Ancelotti comes to Stamford Bridge

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in champions league, chelsea, epl, football, italy, london, Sports, uefa | Posted on 02-06-2009

carlo ancelotti

More here.  And now, it would be worth watching if the perennial losers in the semi finals of the Champions League will lift the coveted trophy.  More power to the blues to take on the reds :D

Ancelotti brings with him a huge legacy.  A Champions league trophy winner twice each as a player and as a manager, he will have huge expectations to live up to.

Picture source: Chelseafc

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Ecstasy and Heartbreak

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in champions league, cricket, england, football, India, ipl, london, soccer, south africa, spain, Sports | Posted on 07-05-2009

On one hand it was a great feeling seeing Deccan Chargers back to their winning ways by trouncing Mumbai Indians by 19  runs. A stupendous bowling effort by Rohit Sharma who took 4 wickets for 6 runs which included a hat trick was the main reason for the DC win.

rohitAnd on the other hand, heartbreak to see Chelsea miss yet another seat to the Champions league finals.  Andreas Iniesta’s injury time goal meant that Barcelona drew 1-1 with Chelsea and thus moved into the finals with a better away goal record.

inestagoalap0506Earlier, Michael Essien scored for Chelsea in the 9th minute to go 1-0 for the English team.

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Chelski or ManUre?

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in champions league, football, soccer, Sports, uefa, World | Posted on 21-05-2008

So, who’se going to be crowned the Champion of Europe? Aah, how i wish i could wake up at 2:30 in the morning to watch the match. Have been so tired these past few days watching IPL that i dont think i will be able to wake up in the middle of the night to watch the match.

Many colleagues have applied for leave tomorrow and the rest are sure to apply for urgent leaves or medical leave tomorrow. A direct consequence of staying up watching the Champions league finals. Last year i had slept at 8 in the evening and woke up at 2:30 in the morning to watch the Milan-Liverpool finals. It was worth the effort as Liverpool was whacked by Milan. How i wish i can do that again tonite.

Anyway, lets see. Meanwhile, may Chelsea win :)

Above picture from: Soccernet

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