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Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka says his current team are as good as the Real Madrid side he won the Champions League with back in 2000.Anelka, who is likely to start against Fenerbahce in Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg, said Chelsea can win the whole tournament."Like Real, Chelsea are a big club with a big, big squad," said Anelka."We have the quality to win the trophy

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The Fenerbahce Yellow Canaries will take on English Premiership powerhouse Chelsea, popularly known as the Blues, in their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first-leg clash at Istanbul's Sukru Saracogu Stadium Wednesday evening, local Today's Zaman reported. The Canaries have already made history by advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time. Now they are bent on

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The Premier League committed an injustice against Chelsea and Everton (players and supporters) by postponing the game from March 29, 2008 to April 17, 2008. This arbi-trary decision has greatly inconvenienced the players and spectators alike!While the Premier league and certain members of the media can defend their decision with disgraceful excuses, they have told Chelsea and Everton that their

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The footballer has not had enough of the right opprobrium for parking in a disable space.I can't understand why John Terry, the Chelsea and now former England captain, hasn't suffered more opprobrium for parking in a space designated for the use of the disabled. Or rather, suffered a better quality of opprobrium. I trust that it is never too late.For the uninitiated, last week Terry took his

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Nicolas Anelka wants the Chelsea team to put all their efforts into winning the Champions League, as it is their best hope of salvaging their season.The Blues became overwhelming favourites to lift the FA Cup after Manchester United were knocked out of the competition on Saturday lunchtime at home to Portsmouth.But Avram Grant's men could not take advantage and were victims of a shock result

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Avram Grant faces an early exit from Stamford Bridge unless he can lead Chelsea to one of the two remaining prizes left in their season.The Chelsea manager looked decidedly edgy as the Premier League side while owner Roman Abramovich is understood to have made his feelings known following their 1-0 defeat.Barnsley chop? Avram Grant faces a testing time after FA Cup exitGrant has seen Chelsea's

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LONDON (Reuters) - Chelsea's rehabilitation from their League Cup final defeat by Tottenham Hotspur last week continued when they demolished Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.The fact that Olympiakos were woeful for most of a one-sided match in which Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 victory should not detract from the London side's outstanding performance on the

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Chelsea have become the third British club to secure a place in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals as they swept aside Olympiakos, while Real Madrid again crashed out of Europe at the first knock-out stage. After Manchester United and Arsenal waltzed into the last eight of Europe's top club competition on Tuesday night, Chelsea refused to miss out as they cruised past their Greek opponents

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Robert Green said " Chelsea will be nervous about playing at Upton Park on Saturday, because they have a Champions League game Wednesday and because they lost the Carling Cup Final".Avram Grant has been getting some stick off the Press since Chelsea lost to Spurs in the Carling Cup final, and will be under tons of pressure to beat the Hammers, but wasn't it only a week or so ago that the Press

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Chelsea manager Avram Grant's future at the club is in serious doubt following the news that he failed to attend a UEFA coaching seminar in Israel... The seminar is part of a course the former Israel manager must take in irder to gain his UEFA Pro Licence — which is legally required to coach in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.He is being allowed a grace period to coach the club in

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To mangle some Churchillian rhetoric, Avram Grant is perceived by most observers of his meteoric rise as a riddle, wrapped in an enigma, inside a sharp suit.Already this season the Chelsea manager has defied all those detractors who claimed he was a grey mediocrity, unworthy of the mantle of Jose Mourinho, as his team pitch up at Wembley tomorrow for the Carling Cup final. It is a suitable

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As Chelsea’s quest for an unprecedented quadruple begins with the Carling Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow, Michael Ballack has given his team-mates a timely reminder of the perils of overambition. Those who shoot for the stars can sometimes find themselves in the gutter, to paraphrase the Germany midfield player.Ballack was the star player in the Bayer Leverkusen side that will be

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Chelsea manager Avram Grant is keeping skipper John Terry and vice-captain Frank Lampard in the dark over whether they will start Sunday's League Cup final against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley."It is never an easy decision who to select. I don't believe rotation is the way but sometimes you prefer other players," Grant told reporters on Friday."It was not a good situation when Terry

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Avram Grant has won over his bosses at Chelsea. Now he can win the adulation of the fans by lifting the Carling Cup on Sunday.Chelsea defends its title against Tottenham at Wembley (Setanta Sports Canada, 9:30 a.m. ET) and a Blues victory would give Grant his first trophy since taking over as manager from the popular Jose Mourinho in September.It has taken fans a while to warm to Grant but

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Chelsea manager Avram Grant is pursuing a £12 million summer transfer for Croatian midfielder Luka Modric.The club tabled a late bid during the January transfer window but were put off by Dynamo Zagreb's £20 million asking price for the player, who helped knock England out of Euro 2008 qualification at Wembley.However, the Mirror reports that Grant has renewed his effort for the 22-year-old to

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Chelsea have admitted they face an uphill task to break even in two years' time but are refusing to revise their 'ambitious' target.The Blues released their financial results yesterday, which revealed a record group turnover but also a loss of £74.8million for the year before June 2007.That number is a slight improvement on the previous year, although it is not as significant as the reduction

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