The dust has started to settle on the ugly coup that ousted Jean Tigana from the Shanghai
Shenhua dug out last month- but that doesn't mean things have improved.
Shenhua's last game, another dull, uninspiring 0-0 draw against Shanghai Shenxin at the Hongkou
was the fourth game in a row that the former have gone without scoring a goal.
A Drogba joined a Malouda today at Dijon, just not the ones we're familiar with.
Not these two
Dijon, who will compete in France's top flight for the first time in the club's history this
season, announced the signing of Freddy Drogba on Wednesday. Freddy is, of course, the younger
brother of The Mighty One.
Rooney has not scored in the league in over a month (March 21st, 2010) I. Tottenham @ Manchester United: By winning their matches last
week, both of these teams gave themselves lifelines for their Premier League ambitions. United are
surely still in the title chase, 1 point behind Chelsea, while Redknapp's Tottenham are 2 points
clear of Manchester City in 4th.
Roberto Di Matteo has been another inspired decision by Roman Abramovich. The perceptive Italian
has managed to solve the old and new divide within the Chelsea squad. There is finally a distinct
feeling of squad harmony not seen since the happy times of Mourinho. Winning matches usually helps,
but more importantly, man management is the key.
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is dumbfounded by the heavy criticism heaped at manager Andre
Villas-Boas in the wake of the club's recent struggles, arguing that the manager cannot run on the
pitch and prevent errors made by the players.
Cech's teammate Florent Malouda made the same assertion before the disappointing 2-1 defeat to
Bayer Leverkusen last night but Villas-Boas maintained that he must take the responsibility on his
shoulders.
Ladies and gents, please welcome the latest recruit to the Kickette staff, Chelsea & France winger
Florent Malouda! Aside from the usual duties expected from a new colleague (filing nails, fetching
refreshments, writing posts when no-one else can be bothered), Florent will be acting as a double
agent in dressing room and photographing his colleagues naked where possible.
John Terry believes that Chelsea's attacking options are intimidating the opposition at the moment
and believes these guys hold the key to beating United on Sunday.
He said:
"It can be pretty daunting for opponents when they see us bringing on players like
Nando, Didier, Nico, Sala or Florent.
BOLTON Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea
ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keep alive
their dim hopes of the Premier League title. Carlo Ancelotti's side had fallen away from contention
for the title with [.
The Loan Rangers With the potential loan move to Tottenham Hotspur of David Beckham, OTP takes the
opportunity to look at ten players who made an impressive impact during short term deals. Clearly
there will be those that you think we have missed, so feel free to provide suggestions. 1.
Christophe Dugarry Stephane Guivarch, Florent [.
Chelsea welcome Everton to Stamford Bridge looking to regain some of the lost glory which has seen
them win only two matches in their last six in the English Premier League. Last weekend's 1-1 draw
against Newcastle left them at the 2nd position in the league table, allowing Manchester United to
bypass them into the first position, two points clear of the Blues.
LONDON, England — Chelsea came from behind to clinch top spot in their Champions League
qualifying group here Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Slovakian whipping boys MSK Zilina. Second
half goals from from Daniel Sturridge and Florent Malouda saved Chelsea's blushes at Stamford
Bridge after Babtounde Bello had given Zilina a shock 1-0 lead [.
The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the
opinions and more....
So here is the latest from around the web from Saturday 26th June - Tuesday 29th June 2010
including: Michael Mancienne, Deco, Scott Sinclair, Sam Hutchison,
Sebastien Veron, James Milner, Joe Cole and Florent Malouda
First to the news that Wolves are very keen on Michael Mancienne.
Chelsea beat West Ham 4-1 at the Bridge on Saturday with goals from Alex, Didier Drogba (2) and
Florent Malouda. Drogba will grab some headlines with this double strike but it was Florent Malouda
and his fantastic performance that earned a standing ovation from the Chelsea fans.
Malouda ran the show on Saturday, had plenty of the ball and although he scored he had a part to
play in two of the other goals with sublime crosses for Alex to head home in the first half to put
us 1-0 up and Didier Drogba header at the far post from point blank range after another superb
Malouda cross.
