Champions League - Chelsea Vs Barcelona @ Stamford Bridge !
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Petr Cech will be spending Saturday night in hospital under observation. Carlo Cudicini, who was initially taken to hospital, has been discharged. The two keepers were carried off on stretchers after collisions with Reading players during Saturday eveningÂ’s Premiership game.Originally posted by used:cudicini injured or wad??
Everyone at Chelsea Football Club wishes both Petr and Carlo the speediest of recoveries from their injuries.
i think cudicini is fine since he is dischage from the hospital......should be concussion only no other injury so he should be able to fit for the barcelona match
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all the best in the recovery.
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Chelsea forced to turn to Hilario for Barca showdown
tribalfooball.com - October 15, 2006
Chelsea are set to go into their crunch Champions League showdown against Barcelona with third-string goalkeeper Hilario between the posts.
Both Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini will miss the match after suffering heavy injuries in Saturday's win at Reading.
Hilario, 31 next Saturday, joined Chelsea on a free transfer last June from Portuguese side Nacional but he has yet make his debut for the Premiership champions.
Henrique Hilário M. Alves Sampaio, known simply as Hilário, (born October 21, 1975 in São Pedro da Cova in Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper in England for Chelsea.
He joined the club on July 1, 2006 from the Portuguese side Nacional Madeira, having previously played from FC Porto under current Chelsea manager José Mourinho in the 2003-2004 season.
Hilario is generally seen as a third choice goalkeeper for Chelsea, as backup to Petr Čech and Carlo Cudicini, but looks set for a run in the first team after both sustained injuries in Chelsea's game against Reading on October 14, 2006.
He has also played with:
2005/06 Nacional
2004/05 Nacional
2003/04 Nacional
2002/03 Académica
2001/02 Varzim
2000/01 FC Porto
1999/00 FC Porto
1998/99 Est.Amadora
1997/98 FC Porto
1996/97 FC Porto
1995/96 Académica
1994/95 Naval -
for hus debut, i sure hope he doesn't get stage fright.
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Lamps: Blues are ready for Barca
Frank Lampard insists Chelsea are ready to drive home their Champions League advantage in next month's double-header against Barcelona despite Goalkeepers injuries
Jose Mourinho's team go into their re-match with the European champions on top of Group A after a 3-1 win away to Levski Sofia secured maximum points from two games.
Barca have not lost in the Champions League since Chelsea knocked them out of the competition 18 months ago but they needed a last-gasp goal from Lionel Messi to salvage a point at Werder Bremen yesterday.
Lampard said: "We're not in a real dominant position in the group by any means because there's some tough games to come but it has set us up as well as could be expected.
"We needed to win these first two games and now we've got a serious double-header against Barcelona where we want to come out with two good results and then we can talk about going through to the next stage.
"Barcelona at home, what a great game that is and we've got six points so we can have a real go at it.
"Every year is different but first of all we want to qualify. We want to qualify and we want to qualify at the top of the group."
Barcelona knocked Chelsea out of last season's Champions League with a 3-2 aggregate win in the last-16 stage and the Londoners would love to avenge that defeat.
Samuel Eto'o, who scored Barca's winner in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, will miss both games against the Premiership champions after injuring his knee against Werder Bremen. He could be out for up to three months.
Chelsea beat Werder at home in the opening game of this season's campaign but Lampard expects the Germans to push Chelsea and Barcelona hard for the two qualifying places.
Lampard said: "I'm not surprised Barcelona dropped points because we knew Werder Bremen were a good team.
"We found that out at the Bridge and I'm sure we'll find that even more when we go there.
"It's very difficult to go to Bremen and get a win. We shouldn't under-estimate them."
Didier Drogba was Chelsea's goal hero in Sofia, scoring all three goals to claim his first hat-trick for the Blues.
The £24million striker is playing some of his best football since he joined the club from Marseille two years ago.
He is leading the line, tormenting defenders with his power and scoring goals.
Lampard said: "He is powerful. He's got good feet. He's scoring goals and holding the ball up. He's doing everything a striker needs to do.
"When Didi's at his best, that's what he does. He's so strong and quick. He's confident at the moment and he can't stop scoring.
"It's great when you see a striker in that mode because balls drop to him; balls deflect off him, like they did for the last one."
Drogba pounced for his first when Levski keeper Georgi Petkov failed to hold a shot from Mikel John Obi.
