180 minutes will define Rafa’s reign
Chelsea Football Club have a massive 180 minutes of football to play in the coming 5 days. Best case scenario is we beat Villa on Saturday and JT and super Frank jointly lift the Europa Cup on Wednesday. Worse case, well I don’t want to go there! I cannot wait for the smug, self opinionated, [...]
Michael Martin looks forward to a visit to Old Trafford from the recent Europa Cup finalist’s Chelsea. Rafa’s days are numbered but will he leave Chelsea in the top 4 and Champions League qualification.
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FC Basel will be on the offensive when they take the Stamford Bridge pitch on Thursday evening. The Swiss team need to make up a 2-1 deficit (including two away goals) to advance to the Europa League final in Amsterdam later this month. But a promising team performance against Swansea last weekend and an even [...]
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Chelsea face Swansea for the fourth time this season on Sunday as we continue the chase for a top four finish. Thursday nights away win in Basle provided a boost after what can only be described as a ‘stitch up’ away at Liverpool last week. How vital those two dropped points will be come the [...]
Continue reading …Rafa Benitez says Chelsea will need to be at their best if they are to progress into the final of the Europa League. The Blues face Basel tonight in the first leg of the semi-final and will be hoping to take an advantage back home to Stamford Bridge for the second leg. Like Chelsea, Basel [...]
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Rafa Benitez takes his, weary legged, Chelsea squad to the trophy free zone, that is commonly known as Anfield Road, home of the red micks. The 4pm Sunday kick off is another crucial crunch match in our quest for Champions League football, for next season. The Blues ridiculous fixture congestion sees them playing every three [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea will be hoping to put the disappointment of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final defeat behind them as the quest for a Champions League spot goes on. They make the short trip to Craven Cottage for their penultimate London derby against Fulham. Tonight’s Premier League encounter is our game-in-hand over Champions League rivals, Tottenham. And combined [...]
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Make no mistake about it, Manchester City are favourites to beat Chelsea and reach the FA Cup final tomorrow at Wembley. The Sky Blues go in to the match off the back of an impressive and morale-boosting victory over their city rivals United while Rubin Kazan made Chelsea fight to stay in the Europa League. [...]
Continue reading …Chelsea head to Russia hoping to make some happier memories in the Luzhniki Stadium as they aim to make the semi-finals of the Europa League. We all know what happened in that stadium almost five years ago. After taking control of the first leg 3-1, Chelsea are hot favourites to make Rubin Kazan the latest [...]
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Chelsea’s 4th game in a week sees Sunderland visit the Bridge hoping to finally have on the pitch events discussed after their controversial appointment of Paolo Di Canio. For Chelsea, Rafa Benitez’ squad rotation policy is likely to be evident after the busy fixture schedule. Although obviously a necessity, Chelsea can’t afford to field a [...]
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Battle weary Chelsea entertain Russian side Rubin Kazan in the quarter finals of the Europa League. Stamford Bridge should be still vibrating from the pulsating victory over the English Champions elect, Manchester United. What a goal, what a save, what a morale boost. However caution is the key word for Thursday night’s tie. Rubin Kazan [...]
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Rafael Benitez took the decision to rotate the starting line up for our match with Southampton in view of our FA cup quarterfinal replay with Manchester United on Monday. He may well be regretting that decision now after a lacklustre performance at St Marys left us with no points and sees us drop to fourth [...]
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Two games in twenty-four hours is part and part for the European Champions. By the time Chelsea step out onto the Stamford Bridge turf on bank holiday Monday, it will be the Blues’ 55th game of the season, with many more to come. The comeback at Old Trafford showed some of the old fighting spirit [...]
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