Chelsea lost their unbeaten record in pre-season yesterday afternoon when they went down 2-0 to Rangers at Ibrox. Nacho Novo struck from 20 yards on 86 minutes, and Filip Sebo made sure of the win just a minute later when his shot from a similar range deflected off Ricardo Carvalho and looped over substitute goalkeeper [...]
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1690 views · 12 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arjen Robben, Ashley Cole, Chelsea, Claudio Pizarro, Daniel Alves, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Glen Johnson, Henrique Hilario, Ibrox, Joe Cole, John Terry, Jon Obi Mikel, Jose Mourinho, Pascal Chimbonda, Paulo Ferreira, Peter Kenyon, Petr Cech, Pre-season, Rangers, Ricardo Carvalho, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Spurs, Steve Clarke, Tal Ben Haim
A few links that you might enjoy:
Feyenoord 1 - 1 Chelsea: Sky Sports News highlights - Chelsea remain unbeaten in pre-season after a feisty 1-1 draw in Rotterdam. Feyenoord scored first on the stroke of half time through Kevin Hofland - Glen Johnson and Petr Cech were at fault as the Dutchman was left unattended [...]
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1543 views · 12 comments
- Tagged: Adrian Chiles, Andriy Shevchenko, Carlo Cudicini, Champions League, Claudio Pizarro, Didier Drogba, Feyenoord, Frank Lampard, Gianfranco Zola, Glen Johnson, Jesper Gronkjaer, John Terry, Kevin Hofland, Liverpool, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Peter Osgood, Petr Cech, Pre-season, Roman Abramovich, Roy Makaay, Shaun Wright-Phillips, West Bromwich Albion
Is Jose Mourinho’s plan to give Andriy Shevchenko a wider role up front next season likely to benefit Chelsea and Shevchenko himself? If Mourinho is hoping to see Shevchenko rediscover the goal scoring form that made him one of the world’s most feared strikers prior to his move to Stamford Bridge, deploying him in a [...]
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1566 views · 12 comments
- Tagged: AC Milan, Andriy Shevchenko, Arjen Robben, Chelsea, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Joe Cole, Jose Mourinho, Kerry Dixon, Salomon Kalou, Shaun Wright-Phillips
I had originally been scheduled to work last week in Southern California so I could attend both games knowing the airfare and hotel was being paid for. Of course, that fell through so that I was obliged to watch both games on TV (the Stanford game was televised on a Spanish only channel I don’t [...]
- by Graham Nash · Permalink · 1258 views · 6 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arjen Robben, Chelsea, Claude Makelele, Club America, David Beckham, Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Frank Lampard, Glen Johnson, Harry Redknapp, Home Depot Center, Joe Cole, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, LA Galaxy, Major League Soccer, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien, Paulo Ferreira, Petr Cech, Pre-season, Ricardo Carvalho, Salomon Kalou, Sam Hutchinson, Samsung Bluewings, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Tal Ben Haim
A few links I’ve come across recently that you might enjoy:
Highlights video of Chelsea’s win over LA Galaxy - See John Terry’s excellent left foot strike, and Steve Sidwell’s “welcome to the game” tackle on David Beckham. Nice one, Steve. Terry scored two great goals during the pre-season tour of California: see his other game-winner, [...]
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1046 views · 1 comment
- Tagged: Adrian Mutu, Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea, Chris Sutton, Club America, David Beckham, Glen Johnson, Home Depot Center, John Terry, Juan Sebastian Veron, Khalid Boulahrouz, Major League Soccer, Paul Furlong, Robert Fleck
Chelsea’s pre-season in America resumes early tomorrow morning with a game against David Beckham’s new club LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in Carson City, California. Kick-off is 2am UK time.
Defeats of Mexican side Club América and South Korean champions Suwon Bluewings in the last seven days have left Jose Mourinho pleased at how [...]
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1422 views · 17 comments
- Tagged: Andriy Shevchenko, Arjen Robben, Chelsea, Club America, David Beckham, Didier Drogba, Home Depot Center, John Terry, Jose Mourinho, LA Galaxy, Pre-season, Real Madrid, Samsung Bluewings
Chelsea kick-off their pre-season against Mexican side Club América at Stanford Stadium, San José early tomorrow morning, 2am UK time.
América is a Primera Divisià³n club based in Mexico City and one of the most popular, hated and traditional football clubs in Mexico, according to Wikipedia.
