Di Matteo brought luck to the Blues

This is the first time in Chelsea history after they have won the Champions League by a penalty shoot-out win over Bayern Munich, and they have a lot of individual heroic performances to thank for the glory.

Though the defending as a whole will no doubt be attributed to an overall team effort, some players stood out above the others and in truth there were a few holes to be patched up in the defence and only some extremely shoddy finishing by Bayern Munich failed to punish the blues more fully.

Chelsea should credit Di Matteo for the trophies he brought in. The blues under Di Matteo for 20 matches only, but they have won FA CUP, and now the Champions League. Who know Di Matteo can did it?

Di Matteo adopted defensive style and brought his luck for the blues to win the Champions League. The Hero, Drogba scored a late goal on the 88th for the chance to have a draw in 90 minutes. Even more, he scored the winning goal in 4-3 penalty shoot-out. 

Chelsea and the fans have to thank to Di Matteo, the hero Drogba and all the defenders.

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Chelsea did a miracle winning Barcelona in Champions League semi-final whereas Bayern Munich won the Spanish giant team, Real Madrid.

The well-known German football club, Bayern Munich have done very well in Champions League. Moreover, they don't need to put much effort in their local league since they are surely runner-up.

In contrast, Chelsea have just done well under Di Matteo. They have just won FA CUP title by beating Liverpool 2-1. The Blues still need to fight in EPL for the possibility to play in either Champions League or Europa League next season.

Will Di Matteo be able to find another miracle for Chelsea to win the Champions League title?

What do you think?

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Champions League Final

The Champions League semi-finals has finished. We all can see that the El Clasico teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid are all defeated.

The Champions League fan around the world couldn't imagine that the Spanish giant teams were defeated as people used to predict that the Champions League final will be El Clasico.

Chelsea did a miracle to defeat Barcelona whereby Real Madrid lost with penalties shootout.

Which team will be the Champions League winner? The Blues or The FCB?

Chelsea got response for Barca?

Champions League semi-finals second leg between Barcelona and Chelsea will be held at 02:45 AM (GMT+8) at Camp Nou.

As the first leg, Drogba upset Barcelona by scoring the winning goal for Chelsea 1-0 Barca. During the match we can see that Messi didn’t make any stun to Chelsea. Although Barcelona got various chances to hit at Stamford Bridge, they didn’t make any success.

Which team will be going to final? Who will score this match?

Will Chelsea keep up their form or Barcelona show their strange?

Let’s watch them live and feel the play.

Champions League Semi-finals 1st Leg

Champions League semi-finals has just finished the first-leg whereby Bayern turn down Madrid with the score Bayern 2-1 Madrid. Real Madrid came down to unexpected performance of Bayern. But Mourinho expects the bounce back at Santiago Bernabeu.

Whereby hero Drogba scores a winning goal at Stamford Bridge. The match finished with the result of Chelsea 1-0 Barca. What will happen during Barca home in the second-leg?

Let's follow the blog to get updated.

Mancini would punch Balotelli?

Manchester City boss has claimed that he'd punch Mario Balotelli in the face if he were a team-mate. Balotelli, 21, has again made the headlines during the Sunderland game last weekend. The forwarder also engaged in a public quarrel with Kolarov over who should take the free-kick, sparking further complaints against the former Inter Milan player.

Speaking ahead of a vital EPL match as City will face Arsenal on Sunday, Mancini stated that: "I can understand it. I told him. If you played with me, ten years ago, I give to you every day one punch in your head!"

"I think in every big game he played very well. I think his problem is concentration but I work with him everyday. 

"I speak with him - not everyday because if not I need a psychologist - but every two days I speak with him. He doesn't lose his quality. Mario, as a player, can be one of the top in Europe. I don't want him to lose his talent."

Chelsea and Real Advance to Semi

Although playing with 10 men squad, Benfica was able to shorten the odds with a goal at 85'. This certainly wasn't enough, and the matter was concluded at 91' when Raul Meireles ended the game with another goal for Chelsea. 

Raul Meireles scored a late goal at 91' to secure an aggregated 3-1 for the Stamford Bridge team last night, where they beat Benfica 2-1. Chelsea's win was considered by many a stroke of lucks awarded by the referee.   The penalty controversial decision at 21' was executed neatly by Lampard gave the Blues the lead. Further decision favoring Chelsea at 40', saw the referee sent off Benfica captain.


On the other quarter final of the night, Real Madrid cruised past APOEL Nicoisa, thrashing the minnows 5-2 at  Bernabeu to secure a convincing aggregate victory of 8-2.

Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace, the second of which was the first free kick he scored this season, making his overall goal to 49.

APOEL tried its best, having scored two away goals, Manduca netting to make it 3-1 and Solari converting a penalty for 4-2 as the historic campaign of the Cypriots finally came to an end.

UCL holder is wary of the threat of Ibrahimovic

Today Champions League match between Barcelona and AC Milan, which team will be in semi-final?

The first leg at San Siro, Milan hold Barca to not finding score. The match ended at Milan 0-0 Barca.

How about this second leg? Will Barca defeat Milan to go to semi-final or Barca to lose at their home ground?

Pep Guardiola is wary of the aerial threat of Zlatan Ibrahimovic when Barcelona play out their Champions League quarter-final second leg at Camp Nou on Tuesday night.

What do you think?

Below is the schedule of tonight Champions League matches:

Why Champions League Final El Clasico?

At least on Real Madrid's end, the opposition to a run to the Champions League final is not nearly as difficult as it could be.

They were the luckiest team of the draw for the last eight; a dominating Madrid side roundly thrashed minnows APOEL in Cyprus to a score of 3-0.

If and when Los Blancos advance, they face either a heavily slumping Marseille or Bayern Munich in the semifinals. Both are very beatable.

While Barcelona have a tougher task ahead of them in AC Milan, they definitely have the ability to take down Benfica or a Chelsea side that have slipped out of England's top four.

Wenger writes off Milan's chances

Wenger has spotted out that AC Milan has "no chance" of winning the Champions League as they prepare to take on Barcelona.

The Serie A holders host Barca in the first leg of their tie on Wednesday but Wenger feels they stand little chance of going all the way and claiming glory at the Allianz Arena in May.

"Barcelona is the super favourites for the trophy," Wenger told the Corriere dello Sport on Tuesday. "Milan has no chance of winning the Champions League as they are not at the level required.

Champions League Quarter Final Draw

Milan to face Barcelona

Friday's Champions League quarter-final draw has paired AC Milan with holders Barcelona. The winner of the tie between Benfica and Chelsea will await in the semi-finals. In the other quarter-finals, APOEL play Real Madrid and Marseille take on Bayern.

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Van Persie’s score couldn’t help Arsenal

What a win Arsenal made!
Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan: 3-4 agg

Van Persie scored again, helped Arsenal defeat 3-0 AC Milan. However, Milan regrouped well after the break and Arsenal were unable to find the fourth goal that would have levelled the tie on aggregate, leaving the Premier League side to reflect on what might have been.

Although Arsenal end up at the Round of 16 in UCL, Van Persie is able to score more and more in BPL. Is Wenger able to keep Van Persie in the team?

Let’s follow the news!