Watch Schalke vs Chelsea Live Online – UEFA Champions League Preview
Schalke might be trailing the other three teams in Group B, but they still have everything to play for as they welcome chelsea to the Arena AufSchalke with a single point separating them from second position. For chelsea, a victory would guaranteed a place in the knockout rounds if the result in the night’s other group fixture goes their way.
With chelsea rediscovering their winning form under new coach Avram Grant, the challenge for Schalke two weeks ago was already fraught with difficulties. Another blow came when Kevin Kuranyi was ruled out just before the start with a knee injury, and with only four minutes to go, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer committed a grave mistake that allowed Florent Malouda to score the opener.
Schalke second defeat in three games was confirmed when Didier Drogba blast a diving header into the net, though there were positives and Soren Larsen was unfortunate with a header that came back off an upright. Now Schalke must rediscover the form that enabled them to win away to Rosenborg BK on Matchday 2 as they look to improve on their previous two UEFA Champions League group campaigns in which they finished in fourth and third place.
There was a gap of 32 years before Schalke crossed swords with the English foes. It came in the first group stage of the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League when they beat arsenal 3-1 at the Arena AufSchalke. It was the final group fixture and it could not prevent Schalke finishing in fourth place while the Gunners went into the contest knowing they had already qualified.
chelsea approach this coming match knowing that a third successive group win would assure them of a place for the fifth successive season if Rosenborg secured a second victory away at Valencia.
Stuttgart were Chelsea’s opponents in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final when Gianfranco Zola’s goal in Stockholm was enough to give Chelsea the trophy for a second time.
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Chelsea 1, Bolton 0
chelsea moved four points clear of manchester united at the top of the Premier League after beating Bolton.
Nicolas Anelka scored against his old club which was also his first goal since January. It wasn’t a free flowing game which chelsea have been playing for last few games but still the win was well deserved and its the joy of going four points clear at the table then the victory over Bolton that will be more cherished.
With the style of football Bolton play it was always on the cards that this game wont be a free flowing football game. But chelsea scored the goal a couple of minutes before half time, a headed winner from Anelka off a Didier Drogba cross. There were more chances for chelsea with Frank Lampard hitting the post and John Terry’s half-volleyed shot just going wide.
As expected Anelotti made some changes in the Chelsea line-up with Ballack, Kalou & Anelka coming in for Joe Cole, Malouda & Deco, with Drogba in the centre with Kalou on left and Anelka on right flank.
Game started on a low pace but it was Zhirkov whose pace did serve some trouble for Bolton but his assist was fired over the bar by Drogba. Drogba again had a good chance but his scuffled shot was blocked by Jaaskelainen, but Drogba was offside anyways. John Terry needed some attention after jarring an ankle in a block tackle but he continued on.
On 15 minutes there was the first sniff of danger when a cross fell awkwardly for Cech and Ferreira to deal with and it broke Taylor’s way, but the Chelsea right-back was able to block the Bolton player’s scuffed shot. Then Bolton again attacked dangerously and as Zhirkov leapt to meet a cross, he suffered the full force of Kevin Davies’s header on the back of his skull. Both were felled by the clash but Davies recovered first. Zhirkov was bleeding profusely and needed extensive bandaging.
On 35 minutes an Anelka cross was diverted by Drogba but it dribbled wide. Then Drogba drilled his second free-kick of the game wide. Blood from Zhirkov’s wound was a recurring problem and he left the pitch for three minutes for a more permanent solution. In the time he was away his colleagues were kept at bay by Bolton. However a minute after the Russian’s return, the breakthrough came and he played his part. Patiently holding the ball just outside the Bolton area, the advanced left-back found Drogba for one of the crosses of the season. Curving in from the left, it was simply undefendable and Anelka could not miss with his glancing header from three yards out.
Kalou had a great chance in the second half when Drogba send him through one-on-one with Jaaskelainen but Kalou could not beat him and Bolton keeper saving with his legs.
