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pre-match briefing: chelsea vs aston villa
José Mourinho has a well-established tradition for “taking the competition seriously” by fielding more regulars than either great rivals Man Utd or Arsenal, but in Utd’s case that is chiefly when facing lower league opponents.And in Chelsea’s case it would be hard to pick a weak side from the squad, though the meticulousness of Mourinho and his staff will always spot someone who needs a breather or a run out over another claimant for a place.It was a strong Chelsea side that overcame Blackburn at Ewood in the last round, with Salomon Kalou outstanding, and it will be another one that looks to see off a Villa side who have become a thorn in José’s side and held out to draw 1-1 here in the League.Chelsea’s side may see returns for the now fully recovered Carlo Cudicini in goal — so unlucky to miss out on Cardiff glory with a suspension in 2005 — and Andriy Shevchenko, who has been ruled out with a knock since scoring against Portsmouth. John Terry is suspended as a result of his first ever red card for Chelsea on Sunday.If selected, three players will reach an appearance milestone on Wednesday. Claude Makelele will play his 150th, Didier Drogba his 100th and Shaun Wright-Phillips his 50th game for the club.Joe Cole celebrates his 25th birthday on the day of the match. Happy birthday Joe.
looking to settle villa score
Wednesday’s Carling Cup tie brings an earlier than expected chance for an overdue win against the most recent team to escape Stamford Bridge undefeated.In two games played at Villa Park since José Mourinho joined Chelsea, the results have been draws too. The home games over the previous two seasons were both Blues wins.After October’s 1-1 draw, Mourinho lamented: ‘When you play so well like we did and produce a game of high quality with so many chances to win the game, the frustration comes because we don’t deserve to lose the points.Fifteen chances to score with such good quality football, and only one goal, maybe we deserved to be punished. In terms of the quality, it was our best game this season.
great news this morning.
MANCHESTER UNITED LOST. haha. was talking bout how shuang i feel when they lose.
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ohh. and this is taken from the THE NEW PAPER:
your discipline is out of order. you need to be taught a lesson. - what ref graham poll is reported to have said to chelsea players during sunday's clash against tottenham
john terry maintains he is baffled by graham poll's decision to send him off on sunday. terry told chelseaTV: " the first foul on berbatov was a yellow card, no doubt about it. the second one, i am still really baffled by it. i have looked at it myself over and over again. ledley kign and i fell, we got up, we had words and it was just the pair of us shouting at each other. i walked away. chimbonda pushed me in the back and i carried on running. on the pitch, graham poll said to me the second yellow was for the barge on ghaly where i kept running. after the game he said it was for the fall when ledley king and i fell."
defender ashley cole was one of the five chelsea players who were booked by poll on sunday. cole said:" with my booking, i said to him, ' i'm more than 10 yards. why should i go back if i am more than 10 yards?' and he said because i said so. i said ' but im more than 10 yards,' and that was it. yellow card, no warning or explanation."
frank lampard was another player who was cautioned by poll on sunday. and ashley cole overheard poll telling lampard early in the game :" you need to get it in check --- and you need discipline." cole said:" if you are going to have a ref like that then you know it's not worth playing the game because you know you are going to get a hard time."