He supplied a neat finish to a strong turn for his second and completed his treble when he diverted Lampard's shot into the corner with a flick.
Lampard said: "I don't know if he meant it or not but you have to give credit to him. It doesn't matter how they go in.
"He scored a mixture of goals. The first was a striker's instinct goal, the second was a real quality finish and the third was the lucky one that good strikers do score." -
Champions League & Uefa Cup dates
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
First group stage games: 12/13 September
Champions League final: 23 May 2007, Olympic Stadium, Athens.
UEFA CUP
First round first legs: 14 September
First round second legs: 28 September
Draw for Uefa Cup group stage: 3 October
First group stage matches: 19 October
Uefa Cup final: 16 May 2007, Hampden Park, Glasgow. -
Messi: Drogba, Sheva not good enough for Barcelona
tribalfooball.com - October 16, 2006
Leo Messi has mocked Chelsea, claiming none of their big names are good enough to break into the Barcelona team.
Messi was injured at Chelsea last season and missed the Champions League Final against Arsenal.
Now the Argentina star is desperate for revenge when the teams meet in the group stage on Wednesday.
Messi said: "There will be no excuse if we lose. We have come up against Jose Mourinho's mind games before.
"Chelsea have put together a super team but I think we are better.
"I wouldn't take Drogba, Shevchenko or Ballack for any of our players.
"When I hear the name of Chelsea it brings back bad memories. I got injured there last season and couldn't make it back in time for the Champions League Final. That day Asier Del Horno wore himself out kicking me. I'm sure if I'm playing they will try to stop me playing my natural game.
"There will be millions of people watching us on TV. The champions of Europe have to show that they can repeat the achievement this year. We are not going to London as tourists."
Messi won't get drawn into the arguments about the Stamford Bridge pitch.
He said: "The state of the pitch doesn't worry me. A team that has won championships and cups as we have are able to play even on a beach."
kido you still got lots 2 learn from drogba and sheva
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Barcelona's Ronaldinho: We'll beat Chelsea on own turf
tribalfooball.com - October 16, 2006
Barcelona ace Ronaldinho is convinced they can beat Chelsea on their own turf this week.
Ronaldinho said: "We're going in search of victory at Chelsea, it's not in our nature to play for a draw. And following last season's victory we're more than confident of going there and winning again.
"It's a measure for Chelsea to see how far they have come in recent years so I expect them to be fired up for the match.
"But all the time we stay on course for success it makes it harder for Chelsea to realise their own dreams of winning the Champions League."
Ronaldinho was at the centre of a post-match row with stewards after a Champions League visit to the Bridge two seasons ago. He doesn't underestimate the ferocity that will be shown by Jose Mourinho's men this week.
"One thing I have become used to is Chelsea's fighting spirit," he said. "They live and die on the pitch as a team and it won't be an easy game by any stretch of the imagination.
"I expect Barcelona and Chelsea to go through, it would be a massive shock if that didn't happen."
Chelsea skipper John Terry has rallied his troops, saying: "It's a huge game. I cannot overemphasise how important this one is. We've got off to a winning start and have to sustain that."
don't make such claim and suffer a defeat @ the hands of Chelsea -
oh no, now if Chelsea lose, they will blame it on Reading..
and the sand... next time, they can do a national stadium lah, Flood it. -
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Barca to WIN,
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Chelsea, Barca to control game for next 20 years
tribalfooball.com - October 17, 2006
Chelsea and Barcelona are forming an unlikely alliance to chart the direction of European football.
The Guardian says Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon will work closely with Barca president Joan Laporta after Uefa reforms of its executive structures and the introduction of a new level of government that will cede key powers to the leading clubs and leagues.
The European Professional Football Strategy Board, on which Kenyon, and Laporta, will be prominent members, will effectively dictate the direction taken by Uefa over the next 20 years.
The development will come as a blow to the political ambitions of the G14, whose new president, David Dein, had hoped to reopen formal negotiations with Uefa over the thorny issue of player release for international matches.
Uefa, however, has vowed not to enter into dialogue with the G14 for as long as it sustains its legal action against the world and European governing bodies.
Uefa is believed to have been assured by Laporta that he has successfully lobbied nine G14 member clubs to put their faith in the new body over the G14, splitting the group down the middle. The strategic board, due to take its first decisions in December, will be a supplementary tier of government that nominally sits below the executive committee. -
Barcelona ace Ronaldinho: I'm near my very best
tribalfooball.com - October 16, 2006
Ronaldinho feels he's almost back to his best after his impressive performance in Barcelona's victory over Sevilla last night.
