I don't agree. I watched the match and Ballack, Essien and Carvalho were the best from Chelsea's side, IMO.

that shoulda been a red. it was malicious and drogba knew full well what he was doing.

drogba and especially sheva were Sh8t, whereas saha and rooney were very lievely. i found chelsea got little width even tho they tried a lil more near the end. and giigs and especially ronaldo were getting forward all game. but ya eventually ballack,essie and lil lampard got more into the game.

it's a difference playing in Bundesliga or in Premier League.
And it's his first season in chelsea...

Chelsea have a new official website: www.chelseafc.com

Really good one.
When I see that one, LiverpoolFC.tv, ManUtd.com, Arsenal.com... and them I've a look at our (acmilan.com) ... I mean... what a difference!

At least they've improved their image with a brand new website. Others, just change the background and sh!ttie stuff like that...

Robben was sh!t. But Ballack was still worse, all he did was foul and lose the ball. Ballack was just a pedestrian on the pitch.

Lampard was ok, imo Chelsea's MOM was Essien.



Carvalho made a couple of stupid mistakes, he just scored the goal to cover that up

Again, Ballack was awful, Sheva was non-existant, did he even touch the ball?? I think he only made something like 10 passes in the entire match.

He is becoming like Gila, you don't see him on the field..

That's called mastering the art of invisability

But it's different, Sheva is the type of striker who normally get's involved inplays from the midfield, if Gila doesn't get the support he needs he would be easily faded out of the match.

But in a sense he is becoming what Gila was last season to us, although Gila was actaully scoring goals last season. So far Sheva has got something like 4 goals, and who has he scored them against, Watford, Bolton? And non of them where match winners, they all came when Chelsea where already winning by more then 2 goals.

oh yes! I'm so jealous! the player's videos are awesome!!!
Why don't milan also make a new design, everything with flash and so on?

Cause Galliani is saving money for his hair transplant!!!

LOOL I wish I could do flash, javascript and so on professionally.
I would send them the file in .zip so they only have to upload it

Because Milan loves the "old things". Not only on the squad...

Arsenal beat Tottenham 3-0 .. Great goal by Adibayour

Wasn't in offside? And 2 penalties...

Arsenal better watch out with FC Porto on the CL. I wouldn't be surprised if they beat the Gunners and kick them to UEFA Cup.

It seemed that way, but the replay showed he was online with the defender .. Could be contriversial though ..

As for CL .. What's Porto's situation, do they have a chance to make it through ?!

If they win at home vs. Arsenal they'll be on the top of the group. If with that result + CSKA win in Hamburg = Arsenal out of the CL.

There's only 1 way to FCPorto go to UEFA. Lose at home against Arsenal and CSKA win.

But Arsenal play without Henry in Porto so... I don't know. Not easy to predict.

Porto and Arsenal have 2 points more then CSKA. If there will be a draw they both are qualifying no matter what cska does in their game.

my prediction: draw

Liverpool just won 4-0 away.

All the goals on the first half.

That is what Wenger said. A draw.

But do you think FCPorto want the 2nd place on the group? Playing at home the last match?

They can also loose. There were cases before when two teams knew that they just need a draw and they played accordingly. For example Man Un a couple seasons back.

Porto will win.

Yep. Everything is possible.

I like Arsenal but I wouldn't mind if they're left out of the CL... and in fact I don't know why!!

Porto wins 2-0; Lucho 44', Quaresma 72' ( )

No it wasn't, the defender on the left played him on-side, it was very clear in the replays.

But those 2 penalties where soft penalties, same goes for the one given to Man U

Good dive by C.Ronaldo.

Yeah it was good. I tell you I admire those abilities of his. Cause when you look at it for the first time you would immediately say "penalty" then you see it maximum twice in replay and you say "oh good one Ron"

The 5th richest man in the world will be the next Liverpool owner...

Not even Abramovich... has money as the Sheik of Dubai. Basically the owner of Dubai.

O ::: M ::: G
is this a reliable source?

It's everywhere.

www.newsnow.co.uk and in the "Headline Search:" type "Liverpool".

Yeah they said they have closed in to agreeing the deal.

Well at least if this happen someone will be able to rival chelsea in the money and spending power

Yup. At least that.

Ok...more offers for Kaka then.

Sheikh Mohammad Al-Maktoum has bigger investments than Liverfool ..

In anycase this is some back ground on the Co.



Some of their recent investments:

Americans with ManUtd, Russians with Chelsea, Arabs with Liverpool.

