Chelsea and England for Pride : HELP PLEASE

[m_vaughan]

Hargreaves?

Anyways that result against Real Madrid is crazy.

 

[Karachi Xpress]

YAY Sheva gone Get a better striker

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Manchester United vs Chelsea , The Big Preview

Manchester United vs Chelsea
Old Trafford
13:00 , Saturday 21st October 2006

A positive result against Real Madrid puts Chelsea in pole position for a win against Manchester United tomorrow . Manager Luis Felipe Scolari must be confident his much fancies team can overcome the fact they're playing away and secure a win . Chelsea chairman Roman Abramovich seemed relaxed and confident when he was interviewed agead of the game . Abramovich indicated he was sure Lios Felipe Scolari wouldn't allow complacency to deny his side a win . Wayne Rooney is expected to play a cruicial role in the game . The 20 year old forward has all the credentials to stand out,provided he is on form.

Odds Say

Chelsea are a 3/4 shot to win , according to Paddy Power . Manchester United are priced at 5/3 and punters can get 5/2 on a draw .

Injured

Man Utd : Rio Ferdinand and Michael Carrick
Chelsea : Alex

Here are some SkySports experts predictions:

Andy Gray : It would be a tight game but Chelsea have the potential in them to win this one . I go for 0-1 in favor of Chelsea and it might by Frank Lampard

Martin Tyler : Looking at the current form of the both club I go for an easy 0-2 away win for Chelsea . Kaka and Anelka will score the goals .

Tony Cottee : It might go any way . United on their day and in their own stadium would be the toughest on to defeat . I go for 0-0 all draw .

Chris Kamara : I think the underdogs at the moment are Manchester United and i think they would get a goal and it will be Wayne Rooney for them .

Matt Le Tissier : Chelsea are winning matches in samba style under Scolari and they are firm favorites to win . i go for 0-2 for Chelsea and Anelka and Deco will score for them .

Phil Thompson : Manchester United are gonna stop Chelsea's winning run tomorrow and I go for a 2-0 win for the Red Devils . Ronaldo and Rooney combo will work for them .

 

[Jaztheman]

Matt Le Tissier was a legend.

I can't really predict the result but i'm sure it will be close, great presentation Shan.

 

[saladguy]

Nice preview, pity that this story is not in SOTM, because I would of voted for it! :happy

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Match Report : Man Utd 3 Chelsea 1

(Saha scores and sets one as United defeat Chelsea)

Home side Manchester United came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1 in an entertaining game at the Theatre of Dreams.

Claudio Pizarro's superb finish from close-range gave Chelsea an early lead, though thereafter the away side struggled to break down Manchester United.Louis Saha produced a wonderful equaliser, surprising Petr Cech with an arcing shot, while his pass set up Carlos Tevez, who dinked in the second.Cristiano Ronaldo added to Chelsea's misery, converting a Paul Scholes cross

The loss put Chelsea down to no 2 in the League table which is lead by Liverpool with 20 points while Chelsea are at 19 points . The victory also meant the Red Devils have beaten Chelsea twice in two season at the Old Trafford .

At Old Trafford, Manchester United might have done better to clear the corner that led to Pizarro's goal, but from that point on Sir Alex Ferguson's side mounted a superb rearguard action.

Gary Neville got in the way of numerous Chelsea shots, while Namanja vidic produced a superb tackle to take the ball away from Anelka.

After that Chelsea were quickly into an attacking rhythm, notably Frank Lampard, who twice went close with shots.

The second of those efforts produced a corner after Edwin Van Der Sar was unable to gather the ball.United failed to clear the corner and after Anleka arrowed a shot into the penalty area, Pizarro cleverly flicked the ball home.

Louis Saha's finish was equally stylish, though it came from a considerably greater distance.There appeared little danger when he picked up the ball but Saha produced the sweetest of shots that rose and dipped before nestling in the back of net to Cech's disbelief.

Louis Saha also set up Carlos Tevez's goal, bypassing the Chelsea defence with a wonderfully angled pass to set the Argentine international free.Tevez waited for Cech to commit himself before clipping the ball over the Chelsea keeper.

With Kaka left out by Luis Felipe Scolari, Chelsea laboured to bypass the United defence.

Pizarro almost escaped the shackles of Vidic but the Serbian defender recovered superbly just as the striker was about to shoot.

Soon after a fluent Manchester United move climaxed with Cristiano Ronaldo sending a curling shot narrowly wide.

Late in the first half Ashely Cole finally provided some width for Chelsea setting up Anelka, but the Frenchman's shot was blocked.

Ten minutes after the restart Ballack replicated the trajectory of Louis Saha's shot only to see the effort cannon back off the woodwork.

Tevez's goal came soon after and Chelsea never recovered.

Gaps began to appear in the away side's defence and from one of those Paul Scholes ran into space before crossing for Ronaldo, who prodded the ball home, though television replays showed there was a hint of offside about the goal.

