Mourinho’s Famous Lines

On his arrival - June 2004

“We have top players and, sorry if I'm arrogant, we have a top manager.”

 

“I'm not a defender of old or new football managers. I believe in good ones and bad ones, those that achieve success and those that don't. Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.”

 

On his new job - July 2004

“If I wanted to have an easy job...I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.”

 

On Arsenal after their 5-4 win at Spurs - November 2004

“That was not a football score, it was a hockey score...in training I often play matches of three against three and when the score reaches 5-4 I send the players back to the dressing room, because they are not defending properly.”

 

On Sir Alex Ferguson - January 2005

“This is nothing against Sir Alex whatsoever. After the game on Wednesday we were together in my office and we spoke and drank wine. Unfortunately it was a very bad bottle of wine and he was complaining, so when we go to Old Trafford for the second leg, on my birthday, I will take a beautiful bottle of Portuguese wine.”

 

On Blackburn - February 2005

“Look at the blond boy in midfield, Robbie Savage, who commits 20 fouls during the game and never gets a booking. We came here to play football and it was not a football game, it was a fight and we fought and I think we fought fantastically.”

 

On leading the title race - February 2005

“We are on top at the moment but not because of the club's financial power. We are in contention for a lot of trophies because of my hard work.”

 

On Roman Abramovich - March 2005

“If he helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!”

 

On Liverpool after Champions League loss - May 2005

“It was a goal that came from the moon - from the Anfield stands.”

 

“The best team lost. After they scored only one team played, the other one just defended for the whole game.”

 

“Liverpool scored, if you can say that they scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored.”

 

On Manchester United - May 2005

“I saw their players and manager go for a lap of honour after losing to us in their last home game. In Portugal if you do this, they throw bottles at you!”

 

On Arsenal's French farce of a penalty - October 2005

“You have to wonder why they did that penalty. Because they have so many penalties in the season, that's why. They have to do something special and different.”

 

The Last and Most FAMOUS....................

 

On Arsene Wenger - October 2005

“I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea.”

 

Just for the record I still think Mourinho is one of the best Damm things that happened to Chelsea, this post just shows how entertaining he can be off the pitch too.

 

MERRY X’MAS TO ALL

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So Close Yet So Far

Well Chelsea’s star mid-fielder Frank Lampard, this time too finished 2^nd to Ronaldinho in the FIFA’s World Player of the Year award. The reason I said “Yet So Far” is because Ronaldinho polled 956 points while Lampard polled 306 and Eto'o 190.

 

Well those figured don’t lie, Ronaldinho beat Lampard by a whopping 650, well there’s always next year. Ronaldinho bagged the award for the second time in a row, which just proves how popular he is among the national team coach and captain from each member association in FIFA(Voters.)

 

After the results were announced Lampard had this to say “To come second to Ronaldinho is almost a victory. I'm very happy. To come second is a fantastic achievement for me - there's so many great players in the world.”

 

“Ronaldinho is so good, he fully deserves to be crowned the best player in the world. I think I've improved, I work very hard, I train very hard, I'm very ambitious and I want to get better every season. I put my progress down to the hard work I've put in and the help of my team-mates. Playing with good players makes your job a lot easier.”

 

“I try to improve every year - this year I came second, next year I will try to come first. It's a big season, a World Cup year, and I'm hoping for success for my teams.”

 

There has been a lot of talk about Lampard moving to Barcelona, so the Chelsea vice-captain decided to comment on that once and for all. “I'm a Chelsea player, I'm a very loyal player, and I concentrate 100% on the team - it's impossible for me to do anything else. I have a fantastic manager, fantastic team-mates around me that have helped me get to this position and I'm looking forward to big success this year.”

 

“When I play I try to contribute to my team whether it's for Chelsea or for England so that's what I'll be looking for next year. Personal awards are good but the team awards are the ones I really want. I would happily swap the World Player award to win the Champions League.”

 

Well the Man in Blue has spoken, Barca Beware!!!!!! The Blues are Coming!!!

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Campbell & Lehmann See The Title Slip Away

We Drew Barcelona Again

I Cant believe this SHIT!!! Barcelona again!!!!!

Well we’ll have to show them AGAIN who’s the better team. Last year Barcelona were favorites to win the Champs League, but Chelsea shocked the world by knocking them out of the tournament in one of the most exciting matches I have ever seen.

 

This only calls for a repeat performance, however the 1^st game will be at Stamford Bridge this time on the 21/22 of February and the 2^nd leg at Camp Nou on the 7/8 of March. Michael Essien will be missing both legs against Barcelona due to the ban by UEFA, however our ace defensive mid-fielder Claude Makelele is expected to return by then.

