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Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville found this 4/3/2008 on football.guardian.co.uk [flag]
Chelsea only have themselves to blame. Having walked tall in one of Europe's footballing cauldrons, they had the opportunity to move this quarter-final tie beyond the reach of Fenerbahce, the exciting if slightly raw champions of Turkey. Although the goal that gave the visitors the lead carried a slice of fortune, Deivid diverting into his own net, it represented fair reward for the team's ... [link]

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Make That 1-10!
Published 4/3/2008 by Sturminator at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... the interval, when his side had an expansiveness unseen since they held that five-point lead in the Premier League not so long ago. Nonetheless, Arsenal probably need to reach the sort of peak at Anfield that they attained to beat Milan 2-0 at San Siro in the previous round. The overall situation will gladden Rafael Benítez at a time when this competition offers the sole hope, as it probably does for Arsenal, of plucking triumph from a muddled season. And Chelsea loses in Turkey …but they should be fine.. My new column on Dallas ...

Deivid slays Goliath - unbelievable goal
Published 4/3/2008 by Anish at SoccerBlog.com
... ) in that order.Fenerbahce came from behind to stun Chelsea with a 2-1 victory in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final.For those like me who did not know this before -Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu issituated on the Asian side of the Bosphorus and is the only club in the competition from outside Europe ...

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Match Recap: UEFA CHAMPIONS' LEAGUE Matchday 9 --- (April 2) --- FENERBAHCE v CHELSEA

MVNsoccer posted 4/3/2008 from www.uefa.com

UEFA.com Match report by Paul Saffer from Sükrü Saraçoglu Stadium: Deivid's spectacular long-range strike nine minutes from time gave Fenerbahçe SK a UEFA Champions League quarter-final first-leg win over Chelsea FC which had seemed most unlikely when the same player scored an early own goal...
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English masters of Europe Defence is one of the secrets

mCalcio.com found this 4/3/2008 on english.gazzetta.it

Manchester Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea triumph in the Champions League because their managers have so many world class players available. However, they put solid defence before entertainment conceding just 15 goals between them in 37 matches
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Manchester City vs Chelsea in '08 FA Youth Cup Final

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Time to take a step back from the recent struggles of the first-team to the talented Under 18s who are playing the First Leg of the FA Youth Cup Final against Chelsea on Thursday. Forget the money and materialistic world that the world of football now exists in, this competition witnesses the pure drive and ambition of players to seek the their first taste of silverware...
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English Clubs Dominate Europe… Is Defence the Key to Their Success?

mcalcio posted 4/3/2008 from www.mcalcio.com

Ever since Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea all made it to the Quarter-Final stage of the UEFA Champions League, this topic has been debated ad nauseam. However recently, with the real lesson in efficiency inflicted by Man Utd upon AS Roma Tuesday night, Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport joins the table and provides its view on the supremacy of English Premier League teams in Europe.
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Fenerbhaçe 2 - Chelsea 1 (tactical assessment)

The Offside found this 4/3/2008 on cl.theoffside.com

Game of two halves. Chelsea opened very much themselves, although with a lonely Drogba the sole point and without a whole-hearted commitment forward. The own-goal caroming in off the tentative Deivid was a stroke of luck that rewarded the typical ...
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