Christian Pulisic injury update issued by USMNT boss Gregg Berhalter As reported by Football.london, the United States Men’s National Team boss Gregg Berhalter has provided an update on the injury of Chelsea star Christian Pulisic. The 22-year-old missed all of Chelsea’s last three matches prior to the international break after picking up a hamstring injury … Read more
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich ready to go big in the transfer market again Speaking on The Blue View Podcast, reputed journalist Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is ready to bankroll another huge transfer window for the club should things return to normalcy following the Covid-19 situation. The club pulled out the … Read more
Chelsea to lose as many as six players to international tournaments thanks to new FIFA laws According to Football.london, Chelsea have been handed a blow by the changes to the new FIFA international duty rules. This will see the club lose all of its non-European players to international duty in 2022. This could potentially include … Read more
Out of the blue, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, comprising of three Chelsea players, advanced into the finals of the African Cup of Nations in South Africa in the most fashionable manner, dispatching Mali 4-1 in the semi-final.
Given the lukewarm approach they started the games with, nobody gave them a chance of progressing beyond the quarter-final but an imposing display from the team ensured their passage into the semis to face Ivorian’s.
Fans of both Chelsea and Tottenham were lamenting a midday kick-off for their clash in the Premier League this weekend, especially as it coincided with the midweek World Cup qualifiers, where England travelled to Poland on Tuesday night, where both Ashley Cole, and Jermaine Defoe were named as starters.
So, three and a half days apart, not a catastrophe, although as the squad will have to travel back from Poland, it isn’t exactly an ideal scenario. So, imagine the faces of both Di Matteo and Villas-Boas as the scenes unravelled on Tuesday night. The ‘pitch’ resembling my back garden after a typical English winter (or summer nowadays) and the game was called off, until 4pm today
With John Terry injured for England’s game tonight against Ukraine at Wembley, Frank Lampard believes Gary Cahill is the man to replace his Chelsea team-mate.
That’s likely to be the case, with national manager Roy Hodgson set to pick Cahill to partner Joleon Lescott in the heart of the defence, preferring him to Everton’s Phil Jagielka, and Lampard cites last seasons’ performances in the Champions’ League from Cahill as the main premise for his inclusion.
After narrowly missing out on the English Euro 2012 squad, Sturridge has been handed a massive chance to shine on the world stage this summer, after being named in the 18-man Great Britain squad for the Olympics this summer.
A collection of the world’s young starlets will take centre stage this summer as they battle it out at London 2012, and will play Senegal, UAE, and Uruguay in the Group Stages later this month.
For those of you outside of Europe, or those that country hasn’t even qualified for Euro2012, who will you be supporting?
I will be giving you a helping hand, by looking at the players that are representing Chelsea, and their countries at Euro 2012, and their chances of doing well.
Chelsea pair Frank Lampard and John Terry are all smiles after both playing their parts in England’s victories over world Champions Spain and Sweden respectively.
Petr Cech believes Montenegro will give his Czech Republic side a difficult time in next month’s European Championship qualifying play-offs.