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Teams

Manchester United(4-4-2):Van Der Sar ; Brown , Neville(c) , Vidic , Evra ; Ronaldo , Hargreaves(Park 79') , Scholes , Rooney ; Saha , Tevez

Unused Subs : Kuszczack , O'Shea , Giggs , Fletcher

Scorers : Saha 11' , Tevez 48' & Ronaldo 76'

Chelsea(4-1-3-2):Cech ; Bosingwa , Terry(c) , Carvalho , A.Cole ; Ballack(Deco 79') ; Lampard , Robinho , J.Cole ; Pizarro(Kaka 49') , Anelka .

Unused Subs : Essien , Belletti , Cudicni

Scorers : Pizarro 5'


Match Stats

15-Shots-6
8-On Target-3
53%-Possession-47%
10-Corners-8
17-Free Kicks-8
0-Penalties-0
8-Fouls-17
0-Offsides-0
0-Yellow Cards-2
0-Red Cards-0

 

[shantanu_rooney]

MatchDay 8 Review

(Xabi Alonso celebrates his goal as Liverpool top the table)

Arsenal 2-2 Everton
Emirates Stadium

After been hammered 6-2 at Villa Park , Arsenal got a point from a tough fixture at their home against Everton . Toffees scored after 9 minutes to take the lead through Yakubu before Van Persie equalised after half time . Eboue grabbed the lead for Arsenal in the 82th minute but just 2 minutes remaining new signing Steven Pienaar equalised and Everton took a valuable point away from Emirates .

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Middlesbrough
Edwood Park

Mido scored the first goal of the game within 10 minutes but after 14 minutes minutes ut took a stunner from 25 yards from David Dunn to equalise for the Rovers . But after the restart it was the header by Tuncay Sanli which grabbed all three points for Boro .

Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Sheffield United
The Reebok

Bolton defeated 9 men Sheffield United with ease . Gary Speed scored the first goal from a brilliant freekick and soon later Keven Nolan scored from the spot as Armstrong was sent of for intentional hand ball on the goal line . Soon later in the same half Michael Tonge was shown a direct red for a very poor tackle from behind on Nolan . Sheffield did get the consolation in stoppage time thanks to a header from James Beattie .

Charlton athletic 1-0 West Ham United
The Valley

It took a late strike from jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to grab all three points for the Addicks . West ham were completely dominated by the Addicks and they looked like they could have been smashed for more .

Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa
Anfield Road

Late goals from Yossi Benayoun and Xabi Alonso saw Liverpool take all three points from the fixture and also saw them take the top spot of the league as United had crushed Chelsea at Old Trafford .

Newcastle United 2-0 Fulham
St James Park

Damien Duff scored from a freekick before Mark Viduka headed in the net from a Duff corner . The two goals came in the second half and sealed all three points from the Magpies . Newcastle are in fine position in the league and have hopes of Europe next season .

Portsmouth 3-0 Reading
Fratton Park

The match was completely one sided as Pompey just brush aside Reading in style . The first half was completely dominated by the home side but they failed to score . But things changed in the second half . Distin scored from a corner before Defoe clinically finished a pass from Davis and soon later Davis himself scored from the edge of the box .

Watford 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Vicarage Road

Totenham winning run was extended to 2 when Darren Bent and Dimitar Berbatov scored for the Spurs . Bent scored in the 22 minute and 3 minutes later on form striker Duncan Ferguson equalized . Chelsea linked striker Dimitar Berbatov grabbed two brilliant goals in space of 5 minutes to take all 3 pints from the game .

Wigan athletic 3-0 Manchester City
JJB Stadium

Paul Scharner gave the Latics the right start by scoring within the first minute . man City had their chances when Bojinov and Benjani came very close . But in the second half It was two stunning goals from Oliver Kapo which sealed the match for Wigan . With this lose Man City are at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League table .

 

[saladguy]

I guess that United are to good for us!

 

[vickyrox]

great presentation shan
and manu rocks!

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Match Report : Chelsea 5 Leicester 3

(Tejera grabs his hat-trick as Chelsea beat Leicester)

Carling Cup challengers Chelsea needed three late goals to reach the forth round as Sergio Tejera grabbed a hat-trick.

O'Grady's header gave Leicester an early lead, but the home side went in at the break in front, thanks to two calm finishes from reserve player Tejera.

Keeper Douglas kept Leicester in the game and Fryatt's header set up a tense finale at Stamford Bridge.

Ian Hume's tap-in put the Foxes ahead, but second half sub Kaka with a rasping shot and a Tejera header turned the tie.

Leicester gave an early taste that they had not arrived as sacrificial lambs when their striker O'Grady rose unchallenged to head home a free-kick.

The reserve player Sergio Tejera had not scored for the reserves since the first reserve game of the season, but the Spanish teenager got back in the goalscoring groove when he finished off a three-man move to equalise.

His reserve team mate Ben Sahar played a key role in that goal and the youngster set up Chelsea's second when his cross bobbled loose to Sergio Tejera, who headed home.

Douglas made three crucial saves, twice denying Scott Sinclair and pushing an effort from Ben Sahar on to the post.

But the home side lost Belleti just after half-time. The right-back was stretchered off with an injury to his right ankle.

