Watching the Champions League final at home (in London) with friends tomorrow night? Fancy £100 worth of food and drink delivered to keep you going? Well, thanks to Deliverance, that’s exactly what you could win.
Right, just to distract myself a bit from Saturday, with Roy Hodgson announcing his England squad yesterday for the 2012 European Championship, I thought I’d take a look at the Chelsea contingent and what their inclusion in the squad might mean. Read more »
Right, you all know the new kit has been released now – and a cracking one it is again too – but did you know that with every shirt you buy, you get to enter the ‘Ultimate Chelsea Experience’ competition with prizes including:
Watch the first team training at Cobham
Training session with the Chelsea coaching staff
Sit on the bench at a home game
5 vs 5 tournament at Stamford Bridge – field a team
Lead the team onto the pitch at Stamford Bridge
Didn’t know that? Well now you do, so there’s even more reason to go and get yourself the new shirt.
On the third eve of Champions League TheChelseaBlog gives to you – Frank Lampard, 3 goals in the campaign so far and here’s the one he scored against Benfica
On the final day of the Premier League season, Roberto Di Matteo told us the fight for David Luiz and Gary Cahill to be ready for our Champions League final would probably go right up until Saturday. Well, the good news is they both trained today.
I fact, not only did they both train, but they both looked pretty up for it in spite of being out for nearly a month with hamstring injuries. Di Matteo suggests he’s been trying out other options ‘just in case’ but fingers crossed, it looks as if they may be ok.
News on Malouda mmeanwhile is that he’ll be ‘touch and go’, with Di Matteo saying “Flo, we’ll still assess and it’s going to be touch and go for him to be available for Saturday.”
Like a lot of you, I’ve tried pretty hard to push our last Champions League final aside and concentrate on the here and now – but it’s imposible. It has its relevance, whether it’s because we still have some of the key players who played a significant role that night at the Luzhniki Stadium or whether it’s the emotional connection to that night, it’s all relevant. That night still haunts us. The players, the supporters, the club as a whole. Read more »