Chelsea - Inter (16 Mar 10)
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10 years of FIF
FIF Special OnesI wonder where the hell are those D.Drogba and other Chelsea fans that were annoying us before
Lucio destroys everyone with Drogba in their name. Username or not,
RIP D.Drogba
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10 years of FIFWaiting for a chance to mock us again.I wonder where the hell are those D.Drogba and other Chelsea fans that were annoying us before
Unfortunetly for them, it ain't happening this season again
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i come home today my brother goes inter matched barca and arsenal got man u i was about to have a heart attack lol then i found out that they were only predictions on fox soccer report thank god
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Nazumi,
Are you really from Qingdao China?
Try this: http://torrentpump.com/alivetorrents.com/a37e7389ac6f05a8ed176399e76dfd34c047e504
Yes, I am a native of Qingdao and now I am a student of Qingdao Uni, what about it?
I downloaded that torrent already,what is the commentary language??
Damn, can't understand at all.
No matter what, better than nothing, thanks so~
I wish I can get a 720p or 420P in the future, I pray~~~
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Anyone know what time the draw is and where I can find a stream for it? I'm hoping we get Bayern, then ManU for the semis, then Barca in the final. That way, we will have slain all the giants of European football and no one can say we strolled to the CL trophy (it would also shut the Italian press up for a while).
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10 years of FIFFIF Special Ones12:30 GMT Sky Sports starts coverage but I dunno where else.
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10 years of FIFMourinho Returns as 'the Enemy' and Wins
By ROB HUGHES
Published: March 17, 2010
LONDON — The lights were still on, but Chelsea was out of the Champions League by the time its owner, Roman Abramovich, walked across the grass toward the locker rooms.
The Russian billionaire surely knew what to expect but may not yet have been aware of the full picture evolving Tuesday night.
His face bore a faint, slightly bemused smile. The Chelsea team on which he has lavished $1 billion had been beaten, 1-0, in its own stadium by Inter Milan. Abramovich would have been acutely aware that Inter’s coach, the same José Mourinho whom Abramovich had hired and fired, would be in front of the television cameras, milking the moment.
And, of course, Mourinho was. “The best team, by far, superior in everything,” was his correct, hardly understated, summary of the victory.
Inter, the side he is building, eliminated Chelsea, a team that is still two-thirds of Mourinho’s choosing. The Italian club, without an Italian in the starting lineup, won both legs — 2-1 in Milan and 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in London.
The triumph was comprehensive. Mourinho’s new team defeated his old by suppressing the main characteristic he built into Chelsea — its intensity. It was at once boring and intriguing to see Lucio and Walter Samuel, two brutes of defense, maul Didier Drogba by fair means and foul.
Drogba, the striker around whom Mourinho had fashioned Chelsea during his time as manager, between 2003 and 2007, was held, shoved, manhandled and wrestled to the ground so often that it was difficult to believe that neither the German referee, Wolfgang Stark, nor his linesmen saw it.
But when, toward the end, Drogba kicked back with a stamp of his foot on the shin of Thiago Motta, the Chelsea man was sent off.
Another injustice. Another sense of conspiratorial rule against Chelski, as Chelsea clearly and often sees things; a mind-set that is perhaps another of Mourinho’s legacies.
But it was comprehensive defeat, nonetheless. Quite possibly Mourinho is right, again, when he suggests that after this loss for what he still calls “my people,” Chelsea is running out of time to deliver what Abramovich most craves: The Champions trophy.
“Roman is a very intelligent person,” Mourinho told the assembled media even as Abramovich trudged, with bodyguards trailing, toward the exit. “Roman knows very well how to read, understand and analyze the game.
“For sure, he knows his team lost to a team that deserved to win. Because he is a man of fair play, I am sure he accepts that.”
Another club Abramovich has financially supported, C.S.K.A. Moscow, created history of its own on Tuesday.
The Central Sports Club of the Army of Moscow put out Sevilla, in Seville. The decisive goal as the Muscovite team reached the quarterfinals for the first time came from its newly acquired Japanese international, Keisuke Honda, whose free kick, after 55 minutes, was misjudged by Sevilla’s captain, Andres Palop.
