Salomon will represent the men’s football Ivory Coast squad for the Beijing Olympics, China. The 23-year-old Chelsea striker has already faced Argentina in the opening set of games held in the Chinese capital. Kalou, who has made 63 Chelsea appearances, scoring 14 goals, is the only Chelsea player to represent the 16 nations competing for [...]
Continue reading …After the roller coaster ride which suffocated 2007/8’s Barclays Premier League season for Chelsea and ex-boss Avram Grant, Luis Felipe Scolari’s arrival offers light for the new dawn. Despite no significant transfer movement surrounding SW6’s revolving door, apart from Deco’s re-union with ex-Portugal boss Scolar,i and the departure of long-serving lynchpin midfielder Claude Makelele from [...]
Continue reading …10 years ago Chelsea were content on winning the European Cup Winners Cup. Since then the Blues have lifted the Premier League twice and reached the Champions League Final. How times have changed. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 13th 1998. The compact Rasunda stadium was bouncing with banners and flags ordaining the auditorium, as two sets of [...]
Continue reading …One run up, one strike and one scuff away from Champions League glory for Chelsea, in a night where victory belonged to Manchester United as the Old Trafford club won 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Chelsea captain John Terry’s missed penalty – which after Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech’s save in the penalty shootout [...]
Continue reading …Stadium walkouts, strangers in the Shed End and a Didier Drogba red card. Stranger things may have happened during Chelsea’s 102 year existence, but possibly the biggest shocks are about to ensue in the coming months amidst chaos in SW6. Possibly this is slightly melodramatic since Chelsea have suffered much worse fortunes, particularly in the [...]
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