Chelsea Title Challenge Continues To Cool With Draw Against Newcastle
The problems at Chelsea continue to mount as a draw in the North East allowed Manchester United to overhaul the champions at the top of the table for the first time this season.
With an important month in the title race about to begin injuries, backroom drama and poor performances have left confidence shattered at a...
La Liga Jornada 10 Review: Atlético Madrid Suffers Another Derby Loss to Real Madrid
As with most local derbies (national derbies such as El Clásico between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Le Classique between Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, De Klassieker between Ajax and Feyenoord, etc. excluded), the derby means a little more to one club than the other. While Arsenal always wants to defeat their north London neighbor Tottenham Hotspur,...
Real’s Carvalho showing Chelsea what they are missing
Any eyebrows raised when Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho signed 32-year-old Portuguese compatriot Ricardo Carvalho from Chelsea have been firmly put back into place as the centre back is proving an extremely astute purchase.
Chelsea youngster wants playing time
Chelsea youngster Michael Mancienne is finding it difficult to break into Carlo Ancelotti’s first team ever since returning from his loan spell at Wolverhampton. The 22-year old’s case is very similar to that of Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, who impressed on loan at Bolton for the second half of last season. Both players are now seeking...
Chelsea defender desperate to join Real Madrid
Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho has today admitted that he would love to join Spanish giants Real Madrid. The Portuguese defender has been linked with a move to the Bernabeu in recent weeks but for whatever reasons, nothing has yet materialised. Speaking today, the 32-year old had this to say: “If there was a possibility to sign...
Another Chelsea player suffers the blues
Carlo Ancelotti is facing a bit of a defensive crisis as the start of the new Premier League season approaches quickly. After discovering that goalkeeper Petr Cech will be out with a calf injury for at least a month, things only got worse for the Chelsea manager after he found out that the club will have...
Blues goalkeeper out for a month
Chelsea’s title defense will have to begin without star goalkeeper Petr Cech, who has suffered a calf injury during the club’s pre-season training. During his one-month absence in the second half of last season, the Blues lacked composure in the back and looked out of sorts a few times. Some even argue that their Champions League loss...
Blues defender on Mourinho’s radar
According to The Mirror, Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is lining up a reunion with Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho, who was brought to Stamford Bridge by the ‘Special One’. Last season, Mourinho attempted to lure Carvalho to Inter Milan for a £5 million transfer fee, only to see the offer rejected by his former employers. He...
Four Years On: The 2006 All-Star Team.
In life, four years is a drop in the bucket, unless it involves hard time and a bully of a shower mate named Benny. In football, four years is eons; if we were to reappropriate football time to equate real time, Germany would have a brontosaurus in net instead of Manuel Neuer. (Which sounds like...
