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Irlanda va venciendo 1-0. La pieza periodística es tirando a clásica, sin ritmo. Click to continue reading...

UEFA and FIFA both got their wishes tonight. France and Portugal both will be in South Africa next summer. But the Republic of Ireland were left fuming as Thierry Henry's handball earned France a 1-1 draw and a trip to South Africa.

France had won the first leg 1-0 in Dublin on Saturday, but Ireland when Robbie Keane scored just after the half-hour mark at the Stade de France, the tie was level.

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Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

Teenager Fran Merida netted his first Arsenal goal as Arsene Wenger's young Gunners beat Liverpool 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Just back from the Under-20 World Cup with Spain, the 19-year-old former Barcelona trainee drilled in a fine first-half strike as Wenger's faith in youth was once again justified.

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League Cup, Fourth Round Chelsea Give Wanderers The Blues

• Tuesday, Ocotber 28, 2009
• Venue: Stamford Bridge
• Attendance: 41,538
• Referee: Andre Marriner

• Salomon Kalou [15]
• Florent Malouda [26]
• Deco [67]
• Didier Drogba [89]

It was never going to be easy for The Wanderers to get a result at Stamford Bridge but who would have known that it was going to so easy for Chelsea.

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Carlo Ancelotti's side's current form is nothing short of amazing, having amassed 13 goals from their last three games. Chelsea will join Arsenal and Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup after their clinical demolition of Bolton Wanderers at the Stamford Bridge. Deco, Malouda, Drogba and Salomon Kalou were the goal scorers for Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

The English Carling Cup wrapped up its fourth round (round of 16) matches on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. The favorites on Wednesday advanced as their were any upsets. Two of the matches included Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City v Scunthorpe United. Here's a recap along with video highlights of both matches.

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Jogaram pelas Eliminatórias da Eurocopa, em Guingamp, no estádio Roudourou, as seleções da França (9º no ranking da FIFA) e Ilhas Färoe (122º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
08-09-2004 - Ilhas Färoe 0x2 França - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
03-09-2005 - França 3x0 Ilhas Färoe - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
11-10-2006 - França 5x0 Ilhas Färoe - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
13-10-2007 - Ilhas Färoe 0x6 França - Eliminatórias Eurocopa
12-08-2009 - Ilhas Färoe 0x2 França - Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea have confirmed yesterday on the club website that Salomon Kalou has signed a new contract at the club. The statement read: Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Salomon Kalou has signed a new three-year contract. In committing to Chelsea, the 24-year-old joins his compatriot Didier Drogba plus John Terry, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Hilario and Michael Click to continue reading...

Chelsea have confirmed yesterday on the club website that Salomon Kalou has signed a new contract at the club. The statement read: Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm that Salomon Kalou has signed a new three-year contract. In committing to Chelsea, the 24-year-old joins his compatriot Didier Drogba plus John Terry, Ashley Cole, John Mikel Obi, Florent Malouda, Hilario and Michael

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Four more Chelsea players helped their countries qualify for next year's World Cup in South Africa over the weekend. Michael Ballack captained Germany into the finals. Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba propelled Ivory Coast to its second consecutive WC appearance. And Branislav Ivanovic powered Serbia into the mix.

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It was nearly the most satisfying of afternoons at Stamford Bridge last Sunday – until Didier Drogba decided to intervene.
There has never been a debate about Drogba's talent, the only question mark hanging over him, as we know, is his liking for acting the goat every now and again and there were signs of him doing the same again six days ago. Click to continue reading...

The ever troubled French national team will be facing the Faroe Islands @ Guingamp, the 2009 winner of the Coupe de France and "birthplace" of the current Chelsea partnership of Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda. The match should be a formality but even with a win against Austria at Stade de France on Wednesday , it will take a miracle to see France finish first of group 7 and qualify directly for the World Cup. Click to continue reading...

Less than a quarter of the way through the season, Liverpool has lost more Premier League games than it did in the whole of the last campaign.
The Reds, who last won the league in 1990, went down 2-0 at Chelsea, leaving the 18-time champion six points behind the table-topping Stamford Bridge team through eight of 38 games. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as goals from Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda clinched an impressive 2-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Carlo Ancelotti's side opened up a two-point gap over second placed Manchester United. But perhaps more importantly, the victory over another of the main title contenders restored Chelsea to winning ways after their 3-1 defeat at Wigan last weekend. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea hosted Liverpool on Sunday, October 4, 2009 in the biggest match of the weekend in the English Premier League. Were Liverpool able to get points on the road or did Chelsea win to remain top of the table? Here's a recap and video highlights of the match.

Chelsea defeats Liverpool 2-0 Video Highlights

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Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda provided the ammunition as Chelsea overcame Liverpool in this top of the table clash.

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AC Milan wins. Shirts stay on. AC Milan loses. Shirts are removed.

Someone needs to let Leonardo know this formula isn't working for us.

How did your boys do last night? Are you feeling confident?

Whilst Pato & co. walk off their defeat, let's all recover from the festivities with a few feel-good photos.

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Milan win. Shirts stay on.
Milan lose. Shirts are removed.

Someone needs to let Leonardo know this formula isn't working for us.

Whilst Pato & co. walk off their defeat, let's all recover from the festivities with a few feel-good photos.