"Every season it is the same. Little by little I am improving and now I must continue like this. I do not need much to be at 100 percent. I am getting better," said Ronaldinho.
"It was important to score the second goal, because we needed to react as quickly as possible. I am happy, because during the week I was training hard and the work has left me in perfect shape.
"I dedicate my goal to all the team and especially to Belletti, who finished injured."
On his substitution, the Brazilian added: "I wasn't upset. I was tired, because it was an intense game.
"It is wonderful to be leaders. There's a long way to go, but it is perfect. Now we only must worry about us, not another team above us." -
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Forgive him, he is still in puberty.
He's sure a pesky pest, yet either he doesn't realise it, is no doubt ignorant of it, or he's simply feigning ignorance.
I wonder; can't he see that everyone HATES chelsea. Yet he carried chelsea aloft up on the imaginary podium of success. -
man utd sux =D
i don't hate any other clubs except for man utd
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this is a chelsea-barca thread. for posts on man utd, pls post in the right places.
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Forgive him, he is still in puberty.
the only chelsea fan creating a nuisance here is him, such a young age and a chelsea fan? I bet he just watch EPL when chelsea was dominating
look at stellazio or some other forumites, true blue chelsea fan who don't behave like what ghimpheng did -
Oh, just because man utd end chelsea 39 wins?Originally posted by ghimpheng:man utd sux =D
i don't hate any other clubs except for man utd 
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stupid fool when did chelsea get 39 wins in a row.......man utd ended arsenal 49 games unbeaten run with a rooney dive and RVN scoring from the spotOriginally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:Oh, just because man utd end chelsea 39 wins? -
yes maybe i should learn from stellazio to keep my comments to myself as i had realise that man utd fans are just pure bias against chelsea.......nvm jealous of the champions are commonOriginally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:ROFL!
the only chelsea fan creating a nuisance here is him, such a young age and a chelsea fan? I bet he just watch EPL when chelsea was dominating
look at stellazio or some other forumites, true blue chelsea fan who don't behave like what ghimpheng did -
Belletti blow for Barcelona
Barcelona full-back Juliano Belletti will miss this week's Champions League game with Chelsea through injury.
The Brazilian damaged his shoulder during Sunday's league win over Sevilla and was ruled out of the trip to England.
He will undergo tests later on Monday to determine the extent of the injury and whether he will be fit to play in next weekend's clash with Real Madrid.
Aside from Belletti, the only other senior player missing from Frank Rijkaard's 20-man travelling squad is striker Samuel Eto'o, who is out of action until next year after undergoing knee surgery.
Lionel Messi, who scored the third goal in the 3-1 defeat of Sevilla, was absent from training on Monday with a stomach ache, but he is expected to be fit for Wednesday's game.
we rather he play during the match........i remember how duff dribble past him numerous time -
Rafael Marquez 4 - CB
Gianluca Zambrotta 11 - Wing back
Jose Gomes Edmilson 15 - DM i think
3 Thiago Motta - Defensive Midfielder
21 Lilian Thuram CB
22 Eidur Gudjohnsen | Forward
23 Presas Oleguer | CB
i think @ least 5 out 7of these barcelona players will play in order to stop chelsea ariel threat -
ROFL WTFBBQ!!!!!!! ROFL!!!!!Originally posted by ghimpheng:stupid fool when did chelsea get 39 wins in a row.......man utd ended arsenal 49 games unbeaten run with a rooney dive and RVN scoring from the spot
you are a chelsea fan yet you don't know about that?!?!?!??!
Let me show you the header of darren fletcher, which ends chelsea's 39 unbeaten run last season
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uvHMK72UNEk
after watching this video, you might say that header is pure luck or what, but i don't give a damn
and yes, please do some homework before scolding other people stupid fool, whos the real stupid fool? 
conclusion : i think you start watching EPL only after chelsea won their first title and before their second title 
how sad
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look @ your own post....you posted the word "wins" not 39 games unbeaten run dummy chelsea did draw in between the 39 games thus that mean chelsea did not get 39 straight wins as stated by you earlier aboveOriginally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:Oh, just because man utd end chelsea 39 wins?