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Chelsea in shape

Jul31
2011 Leave a Comment

Chelsea has a positive perspective over the start of the new season after an awesome victory in the Asian Tour against Aston Villa, a game that brought them a lot of self confidence regarding their future games. Premier League will be like a jungle this season and everybody needs to be in perfect fit.

Josh McEachran puts Chelsea ahead with an early goal at Hong Kong Stadium and Fernando Torres came off the bench just before the hour to net the second to seal a deserved Barclays Asia Trophy triumph for the Blues.

Villas-Boas said: “It was good, we really found some good spaces and it’s important for the level of opposition in Aston Villa to find these spaces and have a certain amount of opportunities. It’s a good sign.”

“To create opportunities is one of our main objectives this season, a lot more attacking football, a lot more possession and we were able to do it today, even coping with Aston Villa’s aggressiveness in their game, always testing us in behind.“

Go go Blues! The real deal will be on English land.

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Gerrard out again

Jul30
2011 Leave a Comment

Another hit for Liverpool. Steven Gerrard is out until September after being admitted to hospital with an infection related to his groin injury.

The player had been undergoing rehabilitation from groin surgery that ended his season in mid-March but manager Kenny Dalglish was expecting him to be back on the squad for the start of the new campaign

“Steven Gerrard began a course of antibiotic treatment for an infection related to an ongoing groin problem. He is expected to remain in hospital for several days while the precautionary procedure is completed.” Said the club’s officials.

“The player will then return to Melwood to continue his rehabilitation programme and is expected to be available for selection in September.”

The England midfielder, who sat out the club’s brief tour of the Far East this summer, will miss Liverpool’s Barclays Premier League fixtures against Sunderland, Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers.

Gerrard was already set to miss the international friendly with Holland on 10th August but in these conditions will now also be a doubt for England’s Euro 2012 qualifiers in Bulgaria on 2nd September and at home to Wales.

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Aguero on Ethihad

Jul29
2011 Leave a Comment

Manchester City got a new record by signing with Sergio Aguero, a player that assures he will fight to the death to deliver trophies for the Ethihad Stadium. He should do that after signing a 5 year contract worth of 200 000 pounds a week.

No fee was confirmed by either club, but rumors say that he was brought from Atletico Madrid for the sum around 35 mil pounds. In this way, Aguero becomes Roberto Mancini’s third top acquisition of the summer after Gael Clichy and Stefan Savic, taking the overall spent sum to over 48 mil pounds.

“I saw the FA Cup Final and I think we are a team that in the future will be fighting every year to win major trophies. My style was always to fight for every ball and give 100 per cent in every game. I don’t think I’ll have to many problems in settling into the team.” , said Aguero.

Aguero’s arrival on Ethihad opens once again the questions regarding the future of Carlos Tevez, for whom Aguero is seen as a natural replacement. Any decisions they will take, they have to do it fast because, the new season knock’s at the door.

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Chelsea stands up!

Jul28
2011 Leave a Comment

Testing their teams, all the clubs went all over the places, in all kind of competitions. Chelsea had a game with Malaysia, a game with a lot of problems. The Blues made an official complaint against the Malaysian fans who cursed Benayoun non-stop in the match against Malaysia IX, won by Villas-Boas team with 1-0.

Nearly 85,000 people have booed on every touch of the ball of Benayoun. In Malaysia, 60% of the population is Muslim and supporter of the Palestinians. They do not recognize Israel and have no diplomatic ties with the country of Benayoun’s origin.

Chelsea has not filed a complaint immediately after the game because the team officials were not sure if fans were Semites, or just their favorite team hostile opponents. Eventually, the English have made complaint to the Federation of Malaysia and asked to take action.

“The Asian tour was great, it’s a shame that these people ruined our experience. Such gestures are offensive, embarrassing and unacceptable in a stadium!” said Chelsea’s officials.

Malaysian federation replied: “It’s a regrettable incident, which unfortunately is hardly impeded. Malaysia should be an example in this area and something like that will not happen again”.

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Tevez in Italy

Jul27
2011 Leave a Comment

Final moves and the biggest deals will be sealed on the final days of transfer period. One of the names that keeps the front pages of the almost all sports magazine is that of Carlos Tevez.

People from Argentina are convinced that after Manchester City persuaded Kun Aguero to choose England, Tevez has a clear path to Italy. But after all these things, will this move do any better for Tevez?

The argentinian player met with Branca from Inter during his holiday and rumors say that the player’s agent has already held the first round of negotiations for Tevez.

After the Copa America, there was a formal meeting between Tevez’s representative, Adrian Ruocco and Marco Branca from Inter. The two sides are very close to a deal and if the contract will be signed, Inter will get an awesome player.

Carlos Alberto Tévez was born on 5 February 1984. He is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City and is currently the team’s captain. He has previously played for Boca Juniors, Corinthians, West Ham United and Manchester United.

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