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Schalke vs Chelsea – What we learned?

Schalke vs Chelsea – What we learned? Chelsea put in a very clinical performance on an away day to grab all three points and go top of their Group E in the Champions League. Chelsea hit Schalke on the counter as they put three past the Germans in Gelsenkirchen. Chelsea made a few changes to […]

Match Report: Schalke 0-3 Chelsea FC

Summary A stunning double from Fernando Torres coupled with Eden Hazard’s goal cruised the Blues to a comfortable 3-0 away win in Germany against Schalke. It was an early lead for Chelsea as a ball that curled in from the head of Ivanovic went to the far post where the Spaniard comfortably put in to […]

SHOULD DE BRUYNE BE LOANED OUT THIS JANUARY?

This question seems to have come up ever since Jose didn’t pick De Bruyne for the Squad that travelled to Romania to face Steaua Bucharest and since then he has fallen out of the pecking order, so now should KDB be loaned in January so that he can get the chances or stay at Chelsea and […]

Azonto Epistle 24: The Winning Mentality

As I turned on the TV, it was 12 minutes played and 1 goal was recorded in favor of the away team, it was Chelsea who were down by a lone goal so early in the game by Cardiff City. It was the same feeling I had last season when Norwich came to the Bridge […]

Match Preview: Schalke 04 vs Chelsea FC

Champions League football returns this mid-week as Chelsea travel to Germany to face Schalke 04.  A win tomorrow & Chelsea will sit comfortably on top the group. A draw won’t hurt either. Without much ado, lets take a look at all the info we need beforehand. DATE & TIME: October 22, 2013 at 14:45 EDT; October 22, […]

Scouting Report: Schalke 04

Schalke play a standard 4-2-3-1 . Two solid center-backs who like getting forward as well. Think Luiz, but a little less erratic. Two wing backs on opposite sides who love charging forward and providing width. In the middle we have the pivot, both of them either defend or attack. There is no vice-versa role as […]

Player Ratings: Chelsea FC 4-1 Norwich

The Blues claimed an important win and 3 points at the weekend’s game against a Cardiff side wanting to close out the opposition and at least looking to get a draw. Their plan looked well on target as Mutch capitalized on Luiz’s defensive blunder to score the opener inside 10 minutes, but a rather controversial […]

Match report: Chelsea FC 4-1 Cardiff City

Chelsea earned a well deserved win in the weekend’s Barclays premier league game after the international break, beating Cardiff City 4-1 at Stamford Bridge. It was in most ways a controversial early first half as we conceded a goal from Cardiff’s Mutch who capitalized on a defensive blunder from Luiz to slot home an effort […]

What We Learned: Chelsea vs Cardiff City

The international break was finally over and it was Premier League as usual on the weekend. Chelsea were facing newly promoted Cardiff City, at home. Torres was fit but Jose decided to start with Eto’o upfront. Oscar was rested which meant that Hazard, Mata and Willian were the 3 behind the striker. Bertrand started as […]