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Ancelotti gets first taste of FA Cup romance

CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti will have his first taste of FA Cup football this weekend and the Italian is already aware it has a markedly different flavour in England compared to his homeland. There, domestic knockout competitions are all but ignored, with even clubs like AC Milan and Juventus, who have both had spells with […]

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Kaka on road to recovery and is back in training

REAL Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Kaka touched the ball during a training session on Thursday for the first time since he was sidelined at the end of November with a hernia, the Spanish club said. “Kaka appears to have recovered from his sports hernia and today got his first feel for the ball in several weeks. […]

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Ronaldo wants to face Barca in Champions League final

December 29, 2009 Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo is targeting a dream Champions League final - victory over Barcelona at the Bernabeu. The two Spanish clubs, who are tussling it out at the top of the Primera Division, are both in the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition. And Ronaldo would love nothing more […]

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Ferguson: Barcelona final defeat spurs us on

December 19, 2009 Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes the memory of losing last year’s Champions League final will act as a bigger motivation for his players than winning the trophy in 2008. United are aiming to become only the seventh team to reach three European Cup finals on the trot, a feat last […]

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Champions League 2009/10 second round draw

December 18, 2009 Jose Mourinho will return to Chelsea with Internazionale in the last 16 of the Champions League, while David Beckham also has the chance of a reunion with Manchester United after last season’s beaten finalists were drawn against AC Milan. The draw for the second round of Europe’s premier cup competition was made […]

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“Special One” back at Stamford Bridge

Mourinho unmoved by Chelsea return Jose Mourinho has revealed he is unmoved about the prospect of returning to Chelsea after Inter Milan drew his former club in the last 16 of the Champions League. “I don’t have much to say,” the Portuguese coach, who led the Blues to the 2005 and 2006 Premier League titles, […]

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Arsenal move for Brazilian teenager Wellington Silva

According to a report, Arsenal have completed a deal for Brazilian starlet Wellington Silva. Arsene Wenger has been scouting the youngster for over a year, and has finally come to a £3.5 million agreement with his club Fluminense, according to his agent Rodrigo Pitta, who said: “We completed the transaction last week, the player is […]

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Chelsea boss backs under-fire keeper Cech

Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has described Petr Cech as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and expects him to bounce back from his recent jitters. Ancelotti’s men have looked vulnerable from set-pieces and Cech’s communication with his defenders has been highlighted after the Premier League leaders took just nine points from 18 in […]