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August 17th, 2008

Stylish Chelsea take off - week round up

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Chelsea took off in style with a win against Portsmouth in what was Scolari’s first competitive game in charge. Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-0 in what was a dominating performance through out. Deco and Bosingwa had impressive debut with the former scoring a thunder strike past James. It all started when Joe Cole tapped in to put Chelsea in the lead, followed by an accurate header from Anelka. Lampard scored from the spot to put Chelsea 3-0 and Deco rounded off with a swinging thunder strike.

Manchester United were held 1-1 at Old Trafford by an impressive Newcastle side. Ferguson might want to sign a striker very soon. Giggs and Carrick were injured during the game and might miss couple of weeks.

Winners - Chelsea, Arsenal, Hull, Middlesbrough

Tags: Premier League, results, round up

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August 15th, 2008

Kick off 08-09

Premier league season 08-09 kicks off on August 16, Saturday.
Following are the games for the weekend:
Saturday
Arsenal v West Brom
Bolton v Stoke
Everton v Blackburn
Hull v Fulham
Middlesbrough v Tottenham
Sunderland v Liverpool
West Ham v Wigan

Sunday
Aston Villa v Man City
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Man Utd v Newcastle

Tags: Games, Premier League

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August 13th, 2008

Breaking news:Lampard signs 5 year deal at Chelsea

Frank Lampard signed a 5 year deal that will keep him at Stamford Bridge for rest of his career. Much was spoken about his potential move to Inter Milan linking with former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho. Lampard seemed to make the move this year or the next, but has signed a new deal under boss Scolari. Scolari had maintained that Drogba and Lampard were very much in his plans for rest of their career. A good start for Scolari!!!

Tags: Chelsea, Frank Lampard, Inter Milan, Jose Mourinho, Lampard, Scolari, Transfer

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August 10th, 2008

Community shield- Portsmouth urge Ferguson to buy striker

The 2008-2009 season kicked off with Manchester United clinching a shoot-out win over a rather unimpressive Portsmouth side. United were dominant throughout the game, but could not get the ball past keeper James without the 42-goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo. United have to come to terms with it, Rooney might not play the first few games, Ronaldo might not get to play 5-10 games. Giggs partnered Tevez in what was an aggressive but not-on-target strike force.
Time to wake up - Harry. Portsmouth’s much talked strike force of Defoe and Crouch, worth 18 million pounds could not even get a single attempt on target. United defense and midfield was right up to the expectation, but that does not offer any excuse for Defoe and Crouch. It will be a crucial season for the England strikers to prove their worth.
The game went into penalty shoot-out and 3 of the 4 Portsmouth players missed the target. It is the second successive Penalty shoot-out win for United after their victory over Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League final at Moscow.
Overall, a rather un-impressive start for both the teams.

Tags: Community Shield, Manchester United, Manchester United vs Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United vs Portsmouth

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August 8th, 2008

Community Shield Preview-Manchester United vs Portsmouth

Manchester United face Portsmouth in the first major footballing activity of the season. Manchester United are bolstered by the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo will be staying with them for atleast one year. Gary Neville is set to captain the side after a long lay-off due to injury. Ronaldo, Hargreaves and Saha are out with injury. Saha is also linked with a move to Sunderland.
Portsmouth have a strong side with Defoe and Crouch forming the new strike pair.

My take: Manchester United 3 - 1 Portsmouth

Teams:
Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, R Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O’Shea, Evans, Evra, Silvestre, F Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Gibson, Possebon, Giggs, Martin, Tevez, Campbell.

Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka, Diop, Pedro Mendes, Kranjcar, Crouch, Little, Sahar, Diarra, Defoe, Davis, Kanu, Wilson, Duffy, Lauren, Nugent, Mvuemba, Cranie, Ashdown.

Tags: Community Shield, Manchester United, Portsmouth