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  • Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard Great, The Rest Not so Much

    Two matches into the 2012-2013 Premier League season and Chelsea, for the time being, are on top with two wins and six points, for the first time since November 2010. But aside from Eden Hazard having a fantastic start to his career with the club, there wasn’t anything too convincing in the wins over Wigan and Reading.

  • Fernando Torres, Feeling Disappointed, Finally Confident

    After scoring a total of only 11 goals in 45 matches this season, did Fernando Torres actually think he’ll get a chance to start in the Champions League final? Well, apparently he did, and was disappointed with not being chosen to take one of the penalty kicks against Bayern Munich.

  • What Chelsea Can Learn From Dortmund Thrashing Bayern Munich

    Roberto Di Matteo was probably watching intently as Dortmund rampaged through the Bayern Munich players for a fifth consecutive time, and although his team cannot play like Klopp’s squad, there was much to learn about the frailties and weaknesses of his opponents next Saturday in the Champions League Finals.

  • Liverpool & Chelsea Flunk Their FA Cup Final Rehearsal

    Chelsea did have something to play for on Wednesday night, but succumbed to two brilliant strikes from Papiss Cisse. Liverpool didn’t have anything to play for against Fulham at home. They haven’t had anything to play for in the league for a while now. Both teams, but Especially Liverpool, have a lot riding on this FA Cup final.

  • Aftermath of the Barcelona – Chelsea Semi Final

    Lionel Messi was the tragic figure on the Camp Nou pitch, while Fernando Torres was the heroic figure, maybe even redeemed. A sense of an end engulfed the stadium once again, with Guardiola’s future filled with question marks, while Chelsea and Di Matteo have problems of their own to deal with once the celebrations are over.

  • Barcelona – Chelsea and the Must Win Match Factor

    Barcelona host Chelsea in the second leg of their Champions League with Lionel Messi and crew heading into the game in a unfamiliar situation, after losing two straight vital matches, including the Clasico against Real Madrid at home.

  • Didier Drogba Lives To Score in Big Games (Chelsea vs Barcelona)

    Didier Drogba isn’t having one of his best season. In fact, it’s probably his worst since he began his Chelsea career. But all that didn’t matter. Great players have short memories. Great players rise to the occasion. Didier Drogba scored two minutes into injury time of the first half, giving Chelsea a lucky 1-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League Semi Final.

  • Does Roberto Di Matteo Deserve the Chelsea Manager Job?

    Roberto Di Matteo wasn’t supposed to become Chelsea manager, but Avram Grant came out of nowhere and nearly won a Champions League title and the Premier League. Things haven’t gone so well for him since, but that’s a different story. Di Matteo has done rather well since taking over for Andre Villas-Boas, even excpetionally well considering the circumstances and the results before him.

  • Does This Mean Fernando Torres is Good Again?

    Last time Fernando Torres scored, before his Leicester double? October 19, 2011, in a Champions League match against Racing Genk. Chelsea beat Leicester 5-2 in the FA Cup to advance into the Semi Finals, keeping it a perfect four for four since Roberto Di Matteo took over. Now, he’s actually managed, maybe, to bring back Torres on the score sheet.

  • Andre Villas-Boas Gets the Roman Abramovich Treatment – Sacked From Chelsea

    Andre Villas-Boas was feeling it coming in the air last night, and there was no surprise that after his seventh league defeat of the season, a deserved 1-0 at the Midlands against West Brom, Roman Abramovich chose to terminate the contract and sack the Portuguese manager after less than 10 months at the helm.