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Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes

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Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes Despite eventually finishing 4 points off top, José Mourinho regularly insisted Chelsea were never in the title race last season. “Champions are only one (team) and the champions will be City or Liverpool,” the Portuguese said after their surprising 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfie...

Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea

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Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea Rafa Benitez has been fighting an uphill battle at Stamford Bridge ever since his appointment as interim manager back in November, his affiliation with Liverpool simply too much for many fans to overcome. Results echoed these problems, with away performances and results significantly better than in ...

How Will Rafa Benitez Fit in at Chelsea?

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How Will Rafa Benitez Fit in at Chelsea? Albelda to Aimar to Baraja back to Aimar. It was a classic show and tell. A football illusion. Sleight of foot, not hand, at Mestalla on September 17, 2002. Liverpool had been lulled into thinking Valencia were planning an attack either down the middle or the left-hand side of the penalty area. Dav...

Leonardo’s Home League Form Offers Inter Plenty Optimism

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Leonardo’s Home League Form Offers Inter Plenty Optimism Having lost their grip on the Champions League and Serie A, Inter will be hoping to end the season on a positive note by clinching some silverware in the Italian Cup Final against Palermo later in the month. It’s been a topsy-turvy campaign for the Nerazzurri with Jose Mourinho departing for M...