I should have gone to Bolton. ... Wenger really needs to teach these kids how to use their
hands. ... I wonder if they've come up with any good puns based on the surnames of Asian basketball
players back in New York over the last two months. ... Andrei Arshavin: What's the deal with that
guy?
After the first round of games for the World Cup's Group A, not a whole lot has been cleared
up.
South Africa yielded a late goal to Mexico in their tournament-opening, 1-1 draw, and Uruguay
and France played a forgettable 90 minutes in their scoreless tie, meaning that all four teams have
earned a point with two games remaining in group play.
After the first round of games for the World Cup's Group A, not a whole lot has been cleared
up.
South Africa yielded a late goal to Mexico in their tournament-opening, 1-1 draw, and Uruguay
and France played a forgettable 90 minutes in their scoreless tie, meaning that all four teams have
earned a point with two games remaining in group play.
After 90+ minutes of play, France was unable to topple Uruguay's solid back line in the second
match of South Africa's World Cup 2010.
"We always talk about that famous first game, but it's so important. You can get brittle if you
lose, or if you win the first game, it changes a lot," France's Thierry Henry told
L'Equipe prior to taking on Uruguay.
Three points earned, but hardly the convincing display we sought.
Help, please?
Sunny days at The Bridge are back, weather wise. But on the pitch, I think we can all agree this
was not our best display. Despite starting brightly, the Blues failed to find the net once more,
until a scrum inside the box resulted in an awfully fortuitous goal for Florent and the
Machine.
It was announced way back in 2008 that Nike was going to be designing the French National Team's
kits from 2011-2018 and we totally forgot about it waited with baited breath to see the
results.
The home kit was unveiled in January and while it is simple and nice, it is not nearly as tight
as the Adidas kit Les Bleus sported during the 2010 World Cup.
T'was a less torso-filled seven days than we would've preferred, Kickettes. While our tummy
titans of years past understand their role in our poll, many of the sets we've seen (such as
Paraguay's Roque Santa Cruz, above) were a tad lacklustre.
RMC Radio has the best football talk shows by far in France. The evening one is called the
"After Foot" but everyone calls it "l'After". I believe it is followed daily by more than 400,000
listeners. I was honoured to be part of the discussion yesterday regarding the Uruguayan team. If
you understand French, you can listen to the mp3, my part starts just after the first quarter.
Playing at Lille Metropole Champions League Home Team Lille Keeper Mickael Landreau Midfield Gianni
Bruno; Marvin Martin; Dimitri Payet; Rio Mavuba; Florent Balmont; Forwards Nolan Roux; Defense
Aurelien Chedjou; Lucas Digne; Djibril Sidibe; Franck Beria; Subs Away Team FC Copenhagen Keeper
Johan Wiland [.
Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 31/05/2012, na cidade de Leipzig-ALE, onde jogaram as
seleções da Alemanha (2º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Israel (58º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
2001Kaiserslautern 13/02/2002 GER7:1 (0:1)ISR 1997Tel Aviv 26/02/1997 ISR0:1 (0:0)GER 1987Tel Aviv
25/03/1987 ISR0:2 (0:1)FRG
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Kevin Blom-NED
O Atlético Clube Alcanenense parece ter apostado forte em mais uma época no Distrital de
Santarém e, para já, os resultados não podiam ser melhores. A par do Torres Novas, o clube da
vila ribatejana soma triunfos nas cinco partidas já disputadas. Entre os vários reforços
assegurados esta temporada o Alcanenense foi buscar três atletas Ecóle de Football Brasseries
du Cameron.
Chidge and the boys discuss the Stoke result and look forward to the quarter final Big Cup tie
against Man USA. The weekly ‘Fannies' are awarded, a terrace song or two belted out and wee Pat
Nevin is this week's DLBIA!
All in all a frustrating day in the Potteries where we could have won 3-1 but equally could have
lost 3-1!
For some reason out of the blue this morning rumours have surfaced that Chelsea and United are
looking at making ridiculous bid's of £22m for Gareth Bale as early as January.
I for one do not believe this one for a second. First of all for two reasons, Ashley Cole and
Florent Malouda, second of all maybe it's because Yuri Zhirkov recently stated that he needed to
play more or he would have to leave Chelsea.
