken before we take on FC Basel tonight and emphasised that although it's been a tough season, it could end in success with the team creating history!
So I went to bed shortly after the final whistle, and I woke up this morning trying to recall
whether the game I am certain I witnessed last night was real. On the one hand, the entire team has
periods of absolute inconsistency with passing and finishing, and then on the other they nailed
home two astonishingly impressive goals.
Pre season has been disappointing to say the least. The performance at Brighton at the
weekend was a disaster and although it's far to early to be judging people, it was still an eye
opener.
With Juan Mata and Oriol Romeu back in training today, things will really take shape this week as
RDM prepares the side to take on Manchester City at Villa Park in the season's curtain
raiser.
As we are well under way with pre season, it's good to see most people back in the fold and being
prepared for another season. Everyone will be looking at Chelsea this term to mount a serious title
challenge and with the investment Roman has made in the squad again this summer,
it's something the players are well aware of.
Cristiano Ronaldo converted a late header to help Portugal claim a scrappy 1-0 win over Czech
Republic and progress to the UEFA Euro 2012 semifinals.
In a toughly contested match between Group A winners Czech Republic and Group B runners-up
Portugal, the latter created more chances but thanks to the heroics of Petr Cech, they could only
score once.
