The week UEFA proved they were morons (again)
Monday 29 April FA Youth Cup Final 1st Leg Norwich City U18 1:0 Chelsea U18 Undone by another dodgy penalty – this time it was clearly shoulder to shoulder – Chelsea have a second leg at home to redeem themselves. This was a night of countless chances, Islam Feruz could have had a first-half hat-trick, [...]
Monday 22 April Luis Suarez said so sorry to Branislav but the damage has been done – the FA charged him with violent conduct and estimates of the ban range from matches to months. Meanwhile, over at the banana republic of Fifa – where scum always rises to the top – the delegate charged with [...]
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Monday 15 April Aston Villa U21 1:1 Chelsea U21 A Milan Lalkovic penalty in the second-half was enough to earn us a point from a close fought encounter as we played Villa for the 19th time this season. Chris Foy turns out to be a bigger clown than we thought. Sergio Aguero will face no [...]
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Monday 8 April Sunderland U21 0:1 Chelsea U21 Connor Hunte is building a bit of a name for himself. He scored the only goal of the Chelsea second-string’s long trip for a Monday afternoon game by the seaside. It is amazing that Sunderland produce any footballers at all as every chip, cross, shot, header, dink, [...]
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Monday 1 April Chelsea 1:0 Manchester United The good game/bad game pendulum swings again. It seems Benitez can only organise a side for one match at a time. Which is probably why his Liverpool sides started the league badly and then faded. This match was a little off the boil – everyone in the commentary [...]
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Monday 25 March Brazil 0:0 Russia That was strange; like renting out your front room for someone else’s birthday, with different songs and waving different flags and banners. Russia and Brazil put on another entertaining draw with Oscar and David Luiz to the fore. But there was even more of a Chelsea flavour with Yuri [...]
Continue reading …Monday 18 March (Result from Sunday) Chelsea U19 4:1 Juventus U19 Apologies for missing this game on Sunday; it was Saint Patrick’s, hic. The U19 squad dominated and dispatched a poor Juventus side and booked their place in the NextGen semi-finals. Goals from Lewis Baker and Alex Kiwomya got things started before Islam Feruz and [...]
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Monday 11 March Chelsea U21 0:1 Everton U21 For once this was not a case of men against boys as a strong Chelsea side went toe-to-toe and lost by a cracking single second-half strike. It is the third straight loss at U21 for the Blues and chances of a post-season place are slipping. Wednesday 13 [...]
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Monday 4 March Hold the back page – we are top of a league, say, we are top of a league… we should explain – Chelsea lead the International Federation of Football History and Statistics Club World Ranking. Barcelona have sat at the top of this – the most prestigious table imaginable – for years [...]
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Monday 25 February Rafael Benitez is a … this morning he called the players together for a meeting before training where they told him exactly what they thought of his management. His intention was to tell them off for a poor performance away at City. Instead they reminded him that he is the idiot who [...]
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Tuesday 19 February Nat Chalobah is at it again: this time bursting through to score Watford’s second against a poor Ipswich side. Watford have progressed so far this season it is fair to mention Gianfranco Zola for the Chelsea job. Wednesday 20 February Barcelona U19 0:2 Chelsea U19 This result will become legend among the [...]
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Monday 11 February Blackburn Rovers U21 2:1 Chelsea U21 Marco Marin scored a cracking second-half opener but a couple of slips at the back led to the first defeat since Christmas. Romelu Lukaku got the week off to a flier with a late winner at Anfield. His West Brom side had been under the cosh [...]
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Monday 4 February Europol pulled the rabbit of match fixing out of Uefa’s hat. A Champions League game in England is among hundreds of suspicious games played over the last few years – can we all guess which one was fixed? No, apparently they will not tell us until the legal process is complete. Meanwhile [...]
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