Bolton had a couple of penalty shouts one against Terry and one against Drogba both for handball in the penalty area but referee Chris Foy waved them off. Malouda was brought in on 66th minute in place of the goal scorer Anelka.
What followed after that were high balls from both the sides Bolton doing that for Kevin Davies and Chelsea for Drogba.
Joe Cole came on for Kalou on 76 minutes and made an instant impact – first playing a lovely ball to Lampard who drilled low and hit the post. Then an determined Cole run and cross from the right was headed well by Ballack but the keeper saved. Terry then had a chance to make it 2-0 but his half volley off Malouda’s cross went wrong side of the post.
But Chelsea fans witnessed a tense moment of the match when Bolton substitute Elmander headed a whisker wide with Cech rooted. That was on 84 minutes and two minutes later Klasnic robbed Drogba in the Chelsea area but hooked wide.
Finally the match was wrapped up by Chelsea and now its in our hands to wrap up the title as well, four points clear of the table with four more matches to go.
Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech, Ferreira, Alex, Terry (c), Zhirkov, Ballack, Mikel, Lampard, Anelka (Malouda 66), Drogba, Kalou (J Cole 76).
Scorer Anelka 43.
Booked Alex 78.
Bolton (4-4-1-1): Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee (Klasnic 82), Muamba, Ricketts, Taylor, Wilshere (Elmander 82); K Davies (c).
Booked Muamba 23, Robinson 76, Davies 77, Elmander 87.
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Chelsea Set to Dominate European Football
There is a new heavyweight force in European football, they are being bankrolled seemingly by the Russian economy, they mean business, and their name is chelsea F.C. chelsea Football Club have always been a decent club in the second strata of English clubs. In London alone arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have invariably been ahead of the Chelsea Blues, even West Ham have often put Chelsea in the shade. But no longer, for in the season 2004-2005, Chelsea won the English Premier League title for the first time in fifty years, their only previous winning season.
But they haven’t stopped there, in the new season 2005-2006 they are already well clear in the title race leaving all their rivals gasping, and now they have set their sights on the pinnacle of all the club trophys, the European Champions League. Chelsea have never won the Champions League, indeed no London club ever has. And it is clear that their charismatic manager Jose Mourinho is intent on winning the Champions League again, he did so with his previous club Porto, of Portugal.
So what of the traditional English giants? Manchester United, often described as the world’s richest football club, have fallen into the hands of the Glazer family of Tampa Bay fame, but they reportedly needed to borrow half a billion pounds to buy United, a debt the club now shoulders. Spending on new players has so far been thin on the ground and United’s brusque Glaswegian manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, has admitted that United, for so long England’s most successful club, cannot compete with Chelsea when it comes to buying players. The hordes of United fans are not amused, the natives are growing restless.
arsenal, London’s biggest and most successful club, lost their skipper and driving force Patrick Vieira last summer, he moved to Juventus in Italy for £12 million pounds and with their star striker Thierry Henry suffering fitness problems, they picked up some uncharacteristic defeats at unfashionable clubs like West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough. This is their last season at their famous old Highbury Stadium before they move to their new purpose built Emirates stadium almost next door. The increased capacity of 60,000 will undoubtedly give their French manager Arsene Wenger more money to spend next year, but of course they have to pay for that new ground too. Far from challenging Chelsea again, it would seem that Arsenal are more likely to fall further behind.
That leaves liverpool and Newcastle. News comes through just today that the American Kraft Company and family are interested in investing in liverpool F.C., perhaps even buying the club outright just like Manchester United fifty miles up the road, but that is some way down the line. And they too are seeking to build a brand new stadium on Stanley Park and of course that all costs big money. Despite last year’s freakish win in the Champion’s League, Liverpool’s league form this season has again been patchy, and that included a 4-1 walloping by Chelsea on their own Anfield pitch. The idea that Liverpool might challenge Chelsea for the title remains a far-fetched one. Newcastle, England’s second best supported club are gradually improving, and they have signed England’s centre forward Michael Owen, but they still remain unconvincing at the top level. They haven’t won the title since Noah was seen building his ark, or so it seems, and they aren’t going to do so this season either.
