Chelsea are cruising at the top of the table and should have had another tennis score against a Stoke City side that were desperate not to get another 7-0 drubbing like the end of last season. They managed to hold Chelsea to just 2-0 but not because Chelsea were lacking in chances.
West Brom could not have got a harder start to the Premiership experience by being given a visit to Stamford Bridge, where the Double winners are nigh on invincible.
Chelsea ended last season with a 8-0 win over Wigan at the Bridge, and they carried on the same fashion by hitting six past West Brom. Although Florent Malouda opened the scoring in the 5th minute, Didier Drogba scored yet another hat-trick in his quest for a second consecutive Golden Boot, just as he did against Wigan.
Great news for Chelsea fans. Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that he thinks that Didier Drogba and Petr Cech will be fit for the start of the new season.
“Drogba is in good condition, he has recovered well from surgery so he will be able to play the next game against Hamburg,” Ancelotti said.
“Yeah it is very good he is doing very well.
There were rumours last week that moneybags Man City had made a paltry £20m bid to take the Chelsea striker Didier Drogba to the Eastlands next season, which I obviously dismissed out-of-hand, but now it seems that Drogba’s agent has admitted that he has had direct contact with City representatives.
Thierno Seydi, said: “Today he’s at Chelsea. Maybe there will be surprises before August 31. I haven’t spoken to just anybody. The only contact I’ve had directly was with City.”
I have just read this extremely amusing article in the Sun that says that Man City are going to bid £20m (Haha!) for the Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, and they think that Chelsea will be happy to let him go (Haha!) if Fernando Torres comes to Stamford Brisge.
Try and read it without laughing too much! They said: MANCHESTER CITY are lining up a £20million bid for Didier Drogba.
Brazil are always amongst the favourites to win the World Cup, and they easily qualified for the knockouut stages last night. They have class all over the field, and in Luis Fabiano they have one of the top strikers in the world.
After failing to score for his country for a whole nine months, Fabiano came good in style, scoring two brilliant goals to put the game beyond reach, and Elano added the third in the 62nd minute.
Didier Drogba fractured his elbow just two weeks ago, but yesterday his coach Sven Goran Eriksson told reporters that the Chelsea striker is likely to be lining up to face Brazil in tomorrows big match.
Eriksson said: “Do not be surprised if Drogba starts in Johannesburg.
“He made a valuable contribution during the time he was on the pitch against Portugal. He is an important player in the team and his health has improved markedly.”
The Chelsea striker Didier Drogba may be injured just before the World Cup, but he is still over the moon with the great season he had as Chelsea won the Double.
“I think it started for me when I had a good pre-season,” he said. “And I knew after that I would have a chance for a good season,”
The Ivory Coast are devastated today as it has been revealed that their star and captain Didier Drogba will miss the World Cup through injury.
Many pundits thought the the Ivory Coast were the African team most likely to cause a shock in South Africa, but their chances have been dealt a severe blow.
Drogba was injured in a clash with Tulio Tanaka during the friendly warm-up match against Japan. He was immediately taken off the pitch nursing his elbow.
I found this excellent video made by a very happy Chelsea fan about the way that Chelsea won the League in style. The Blues did not put a foot wrong on the day that it mattered, and not only did they score eight goals, but all the wives and children of the players were there to celebrate alongside the team.