As the normally secure goalkeeper fisted the ball over his head into his own goal, C.S.K.A. completed a 2-1 away victory and a 3-2 aggregate triumph.
Television pictures of the Leonid Slutsky, the C.S.K.A. coach, who is a former goalkeeper, cavorting on the Sevilla field, came just as Abramovich reached the main stand at Chelsea.
And while no man is permitted, officially, to be the benefactor of two clubs in European competition, it is a fact that Abramovich’s Moscow company Sibneft sunk considerable financial support into C.S.K.A. between 2004 and 2006.
The oligarchs are no longer quite as rich as they once were. But Abramovich is smitten by soccer, and his long-term investment in Chelsea is unlikely ever to be paid off in full.
Chelsea is at something of a crossroads. The team, which was undefeated at the Bridge under Mourinho and had remained undefeated there in the Champions League since his departure, will probably have to be broken up if it is to seriously challenge for the prize Abramovich desires.
More than half the players, notably John Terry, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Drogba, the spine of the side, are over 30. Their years, and the extraordinary emphasis on physical effort that was the core of Mourinho’s Chelsea, showed on Tuesday.
While Drogba, a superbully in his time, was bullied in turn, the key to the contest was in two other areas. Mourinho had employed Samuel Eto’o and Goran Pandev on the flanks — not because they are wingers, but so that they could prevent counterattacks from Chelsea’s fullbacks.
And Wesley Sneijder, another Dutch player who, like Arjen Robben, was deemed surplus at Real Madrid last summer, was far and away the most creative presence on either side.
Four times, Sneijder, though not completely fit, guided long passes of vision and surprise beyond the Chelsea defenders.
Three times, Diego Milito and Eto’o missed their opportunities.
But Eto’o, even a fading Eto’o, is too good a predator to keep on missing. After 78 minutes, released by Sneijder into space behind Terry and his co defender Alex, Eto’o at last accepted the gift of a goal with a superb low finish.
His coach, Mourinho, could not hide his emotions.
Both fists clenched, he ran toward the field before he could stop himself, before he could remember who he was and where he was.
“My people will always be my people,” he kept repeating after the game. “But tonight I was the enemy. And the enemy won.”
Mourinho wants out of Italy. He is doing a job for Inter, but on English soil he makes plain where his ambitions lie.
“I love Chelsea, I love my people, but I am a professional,” he said. “Who knows, I could come back here as a coach with another English team.”
Liverpool and Manchester City are two that might hire him next season.
Meanwhile, Abramovich, whose spending broke new ground with Mourinho, must decide whether to start over.
It will take many millions more to give Chelsea’s latest coach, Carlo Ancelotti, the chance to build a team better than Mourinho’s.
In Moscow, where the new season has barely begun, the comrades can scarcely believe that their Army team has traveled further in the Champions League than the one Abramovich bankrolls in England.
By ROB HUGHES
Published: March 17, 2010
LONDON — The lights were still on, but Chelsea was out of the Champions League by the time its owner, Roman Abramovich, walked across the grass toward the locker rooms.
The Russian billionaire surely knew what to expect but may not yet have been aware of the full picture evolving Tuesday night.
His face bore a faint, slightly bemused smile. The Chelsea team on which he has lavished $1 billion had been beaten, 1-0, in its own stadium by Inter Milan. Abramovich would have been acutely aware that Inter’s coach, the same José Mourinho whom Abramovich had hired and fired, would be in front of the television cameras, milking the moment.
And, of course, Mourinho was. “The best team, by far, superior in everything,” was his correct, hardly understated, summary of the victory.
Inter, the side he is building, eliminated Chelsea, a team that is still two-thirds of Mourinho’s choosing. The Italian club, without an Italian in the starting lineup, won both legs — 2-1 in Milan and 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in London.
The triumph was comprehensive. Mourinho’s new team defeated his old by suppressing the main characteristic he built into Chelsea — its intensity. It was at once boring and intriguing to see Lucio and Walter Samuel, two brutes of defense, maul Didier Drogba by fair means and foul.
Drogba, the striker around whom Mourinho had fashioned Chelsea during his time as manager, between 2003 and 2007, was held, shoved, manhandled and wrestled to the ground so often that it was difficult to believe that neither the German referee, Wolfgang Stark, nor his linesmen saw it.