 

Barcelona might be a stronger, more well settled side this year, but Chelsea too have gotten stronger with additions like Crespo, Wright-Phillips and Del Horno who would be featuring in the game, there isn’t really any need for me to comment on how well the Chelsea team gel together.

 

Other fixtures are as follows:

 

Real Madrid v Arsenal

Werder Bremen v Juventus

Bayern Munich v AC Milan

PSV Eindhoven v Lyon

Ajax v Inter Milan

Benfica v Liverpool

Rangers v Villarreal

 

Update: The home leg will be played on Wednesday 22nd February with away leg on Tuesday 7th March.

 

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All in One

I wasn’t able to update my blog in the last few days cause I’ve kind of been busy with work. Well this post should cover all the important stuff that happened this week.

 

Most important news, the Champions League draw is gonna happen today, at UEFA headquarters in Switzerland at 11am London time (Approximately 4 hours after I post this.)

 

Arjen Robben has worked his way back into form, though he is far from his best, he had this to say “I would like to face either Villarreal or AC Milan, It’s just a feeling. It is not that I am afraid of getting the other ones. I think we can beat anyone but its just some teams are different and I would prefer to play one of them.”

 

However Juventus coach Fabio Capello has openly admitted that if would prefer not to play Chelsea at such an early stage in the competition. Capello also express how shock he was to find out Manchester United haven't even qualified for the UEFA Cup. Juventus could also be paired with Capello’s former club Real Madrid.

 

UEFA have handed Chelsea star midfielder Michael Essien a 2 game ban for his tackle on Liverpool’s Dietmar Hamann during the Champions League match at Stamford Bridge on December 6^th. Essien will be missing both legs of the UEFA Champions League Knock Out Round (on 21/22 February and 7/8 March.)

 

Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu who completed his ban and now plays for Juventus, lost a court case to Chelsea regarding his dismissal by Chelsea on the 15^th of December. The Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the appeal and ordered Mutu to pay Chelsea costs of 20,000 Swiss francs (Are Chelsea on a roll or what? we just cant stop the Money from coming in?) Chelsea will be applying to FIFA for compensation.

 

Roy Keane has signed a one and a half year deal with Celtic a club he supported as a kid. He admitted that he had talked with a number of interested parties since his departure from Manchester United last month and that included Spanish giants Real Madrid, Everton, Bolton and a few others. It is believed that Keane signed with Celtic in spite of them offering him a salary package half of what he received at Manchester United (around 90,000 pounds at United.)

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It's Me!!!

Yup it’s a cartoon me, cool isn’t it? Well I have to thank Sarah for it, she’s been busy with work and stuff, but still found the time to work on the sketch. I have been planning to change my template for quite sometime now and this picture it gonna be part of the new template (when ever that happens.)

All those who are into art and stuff you just have to check out Sarah’s blog , her work is out of this world.

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Man Utd Down & Out, of UEFA Cup Too

Sad day for United fans, not only were the supposed to beat Benfica and qualify to the knock out stage of the Champions League, but in a way pay tribute to George Best too. It was against Benfica that Best won the European Cup in 1968 and on the ground upon which the Portuguese giant's current stadium is built where he enjoyed his finest hour and a half, the stunning 5-1 triumph two years earlier.

 

All United needed was a draw, as a goal by Guayre for Villarreal was enough to beat Lille. Scholes did give United a dream start but they weren’t able to build on the momentum, horrible football if you think about it, with all that talent in there, they weren’t able to beat a team who are as strong as West Bromwich Albion (Premiership) on paper.

 

Man Utd failed to finish even 3^rd in a group which they should have led from the beginning, and hence failed to claim a UEFA Cup spot too. The defeat also costs Malcolm Glazer up to £15million in prize-money and leaves one of Europe’s biggest & richest clubs with no European combat to look forward to after the New Year for the first time in a decade.

 

Chelsea is most likely to draw one of the following

(Order Easiest to Toughest Opponent according to me)

• Villarreal (Spain)
• Lyon (France)
• Inter Milan (Italy)
• AC Milan (Italy)
• Barcelona (Spain)
• Juventus (Italy)

Rules:

Can't Play Club from same League (Country) or Group (Champions League).

Winner of a group plays Runners up of another Group

1^st Game at Runners up’s home Ground

The draw takes place on Friday, December 16th

 

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Funny / Sexy Football Pictures

 

Playboy Soccer Match

 

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Frustrated Madrid Sack Luxemburgo

Talks of Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo being sacked had already emerged after his team was humiliated at their own home ground by Barcelona, two draws after that against Lyon and Real Sociedad just made things worse. The straw that broke the camel’s back was their unimpressive non-entertaining win against Getafe, the club came to a conclusion Luxemburgo had to go.