Premiership is gonna be 'the League' in the future. Even more than nowadays.

@Portugal What next?? Colombian Cartels buying Lazio?

Actually it's Newcastle and Arsenal. (It wasn't buy yet, right? That Emirates is just another sponsor?)

everybody is turning into a chelsea!!!
HELP
RUN EVERYBODY; RUN!

Well to be fair we are also a Chelsea, we are owned by one of the richest ,en in Europe too

don't want to think about it
At least the man is an italian

isn't it now different, cause we won't spend big?

No, we're not. Silvio bought Milan 20 years ago, and like mchanna said, he's italian. It's a complete different situation than the ones of Chelsea or Liverpool. Also, it's been a very long while since Silvio spent so much money like Abramovich is doing every year. Things have changed.

What difference it makes if the owner is Italian, Swedish or Black Metal fan????
Football turned to business and the clubs are companies now, so this is meaningless!
All that matters is the players, the heart you put in and Maldini

Beckham tops rich list with £87m in the bank

David Beckham's value on the field of play may be on the wane, but the former England skipper remains peerless when it comes to football's high earners.

According to a survey of British footballers and foreign imports plying their trade in the Premiership, Beckham remains by far the games' richest exponent.

Top ten

Despite slipping down the pecking order at Real Madrid this season, Beckham tops the rich list poll with a figure of £87million, more than twice that of second-placed Michael Owen who is said to be worth £32m.

Beckham's personal fortune is down to his £4.4m a year contract with Real, which expires in the summer, along with income from advertising contracts with the likes of Gillette, Adidas and Pepsi. And despite losing lucrative deals with Vodafone and Police sunglasses, Beckham still found enough cash to pay himself a £19m salary out of the coffers of his company, Footwork Productions Ltd, last year.

Robbie Fowler, like Beckham, may be entering the twilight of his footballing career, but shrewd investments in the property market along with his Liverpool pay packet see the former England striker complete the top three with a £28m nest egg.

Chelsea's Andriy Shevchenko is the top foreign earner playing in England in seventh place, his £121,000-a-week deal at Stamford Bridge helping to swell his wealth to £22m, £1m ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry.

Another Chelsea summer import, Michael Ballack, completes the top 10 with with a relatively modest figure of £18m despite his £130,000-a-week deal.

The survey, in the current issue of FourFourTwo magazine (also highlights the amount of foreign money pouring into the Premiership, with overseas investors worth a staggering total of £13 billion.

That figure is set to touch the £20 billion mark should Dubai's billionaire ruler Sheik Mohammed complete his £450m takeover of Liverpool in the New Year.

But the wealthy Arab would have to settle for second place behind Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, whose own dealings in the world of oil see him top the list of wealthiest investors with a £10.8 billion fortune.

American investors Malcom Glazer and Randy Lerner come in fourth and seventh respectively in the poll of investors. Manchester United owner Glazer, 78, is said to be worth a wallet-bulging £1.05 billion while Villa's new Stateside sugar-daddy has a healthy £789m in the bank.

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Abramovich = 10x Glazer

Sheik Mo = 2x Abramovich

You misunderstood

Yep. But it's kind confuse.

I mean, if Sheik Mo is the #5 world's richest man, how can he be behind Abramovich (who is not on the top 5)?

how come that michael earns more than andriy O.o

I think he earned more in his career cuz of commercials. But Sheva's salary is higher

1 William Gates III United States 50.0 ($bil)
2 Warren Buffett United States 42.0
3 Carlos Slim Helu Mexico 30.0
4 Ingvar Kamprad Sweden 28.0
5 Lakshmi Mittal India 23.5
6 Paul Allen United States 22.0
7 Bernard Arnault France 21.5
8 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Saudi Arabia 20.0
9 Kenneth Thomson & family Canada 19.6
10 Li Ka-shing Hong Kong 18.8
11 Roman Abramovich Russia 18.2
12 Michael Dell United States 17.1
13 Karl Albrecht Germany 17.0
14 Sheldon Adelson United States 16.1
15 Liliane Bettencourt France 16.0
15 Lawrence Ellison United States 16.0
17 Christy Walton United States 15.9
17 Jim Walton United States 15.9
19 S Robson Walton United States 15.8
20 Alice Walton United States 15.7
21 Helen Walton United States 15.6
22 Theo Albrecht Germany 15.2
23 Amancio Ortega Spain 14.8
24 Steven Ballmer United States 13.6
25 Azim Premji India 13.3

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