Fryatt punished Chelsea's profligacy in the 71th minute when he headed Sylla's chip over the advancing Cudicini and into the net.

Five minutes later Levi Potter's free-kick was missed by everyone except Hume at the far post and the striker swept the ball home.

But Kaka leveled for Chelsea in the 85th minute with a brilliant long range shot from 25 yards , Douglas was only able to get a fingertip which was useless as the ball went in the net .

Two minutes from the end of normal time Sergio Tejera grabbed his hat-trick . Robinho crossed in from the left wing and Tejera took a great volley which beat Douglas comprehensively .

And in the dying seconds Ben Sahar added to Foxes misery when he headed home Lampard's corner to make it 5-3 for the home side .

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Teams

Chelsea(4-4-2):Cudicni ; Belletti , Ivanovic , Mancienne , Taiwo(Kaka 45') ; J.Cole(Robinho 51') , Woods(Anelka 65') , Lampard , Tejera ; Sinclair , Ben Sahar

Unused Subs : Terry , Cech

Scorers : Tejera 21' , 65 ' & 88' , Kaka 82' & Sahar 92'

Licester City(4-2-4): Douglas ; Maybury , Johansson , Kisnorbo , Kenton(Wesolowski 50') ; Williams , Hughes(Hume 53') ; Sylla , Potter , O'Grady , Fyratt

Unused Subs : Hendersen , McCarthy , Johnson

Scorers : O'Grady 12' , Fyratt 71 ' & Hume 77'


Match Stats

18-Shots-18
6-On Target-13
50%-Possession-50%
13-Corners-19
16-Free Kicks-7
0-Penalties-0
7-Fouls-16
4-Offsides-2
1-Yellow Cards-1
0-Red Cards-0

 

[saladguy]

That was some weird match. A bit like the Chelsea Vs Leicester one in real life! Shantanu, all your stories are amazing at the moment mate! KUTGW!

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Good win for Chelsea there. Nice presentation!

KUTGW!

 

[m_vaughan]

That was an aggressive lineup for Leicester, and a good result for you with some match practice for the reserves. Needed Kaka though to get that equaliser.

Why are Chelsea wearing their away kit?

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Match Report : Chelsea 1 Charlton 0

(Pizarro celebrates his spot kick)

Cluadio Pizarro's only goal gave second-placed Chelsea a narrow win over Charlton.Pizarro scored from the spot after the striker was adjudged by referee Steve Bennett to have been fouled by defender Diawara.

Chelsea hit the woodwork twice as Kaka struck the bar, while Nicolas Anelka was denied by the post.

Charlton rarely troubled the Chelsea defense and as the game opened up Andersen made a superb save to deny Anelka.Kaka raced in from the right and released a shot which cannoned back off the bar.And central midfielder Frank Lampard, with the outside of his right boot, powered a free-kick narrowly wide.

Working down the left wing Joe Cole threatened sporadically but overall the Charlton defense, expertly lead by Gonzalo Sorondo and Diawara, restricted Chelsea to long-range efforts.

Before conceding the penalty, Diawara had been involved in two other incidents where Chelsea appealed for a spot-kick. First Bennett booked Robinho for diving and the referee then ruled in favour of Diawara after Pizarro claimed the defender had pushed him .On the third occasion Diawara had no such luck after Pizarro backed into him and as the two players tumbled to the ground, Bennett pointed to the spot.

The striker rolled the ball to Andersen's left as the Charlton goalkeeper dived the other way.

Emboldened by the goal, Chelsea redoubled their attacking efforts and Anelka and Bosingwa went close with a couple of shots.

After the interval both Jimmy Fllyod Hasselbaink and Brian Hughes started to come into the game, though Charlton continued to find it hard to create clear-cut chances.

As the game wore on Chelsea became increasingly nervous and Carvalho almost put through his own net, while substitute Michael Essien glanced a header over.

The trajectory of one of Ambrose's free-kicks also gave Petr Cech an anxious moment with 15 minutes to go, but the ball sailed past the post.

Chelsea should have added to Pizarro's goal, notably when Anelka's angled shot hit the post and the French international should have done better with just Andersen to beat.

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Teams

Chelsea(4-3-3):Cech ; Bosingwa , Carvalho , Terry(c) , A.Cole ; J.Cole(Ballack 56') , Lampard , Robinho ; Kaka(Essien 46') , Pizarro , Anelka

Unsued Subs : Cudicni , Alex , Deco

Scorer : Pizarro 54'(pen)

Charlton Athletic(4-4-2):Andersen ; Diawara , Kishishev , Deschacht , Gonzalo Sorondo(c) ; Faye(Rommedahl 75') , Hollond , Ambrose , Ziegler(Thomas 76') ;
Hughes , Hasselbaink

Unused Subs : Myhre , Fortune , Bent

Match Stats

11-Shots-5
7-On Target-2
61%-Possession-39%
10-Corners-11
20-Free Kicks-0
1-Penalties-0
0-Fouls-20
2-Offsides-1
0-Yellow Cards-1
0-Red Cards-0

 

[saladguy]

Decent win for Chelsea. C'mon you Blues!