So though it is very popular for foreign investors to snap up the leading English (and Scottish) football clubs, it appears that only Roman Abramovich at Chelsea has the financial muscle to buy the best players around. He is the only one to put unlimited funds on the table. Top class players now command a transfer fee of £40 million each and whereas Manchester United might afford one of them a season, Chelsea’s purse seems bottomless. They have already spent £220+ million and are still in the market to buy again when the transfer window re-opens in January.
They have already achieved success by winning at home, now the European Champion’s League is the Holy Grail for them, a trophy they are now the outright favourites to win with the odds layers. And astonishingly they have achieved their success to date with an array of strikers who haven’t really cut the mustard. Mutu the Romanian, was promptly sacked for drug taking, Crespo the Argentinian, was sent out to Milan on loan last season, and though he is back now he is hardly setting the world afire,or even playing that often, Gudjohnson an Icelander, plays more often than not, the muscular Drogba from the Ivory Coast, seems to have finally claimed the number nine shirt as his own, yet many blues followers still remain unconvinced about him, so it would seem likely that Chelsea may yet be looking for another proven goal scorer come January, especially after a recent rare defeat at Manchester United.
It would take a brave man to back against Chelsea in any competition at the moment. But if you’d like to, you can still have a free $30 dollar bet at Betfair.com by entering the code 6CHE3VPWJ when prompted. But one thing is for sure; no one would be surprised if this time next year the Premier League trophy AND the Champions League trophy were both on display in the Chelsea boardroom. It seems that only the Italian giants Milan and Juventus, and the Spanish top two, Real Madrid, and most especially Barcelona with their Brazilian superstar, surely soon to be the world player of the year, Ronaldinho, might stop the London blues. It really does seem as if we have entered a new era in European and world football, or if you prefer the ridiculous name that no one ever uses, Soccer. Chelsea fans have never had it so good while everyone else is left gasping in their wake, for it is a fact that Chelsea Football Club have raised the bar for everyone else to follow. Time will tell if anyone can.
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Watch Chelsea Vs Leicester City Live Online – Carling Cup Preview
Many predicted the fall of Abramovich empire as the charismatic Portuguese coach was sacked in controversial fashion last month, leaving some unrest in the dressing room. Yet Kalou, who joined chelsea from Dutch side Feyenoord in 2006, says that while it was initially tough to see the popular manager leave, life at chelsea has moved on.
Contrary to expectations, chelsea appear back to their best under new Grant. Since the 2-0 defeat to Manchester United in the Israeli’s first game at the helm, the Blues have performed an impressive undefeated run, including a priceless away win at Valencia in the Champions League.
This is even more evident when Chelsea destroyed Manchester City by 6 goals and this would be dangerous to most premier league clubs. On the other hand, Leicester coming from a lower league position to face the rampant Blues at the Bridge will certainly be facing an uphill task.
If the blues manage to score an early goal in the tie then there is every chance that Leicester could be thrashed. Leicester will hope that several key players will sit on the bench and no doubt Avram and the back room staff will be tempted to shuffle the pack for the tie, but there are plenty of ace players still left to be played. Maybe they shouldn’t have watched on Saturday because there were moments that could only be described as sublime, none more so than Frank Lampard’s outstanding pass for the second goal.
Meanwhile, Leicester caretaker manager Frank Burrows has called on his players to do the club proud ahead of the Carling Cup fourth-round tie at Chelsea. Leicester are in turmoil again this season after Gary Megson’s departure to Bolton. Burrows said that they will not let things off the pitch affect what happens on it and that Chelsea are a fabulous club with a fabulous team and it will already be a very difficult match for them.
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