Manchester United's Ryan Giggs throws up some gang signs.

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Chelsea will line up in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation as follows: 40 Hilario 19 Paulo Ferreira 2 Branislav Ivanovic 41 Sam Hutchinson 18 Yury Zhirkov 12 John Mikel Obi 35 Juliano Belletti 15 Florent Malouda 10 Joe Cole (c) 45 Fabio Borini 21 Salomon Kalou Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 41 Jeffrey Bruma, 26 John Terry, 3 Ashley Cole, 24 Nemanja Matic, 5 Michael Essien, 8 Frank Lampard. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea will line up in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation as follows: 40 Hilario 19 Paulo Ferreira 2 Branislav Ivanovic 41 Sam Hutchinson 18 Yury Zhirkov 12 John Mikel Obi 35 Juliano Belletti 15 Florent Malouda 10 Joe Cole (c) 45 Fabio Borini 21 Salomon Kalou Substitutes: 22 Ross Turnbull, 41 Jeffrey Bruma, 26 John Terry, 3 Ashley Cole, 24 Nemanja Matic, 5 Michael Essien, 8 Frank Lampard. Click to continue reading...

In Henry Winter's excellent piece on Carlo Ancelotti for the the Telegraph today, there is plenty of insight into the man who has Chelsea atop the table with a perfect record and finally moving on from Jose Mourinho's legacy, and that's all fine and good, but if you've ever wondered to yourself what Carlo Ancelotti thinks about Florent Malouda and John Obi Mikel's taste in music, you've finally got an answer:

"I am used to players who are very focused so when I came to England it was a big surprise because in our dressing room there is music.

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The world's top club leagues returned to action after a two week layoff for international matches. With one exception (you know who you are, Arsenal), the top clubs in our ranking won their games this weekend. Ahead of the UEFA Champions League schedule, which kicks off this week, things are about to get very interesting. Click to continue reading...

. Chelsea had a stern test of the physical game at the Britannia Stadium, before taking all three points away from home to maintain their 100 per cent record in the Premier League this season. James Beattie succumbed to injury early on, but the Potters remained resolute and got a goal in the first half, thanks to [. Click to continue reading...

Top of the league. All by ourselves.

Trick.

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Big losses to Spurs and Villa are not what Rafa Benitez had in mind when the season began. The pundits were pegging Liverpool to win the Premiership. The stuttering start has taken its toll and there are rumours that the Reds dressing room atmosphere is less salubrious nowadays.

Rafa had gotten into a well publicized spat before with Steven Gerrard who looked like a shadow of himself in the Spurs match but it is Ryan Babel who is getting the business end of the stick and was singled out for the team's pathetic display.

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Chelsea have submitted their 25 man squad list for this season's group stages of the Champions League. The 25 players listed are:Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Yury Zhirkov, Deco, Saloman Kalou, Ross Turnbull, Daniel Sturridge, John Terry, Alex, Click to continue reading...

Chelsea have submitted their 25 man squad list for this season's group stages of the Champions League. The 25 players listed are:Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Jose Bosingwa, Yury Zhirkov, Deco, Saloman Kalou, Ross Turnbull, Daniel Sturridge, John Terry, Alex, Click to continue reading...

It seems with football at the moment there is an unhealthy obsession with youth, quick exciting and potential filled youth. If the media articles and fan opinion circling the internet is to believed then only players under the age of 25 are capable of delivering a team success. Perhaps professional footballers should start looking nervously towards retirement or a diminished role within their team once they reach 26, maybe their only hope is to accept the Stannah Stairlift of professional football and take on the role of an impact substitute.

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Billionaire oligarch Roman Abramovich will have seen a few diamonds in his time. Thanks to his latest managerial appointment at Chelsea, he is observing a new one, and on initial inspection, it may be to his liking.

In the spirit of pre-season hype, much has been written about Carlo Ancelotti's favoured diamond system.

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That Deco is so dreamy
Frank Lampard may have been the leading point scorer after Tuesday's fixtures, but it was Deco (8.5M) who impressed me most today - completely out of nowhere.
He picked up an assist in the win over Hull, and a goal today in the win over Sunderland, but will he continue in a starting role? Click to continue reading...

Stamford Bridge supremo flies out to Munich!

ROMAN ABRAMOVICH will fly to Germany to make a £40million raid for winger Franck Ribery.
The billionaire Chelsea owner called Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness last weekend.

He made clear his intention to recruit the French star and is willing to pay the most ever by a British club to get him.

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No. 1 for England? You wouldn't start on my Sunday League team in L.A., mate
The countdown to the season is truly on now - just five days to go, and we got a taste of what's to come yesterday as Chelsea took down Manchester United in the Community Shield on penalties. I watched the match with pen and paper in hand - and here are some of my player specific reactions and ratings - on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Click to continue reading...

Gallery, Images, Photos and Pictures of Chelsea v Manchester United, Community Shield, August 2009. Includes Frank Lampard, John Terry, Patrice Evra, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Ben Foster, Petr Cech, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Darren Fletcher, Ji-Sung Park, Florent Malouda, Michael Carrick, Ashley Cole and Wayne Rooney. Click to continue reading...

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