Chelsea Better Than Manchester United in Europe

Published 8/25/2008 by TheRepublikOfMancunia.com at Bleacher Report - EPL

Roman Abramovich has got his wish! Chelsea are the top side in Europe. Unfortunately for them though, they have no trophy to show for it… The Champions League draw will be made in Monaco on Thursday, following the final qualifying games on Wednesday. Due to Chelsea’s success in the competition over the past five years, they will be named as the top ranking team. 07/08 United: Winners Chelsea: Final 06/07 United: Semis Chelsea: Semis 05/06 Chelsea: Round of 16 United: Group stages 04/05 Chelsea: Semis United: Round of 16 03/04 Chelsea: Semis United: Round of 16 Then again, Croatia are seeded above Brazil and Argentina in World football, so rankings are actually pretty useless. United of course will be amongst the top eight seeds, meaning we avoid the likes of Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona in the group stages. However, we could find ourselves in the same group as Bayern Munich or Juventus. Which teams would you like to see us avoid at the ... (link)

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Premier League: Portsmouth 0 - 1 Manchester United (Video)

dgonzalezm posted 8/25/2008 from infozports.com

Manchester United got an important victory at Fratton Park 1 - 0 against Portsmouth. For the local team it was its second lost in the same number of games (last week 0 - 4 against Chelsea). But for Manchester, this is his first victory of the season (not an easy one) and three points that left the actual Champions of the Premier League back on track of Liverpool and Chelsea, the leaders.

A Great Footballing Weekend

The Offside found this 8/26/2008 on redbulls.theoffside.com

This was my footie weekend. Fo’ Sho’. Need proof? Well, I will be glad to share it . . . . #1 - ARGENTINA WINS THE GOLD!!!!!!! In what was widely considered the best footie game of the Olympics, the Biceleste faught through Nigerian ...

They lost against a nine-man team???

JessBaum33 posted 8/26/2008 from www.examiner.com

It takes a loootttttt of skill to lose to a nine-man team. But Valencia is very talented. Soccer Examiner, check it

Football: Spurs say £30m for Dimitar Berbatov or we stick him in the reserves

Soccer Examiner found this 8/26/2008 on www.guardian.co.uk

Tottenham have rejected Manchester United's bid of

Chelsea take £70m title hit | The Sun |Sport|Football

101 Great Goals - latest football videos and ... found this 8/26/2008 on www.thesun.co.uk

CHELSEA are taking a £70million hit in their bid to snatch the Premier League title back from Manchester United. Billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has given the go-ahead to seal the £27m signing of Real Madrid striker Robinho this week. And he ...

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