2008
5
Mar
- by Tony Glover · Permalink · 2915 views · 174 comments
- Tagged: Avram Grant, Champions League, Chelsea, Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack, Olympiakos
Match reports
The Guardian, Stuart James: “It is now 60 matches unbeaten in all competitions for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, a record that the Greek champions were never in danger of troubling on an evening when the chasm between the two sides was so great it felt like a trick of the mind that this was [...]
I’m not much of an art historian, but had Michelangelo been sacked from the Sistine Chapel gig for being a bit of a prima donna and generally annoying the Catholic hierarchy, I suspect the incumbent Pope wouldn’t have called in Luigi’s Painters and Decorators and asked them to whack a dollop or two of emulsion [...]
2008
27
Feb
- by Jonathan Dyer · Permalink · 4437 views · 165 comments
- Tagged: Avram Grant, Chelsea, Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Olympiakos, Roman Abramovich, Spurs
Match reports
The Times, Matt Hughes: “Grant was employed to echo Ruud Gullit by introducing sexy football, but this performance was about as attractive as one of his ill-fitting tracksuits.”
The Independent, Jason Burtat: “Chelsea had arrived in Athens in a fierce snowstorm which prevented many of their fans from making it to the game and, although [...]
2008
19
Feb
- by Nick Benfield · Permalink · 1742 views · 54 comments
- Tagged: Ashley Cole, Avram Grant, Champions League, Chelsea, Didier Drogba, Juliano Belletti, Olympiakos, Wayne Bridge