 

The 53-year-old Brazilian, who was Real's fifth coach in the space of two and a half years, was dismissed following an emergency board meeting at the club's Bernabeu stadium. There is now likely to be a furious race to replace Luxemburgo, with former Lyon coach Paul Le Guen believed to be under consideration, while Real president Florentino Perez is a fan of Premiership bosses Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger. Juventus coach Fabio Capello, who led Real to the league title in 1997, former Celta Vigo and Porto boss Victor Fernandez, England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson and Liverpool's Rafael Benitez have all been mooted as possible long-term replacements for Luxemburgo.

 

Mourinho had this to say "I would not go if they called me, I have four more years at Chelsea and I hope to win enough trophies in that time to see out my contract and maybe longer."

 

Perez also admires the coaching skills of Fabio Capello, who has already had one spell at the Bernabeu, but the Juventus chief has played down a return to the club.

 

"I'm flattered by this link because Real aren't a small club, But I have a contract and I'm happy here." Capello told Sky Italia.

 

Luxemburgo leaves the team in fourth place in the standings with 25 points from 14 games, six behind joint leaders Barcelona and Osasuna. Real have also booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.

 

The club then spent nearly 90 million euros ($105.3 million) in reconstructing the squad during the close season, bringing in Brazilian strikers Robinho and Julio Baptista, the promising Spanish international defender Sergio Ramos and Uruguayan duo Pablo Garcia and Carlos Diogo.

 

I think Arsene Wenger is most likely to take up the position of Head Coach; talks of him leaving for Madrid had surfaced about a week back. Arsenal were out classed by Bolton in their recent Premiership fixture and things don’t seem to be going all that good in the Arsenal locker room, if Wenger does leave for Madrid, I’m quite sure he would be taking Henry with him. Henry has already been linked with a move to Spain for quite sometime.

Juventus Our Strongest Rivals?

Chelsea having made it to the knock out stage of the Champions League now set their target on finishing top of their group, which isn’t going to be a problem. Our last game is against Premiership title contenders (hahahahahah just being nice to them for a change) Liverpool is at Stamford Bridge.

 

Now all those teams who finish first in their group play a team who finished 2^nd in another group (except for teams from your country.) Juventus are most likely to finish 2^nd in their group, hence could be paired up with Chelsea. Barcelona another team who are favorites for Europe's biggest prize along with Chelsea and Juventus, has topped their group, so Chelsea need not worry about them at the moment.

 

"I think our strongest rivals are Juventus," Lampard told Rai TV. He also identified the summer signing of Patrick Vieira from Arsenal as a crucial move that cemented the Bianconeri's quality. "They were already a great side before, but since Vieira's arrival they have been fantastic."

 

Lampard however forgot about Adrian Mutu, who was sacked by Chelsea FC a year back for doing drugs. Having completed his ban, Mutu has been playing for Juve and has so far featured in 12 matches totally and has scored 4 goals. Mutu may be out to take some revenge of his own, though I seriously think our defense is way too much for him to handle.

Funny Stuff !!!

Ok you gotta go to this link, go the post dated November 28^th, titled “ The Special One – Jose Mourinho and the Chelsea magic.”

Download these two audio clips, its Jose Mourinho (a guy imitating him) during half time and an interview and then he breaks into a song. Trust me it’s really really funny.

http://www.champions-league.org/football/

 

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This One Has Lampard's Name

All right Ronaldinho might have beaten Lampard to the Ballon D'Or by France Football magazine, but this time it’s going to be a lot closer. Voters just can’t afford to ignore the fact that the England International has just set a new record in the Premiership, 160 games in the top flight and still counting and is one of the Premiership’s leading scorers (Amazing for a mid-fielder.)

 

Lampard finished second (148 points) to Ronaldinho (225 points) however 6 points above England team mate Steven Gerrard.

 

Now FIFA's World Player of the Year title is up for grabs, and something tell me Lampard may just pocket this one. Frank Lampard will go head to head with Ronaldinho again next month after both players were included on the three-man shortlist to be FIFA's World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho’s Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o will also be competing for the prestigious title. Ronaldinho was last year’s winner.

 

Players receive votes from national coaches and captains from each of FIFA's member associations. The winner will be named in Zurich on December 19^th, from the three who gained the most votes.

 

For those of you who are superstitious or strongly believe in statistics, this is a piece of information you aren’t going to like. A Spanish-based player has won the award for the last four years, and it has never been won by a player from the Premiership.

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