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  • Goal Line Technology Needed – FA Cup Final Edition (Liverpool vs Chelsea)

    Ramires struck early, Drogba seemed to put the game away early in the second half, Andy Carroll brought a lot of hope with his goal, but that’s where it stopped. Carroll may or may have not scored a ghost goal that Phil Dowd didn’t allow, and Chlesea hung on to win the FA Cup with a 2-1 win.

  • 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.

  • Top Ten UEFA Champions League Scorers of All-Time

    It’s that time of year again. Winter is in his final days (at least that’s what the calendar says), meaning the Champions League knockout stages are here. Starting today, with Tottenham, AC Milan, Valencia and Schalke opening things up, we’re here with an updated version of our list – the Top ten scorers in the history of the Champions League (since 1992), from Hercules’ French striker David Trezeguet to the man who breathes and bleeds Real Madrid but plays for Schalke, Raul.

  • Zambia Celebrate Another Drogba Africa Cup of Nations Failure

    Zambia weren’t the best team before the tournament, and they certainly didn’t play the best football during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. During the final it was more of the same, but a cool head, good defending and a little bit of lady luck helped a team, still dipped in tragedy of that 1993 plane crash, win its first continental title.

  • Didier Drogba is the Big Winner of Champions League Night

    Didier Drogba’s two goals might not have been as exciting compared to the finish between Dortmund and Marseille, but his more than impressive form for Chelsea in their 3-0 win over Valenica to qualify into the knockout stage make the veteran Ivorian striker the big winner of the Champions League tonight.

  • Didier Drogba Following the Money

    Didier Drogba’s contract at Chelsea expires this season, and he doesn’t like the one year deal offered to him by the club. According to his agent, this will probably be his last season with Chelsea and the English Premier League as he searches for the most profitable deal.

  • How Good Will Souleymane Coulibaly Be?

    Souleymane Coulibaly, at 16, might just be the next big thing. Already touted as the Next Didier Drogba, Coulibaly’s Tottenham career started very well, off to a scoring start. Still, history teaches us that his odds of becoming a star aren’t exactly favorable.

  • The Best Strikers in the World – 2011 Edition

    Part VI, our final chapter in our best-by-position in soccer posts – The top 6 strikers in the world.

  • What You Looking For, Didier?

    Didier Drogba, probably unintentionally, although you never know, grabs Wolves’ Christophe Berra in the you know what during Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Wolverhampton.

  • English Premiership – Hot Starts

    Five games into the 2010-2011 English Premiership season, here the best five players so far.