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Match Report: Shaw Impressive Despite Saints' Loss To Chelsea

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Dec 2 2013 09:00
Match Report: Shaw Impressive Despite Saints' Loss To Chelsea “No. No. I don't want Portuguese players. I always had them but, at this moment, it's enough,” Chelsea manager José Mourinho said when asked if he's keen on signing Fabio Coentrão in January. The duo worked together at Real Madrid and the left-back has been linked with a mo...
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Player Focus: Oscar's Winning Performances Deserve Credit

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Nov 27 2013 10:47
Player Focus: Oscar's Winning Performances Deserve Credit You have to feel slightly for Oscar. Barely has the Brazilian put a foot wrong since moving to London from Internacional 16 months ago, and yet the vast majority of any focus surrounding the Chelsea 'number 10' role has been on Juan Mata's astonishing absence rather than Oscar's presence. It is much...
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Match Report: Azpilicueta Deserving of a Starting Berth in Chelsea XI

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 11 2013 09:00
Match Report: Azpilicueta Deserving of a Starting Berth in Chelsea XI For the second successive game, Chelsea manager José Mourinho fielded César Azpilicueta at left-back. The Spaniard, predominantly a right-back, impressed in the role, regardless of the need to continuously cut onto his right foot when attacking the opposition on the left flank. Many a ...
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Player Focus: Is Frank Lampard Showing Serious Signs of Decline?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Oct 28 2013 16:15
Player Focus: Is Frank Lampard Showing Serious Signs of Decline? At Chelsea last season, there were two basic narratives: firstly, the fans hated Rafa Benitez, who it seemed won the Europa League almost to spite them; and secondly, Frank Lampard’s contract expired at the end of the season and there seemed little prospect of a new deal, despite a series ...
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Match Report: Chelsea Benefit From Extra Space In Win Against City

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Oct 28 2013 10:30
Match Report: Chelsea Benefit From Extra Space In Win Against City The meeting between these two teams last season will best be remembered as Rafa Benitez's first in charge of Chelsea. A poisonous atmosphere greeted the Spaniard as Manchester City held their Premier League counterparts to a stale 0-0 draw. This time, as the pair met at Stamford Bridge with a new ma...
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WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Headlines Star-Studded Rivalries

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Oct 25 2013 11:49
WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Headlines Star-Studded Rivalries After weeks of top games being dominated by Serie A fixtures, this time the Italians are left in the shadows due to three big games from Spain, England and Germany, plus one of very few where PSG may drop points. However, obviously the biggest match of all this weekend, in terms of the odds as well ...
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Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education

by Mohamed Moallim at Monday, Oct 21 2013 17:38
Player Focus: Piazón Benefitting from Eredivisie Education Dutch top-flight football has seen its fair share of change; a new economic reality more than a decade ago hit home, a simple case of evolution – adapt to survive – was needed. Those who are not wealthy must be creative, as Johan Cruyff put it. Subsequently clubs increased emphasis on yo...
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Match Report: Samuel Eto'o Proves He's Deserving Of Being Chelsea's Starting Striker

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Oct 21 2013 09:00
Match Report: Samuel Eto'o Proves He's Deserving Of Being Chelsea's Starting Striker “It's up to me to prove he was wrong,” were the words of Romelu Lukaku following Everton's defeat to Manchester City before the international break. Chelsea fans were somewhat bemused as to why the powerful Belgian was loaned out for the season following an impressive Premier League camp...
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WhoScored Tipster: Derby Duels Among Weekend Betting Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Sep 27 2013 18:02
WhoScored Tipster: Derby Duels Among Weekend Betting Tips Home comforts and fierce rivalries are the theme of the weekend. Many of the big clubs face favourable opponents ahead of their Champions League commitments, but Madrid, Turin and London host tense derby clashes with real betting value.LIKELY BETSMANCHESTER UNITED vs WBA: MANCHESTER UNITED -1.5 @1.9...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Wobble Not Yet Reason to Worry

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Sep 16 2013 12:36
Team Focus: Chelsea Wobble Not Yet Reason to Worry Defeats happen. It’s the nature of football, far more of which than we often like to imagine is rooted in luck. In Chris Anderson and David Sally’s book The Numbers Game, they estimate that the result of any individual game is based roughly 50% in luck: talent tends to win out over the c...
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