It’s so rare these days that a football manager says anything new or remotely intelligent other than the rehearsed lines he memorizes from media training. Other than Joe Kinnear, of course.
But Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said so many refreshing things on Friday that I felt compelled to write about it. When asked about the […]
Tags: Chelsea · Fernando Torres · Liverpool · Luiz Felipe Scolari · Michael Ballack · Rafa Benitez
With Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Salomon Kalou and Andriy Shevchenko in their striking ranks, Chelsea own one of the most exciting, powerful and experienced attacking line-ups in world football. And complemented by the offensive starlets of Deco, Florent Malouda and Joe Cole, who themselves sit in front an immensely strong central midfield duo of Frank […]
Tags: Andriy Shevchenko · Carlos Tevez · Deco · Didier Drogba · Dimitar Berbatov · Florent Malouda · Frank Lampard · Joe Cole · Manchester United · Michael Ballack · Nicolas Anelka · Salomon Kalou · Wayne Rooney
So yesterday saw Portugal and the Czech Republic take massive strides to joining the last and their potential opponents all open their accounts today. We’ve two David and Goliath clashes here in terms of history and ability and we could see two very one sided games. First up, it’s the co-hosts Austria, who begin with […]
Tags: Austria · Croatia · Germany · Leo Beenhakker · Mario Gomez · Michael Ballack · Poland · euro 2008
This weekend has seen most of the participants for the European Championships have their final friendly games before the tournament begins on Saturday and saw a mixed bag of results.
France could only draw 0-0 against Paraguay in Paris, though they did hit the post twice. Missing, Thuram, Vieira, Sagnol and Gallas, Les Blues will be […]
Tags: Belgium · Croatia · Czech Republic · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Italy · Michael Ballack · Paraguay · Peru · Portugal · Romania · Scotland · Serbia · Spain · european championship
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Against weaker opponents
Bad news for Reading
West Ham shocked Manchester United 2-1 at Upton Park. It was West Ham’s third consecutive victory over United in the League. The result was a bit unfair to Man U, who controlled much of the match. They had a chance to seal the victory foiled when Ronaldo shanked […]
Tags: Arsenal · Arsene Wenger · Avram Grant · Chelsea · Cristiano Ronaldo · Dimitar Berbatov · Everton · Juande Ramos · Manchester United · Michael Ballack · Mikel Arteta · Newcastle · Nicklas Bendtner · Reading · Sam Allardyce · Steve Coppel · West Ham · spurs
Back in September, I wrote a blog entry entitled “The Beginning of The End for Jose Mourinho,” where the piece criticized Chelsea’s performances at the start of the Premiership season and mentioned that they were playing more like Real Madrid of last season than Man United of this. I also forewarned that Mourinho’s head “could […]
Tags: Andriy Shevchenko · Guus Hiddink · Michael Ballack · Peter Kenyon · Schedule · Sir Alex Ferguson · Wycombe Wanderers · through the night
When the Premiership season concluded on May 7, many people (myself included) were commenting how next season will be a four horse race instead of two. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are worthy contenders for the 2006/2007 title.
How quickly things change. With Chelsea’s acquisition of Shevchenko and Ballack, the west London outfit has raised […]
Tags: Andriy Shevchenko · Chelsea · Michael Ballack