But when, toward the end, Drogba kicked back with a stamp of his foot on the shin of Thiago Motta, the Chelsea man was sent off.
Another injustice. Another sense of conspiratorial rule against Chelski, as Chelsea clearly and often sees things; a mind-set that is perhaps another of Mourinho’s legacies.
But it was comprehensive defeat, nonetheless. Quite possibly Mourinho is right, again, when he suggests that after this loss for what he still calls “my people,” Chelsea is running out of time to deliver what Abramovich most craves: The Champions trophy.
“Roman is a very intelligent person,” Mourinho told the assembled media even as Abramovich trudged, with bodyguards trailing, toward the exit. “Roman knows very well how to read, understand and analyze the game.
“For sure, he knows his team lost to a team that deserved to win. Because he is a man of fair play, I am sure he accepts that.”
Another club Abramovich has financially supported, C.S.K.A. Moscow, created history of its own on Tuesday.
The Central Sports Club of the Army of Moscow put out Sevilla, in Seville. The decisive goal as the Muscovite team reached the quarterfinals for the first time came from its newly acquired Japanese international, Keisuke Honda, whose free kick, after 55 minutes, was misjudged by Sevilla’s captain, Andres Palop.
As the normally secure goalkeeper fisted the ball over his head into his own goal, C.S.K.A. completed a 2-1 away victory and a 3-2 aggregate triumph.
Television pictures of the Leonid Slutsky, the C.S.K.A. coach, who is a former goalkeeper, cavorting on the Sevilla field, came just as Abramovich reached the main stand at Chelsea.
And while no man is permitted, officially, to be the benefactor of two clubs in European competition, it is a fact that Abramovich’s Moscow company Sibneft sunk considerable financial support into C.S.K.A. between 2004 and 2006.
The oligarchs are no longer quite as rich as they once were. But Abramovich is smitten by soccer, and his long-term investment in Chelsea is unlikely ever to be paid off in full.
Chelsea is at something of a crossroads. The team, which was undefeated at the Bridge under Mourinho and had remained undefeated there in the Champions League since his departure, will probably have to be broken up if it is to seriously challenge for the prize Abramovich desires.
More than half the players, notably John Terry, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Drogba, the spine of the side, are over 30. Their years, and the extraordinary emphasis on physical effort that was the core of Mourinho’s Chelsea, showed on Tuesday.
While Drogba, a superbully in his time, was bullied in turn, the key to the contest was in two other areas. Mourinho had employed Samuel Eto’o and Goran Pandev on the flanks — not because they are wingers, but so that they could prevent counterattacks from Chelsea’s fullbacks.
And Wesley Sneijder, another Dutch player who, like Arjen Robben, was deemed surplus at Real Madrid last summer, was far and away the most creative presence on either side.
Four times, Sneijder, though not completely fit, guided long passes of vision and surprise beyond the Chelsea defenders.
Three times, Diego Milito and Eto’o missed their opportunities.
But Eto’o, even a fading Eto’o, is too good a predator to keep on missing. After 78 minutes, released by Sneijder into space behind Terry and his co defender Alex, Eto’o at last accepted the gift of a goal with a superb low finish.
His coach, Mourinho, could not hide his emotions.
Both fists clenched, he ran toward the field before he could stop himself, before he could remember who he was and where he was.
“My people will always be my people,” he kept repeating after the game. “But tonight I was the enemy. And the enemy won.”
Mourinho wants out of Italy. He is doing a job for Inter, but on English soil he makes plain where his ambitions lie.
“I love Chelsea, I love my people, but I am a professional,” he said. “Who knows, I could come back here as a coach with another English team.”
Liverpool and Manchester City are two that might hire him next season.
Meanwhile, Abramovich, whose spending broke new ground with Mourinho, must decide whether to start over.
It will take many millions more to give Chelsea’s latest coach, Carlo Ancelotti, the chance to build a team better than Mourinho’s.
In Moscow, where the new season has barely begun, the comrades can scarcely believe that their Army team has traveled further in the Champions League than the one Abramovich bankrolls in England.
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10 years of FIFHa, the Palermo match is less than 2 days away and no one gives a shit
