Buzzin Football

On Saturday, Chelsea won their first trophy since parting company with Jose Mourinho. The winning goal was scored by Frank Lampard, his 100th goal for Chelsea in the past three seasons, whereby he has been Chelsea’s most consistent player.Now Chelsea need some consistency off the field, too.
It is apparent that four managers in two seasons [...]

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There were only two similarities between this week’s UEFA Champions League semi-final 2nd leg matches between Arsenal v Manchester United and Chelsea v Barcelona.  The goal in both games was scored as early as the 8th minute and both games were marred by poor referee decisions.
The pre-match hope and scarf waving at the Emirates Stadium [...]

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I’m really looking forward to the 2nd legs of the UEFA Champions League this week with both games poised on a knife-edge.
Tonight Manchester United take a 1-0 advantage to the Emirates Stadium to face an inform Arsenal.  The good news for Arsenal is they can be confident of beating Man Utd, especially with the return [...]

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Last night in the Nou Camp Stadium, Chelsea managed to suffocate Barcelona’s ‘beautiful football’ (as Guus Hiddink described it) by leaving Barca with no space in which to create chances in the fist leg of the UEFA hampions League in front of a capacity crowd that included Michel Platini.  Guus Hiddink’s well worked tactics continued [...]

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Last season, Chelsea beat Liverpool at the semi-final stage to set up the first all England UEFA Champions League Final, much to the disappointment of Michel Platini.  They went on to lose to Manchester United in Moscow on penalties.
This season Chelsea had to overcome Liverpool in the quarter-finals to set up another encounter with Barcelona, [...]

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