Porto coach – We can beat Chelsea!
The Porto coach Jusus Ferreira believes that his team played well at Stamford Bridge in the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, and can improve on that at home and overtake Chelsea at the top of the group.
The Porto coach Jusus Ferreira believes that his team played well at Stamford Bridge in the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea, and can improve on that at home and overtake Chelsea at the top of the group.
The Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has been talking about the scenes at the end of last season’s Champions League semi-final when he felt that Chelsea had been robbed by the referee, and he went a little crazy.
Peter Kenyon’s replacement as Chief Executive at Chelsea, Ron Gourlay, reckons Chelsea are ready to dominate Europe, and forecasts at least two Champions League trophies in the next five years.
The Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka scored the only goal of Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Porto in the first Group Stage match on Tuesday night, and believes that his team have the quality to go all the way to final again this year, but they need just that little bit of luck to go with the quality of the side.
Chelsea will play Porto tomorrow without their star striker Didier Derogba, who is banned for the first four games in the Champions League, and Jose Bosingwa, who is banned for three matches.
Chelsea’s Brazilian star Juliano Belletti was at the Champions League draw in Monaco, and he thinks that the Blues have drawn some good opponents in Atletico Madrid and Porto, but still thinks that this could be the year that Chelsea win the competition at last.
Chelsea have arguably drawn the short straw of the English sides in the Champions League Group stages draw made this afternoon. The Blues were strongly linked with a move for Sergio Aguero all summer, but now it seems that the Argentinian will be at Stamford Bridge after all, but as an opponent. He will line up alongside the prolific ex-Man Utd attacker Diego Forlan and the pairing could cause chelsea problems when they are on form.
The Chelsea and Ghana midfielder is feeling good that Carlo Ancelotti has taken over at Stamford Bridge, and believes that he will lead the club to the Holy Grail of the Champions League trophy. Chelsea have come so close in the last six years but Essien that they now need to go that little bit further this season.
The Chelsea captain John Terry has put his heart on his sleeve and said how “desperate” he is for Chelsea to start winning trophies at the expense of Man Utd.
Didier Drogba has finally decided to finish his career at Stamford Bridge and has signed a new three year contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2012.