MATCH REPORTS

COMMENT

TEAM

COVENTRY CITY V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, WISE, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, VIALLI, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED FLO, ZOLA SCORERS POYET

THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON AND A FIST GLIMPSE AT OUR NEW SIGNINGS.THE GAME WAS PLAYED IN VERY WARM CONDITIONS AND WE BATTLED WELL, BUT YOU COULD SEE IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME TO GEL AS A TEAM , GREAT HEADER FOR OUR GOAL FROM GUSTAVO POYET FROM A DENNIS WISE FREE KICK

CHELSEA V NEWCASTLE UNITED DE GOEY, FERRER, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, DESAILLY, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLAS, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED PETRESCU, FLO SCORERS BABAYARO

NO MUCH TO REPORT ON THIS GAME, THE GEORDIES ARE ALWAYS TOUGH OPPOSITION, BUT WE COMPLETLY DOMINATED THE GAME, IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE TO SEE CHELSEA SCORE FROM A 25 YRD EFFORT BY BABAYARO, THE TEAM STILL NEEDING TIME TO GEL

BLUE WAS THE COLOUR IN MONACO WHEN URUGUAYAN SUPER SUB CLINCHED THE GOAL TO BEAT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS, THE MIGHTY REAL MADRID. IT WAS A GLORIOUS NIGHT FOR CHELSEA, FINALLY PUTTING US ON THE EUROPEAN MAP

CHELSEA V REAL MADRID ED DE GOEY, FERRER, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, WISE, DESAILLY, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLA, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED POYET, LAUDRUP, FLO SCORERS POYET

CHELSEA V ARSENAL DE GOEY, LAMBOURDE, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, LAUDRUP, DESAILLY, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, ZOLA, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED POYET, PETRESCU, FLO SCORERS

LEE DIXON SENT OFF AND FIVE PLAYERS BOOKED CAME AS NO SURPRISE BETWEEN THESE TWO BITTER LONDON RIVALS, A GAME WHERE CHANCES WERE AT A MINIMUM, ON REFLECTION A DRAW WAS A FAIR RESULT

A GAME REMEBERED FOR TWO PLAYERS, ZOLA WAS INSPIRED AND FOREST GOALKEEPER WAS BEASENT WAS IN OUTSTANDING FORM. WE DOMINATED THE GAME FROM THE START AND ON JUST 25 SECOND CHELSEA WENT IN FONT WITH A ZOLA GOAL. FOREST'S GOAL WA CONSTANTLY UNDER SIEGE, BUR BEASENT SAVRD EVERYTHING THROWN AT HIM. POYET SCORED THE GOAL, HE REALLY IS A CLASS PLAYER

CHELSEA V NOTTINGHAM FOREST DE GOEY, PETRESCU, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, NEWTON, DESAILLY, BABAYARO, ZOLA, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED LAMBOURDE, LAUDRUP SCORERS POYET, ZOLA

CHELSEA V HELSINGBORG KHARINE, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, DI MATTEO, WISE, BABAYARO, LAUDRUP, FLO, VIALLI SUBS USED CASIRAGHI, POYET, NICHOLLS SCORERS ZOLA

VIALLI MADE SEVEN TEAM CHANGES FOR THIS EURPEAN CUP WINNNERS CUP GAME 1ST ROUND AND IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT IT SHOWED. HELSINGBORGS CAME TO THE BRIDGE FOR A DRAW PLAYING WITH AT LEAST EIGHT PLAYERS BEHIND THE BALL. A FRANK LEBOEUF STTLED THE GAME FROM A EXCELLENT FREE KICK, HELSINGBORGS LOOK LIKE A WELL ORGANISED SIDE TO ME AND LOOK VERY DIFFICULT TO BREAKDOWN

A INCREDIBLE NIGHT AT EWOOD PARK WHEN BOTH TEAMS DECIDED TO DEFEND KAMICAZE STYLE. THE SKY LIVE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED TO A EXCELLENT GAME SHOWING ALL THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE ENGLISH GAME, FREE FLOWING, FREE SCORING END TO END STUFF, AND WORTHY OF A GAME OF THE SEASON. WE FINALLY TOOK THE ADVANTAGE AFTER GOALS BY A FRANK LEBOEUF PENALTY AND ANOTHER FREE KICK SPECIAL BY ZOLA, AND BY BRINGING ON SUPER SUB FLO HE QUICKLY FOUND THE NET TWICE TOO GIVE US A WELL EARNED THREE POINTS

BLACKBURN ROVERS V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, WISE, DESAILLY, BABAYARO, ZOLA , CASIRAGHI SUBS USED DI MATTEO, LAUDRUP, FLO SCORERS LEBOEUF (PEN), ZOLA, FLO

CHELSEA V MIDDLESBROUGH DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, DI MATTEO, BABAYARO, LAUDRUP, ZOLA, CASIRAGHI SUBS USED FLO, PETRESCU, DUBERRY SCORERS ZOLA, O.G

CHELSEA HAD HARDLY TROUBLED THE BORO DEFENCE WITH CASIRAGHI CLEARLY INEFFECTUAL. IN THE SECOND HALF FLO WAS BROUGHT AND DRAMATICALY CHANGED THE GAME AND HAD THE BORO DEFENCE IN A PANIC. FOR ME LAUDRUP WAS MAN OF THE MATCH FINALLY SHOWING THE CHELSEA FANS HIS SILKY SKILLS. ANOTHER GREAT GOAL FOR THE LITTLE ITALIAN MEASTRO ZOLA WITHA CHEEKY CHIP OVER THE ADVANCING SCHWARZER

HELSINGBORGS V CHELSEA KHARINE, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, POYET, DI MATTEO, DESAILLY, BABAYARO, FLO, VIALLI SUBS USED CASIRAGHI, PETRESCU SCORERS

NOT MUCH TO REPORT ON A DREADFULL GAME PLAYED IN FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR THIS 2ND LEG CUP WINNERS CUP 2ND LEG MATCH. CHANCES WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN , BUT THE DRAW PUT US INTO THE NEXT ROUND

LIVERPOOL V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, LEBOEUF, DUBERRY, PETRESCU, DI MATTEO, DESAILLY, LE SAUX, LAUDRUP, CASIRAGHI, ZOLA SUBS USED POYET, FLO, LAMBOURDE SCORERS CASIRAGHI

A GAME WE TOTALLY CONTROLLED, GOOD TO SEE CASIRAGHI FINALLY ON THE SCORESHEET, REDKNAPS EQUALISER WAS NOT DESERVED BUT ANFIELD IDS A PLACE WHERE WE NORMALLY LOSE AT SO WE HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH A POINT

CHELSEA V CHARLTON ATHLETIC DE GOEY, FERRER, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, BABAYARO, DI MATTEO, DESAILLY, POYET, LAUDRUP, CASIRAGHI, ZOLA SUBS USED WISE, PETRESCU, FLO SCORERS LEBOEUF (PEN), POYET

A GAME WHICH SAW CHARLTON KEEPER ILIC TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH A BROKEN JAW FOLLOWING A COLISION WITH CASIRAGHI, CHELSEA SHOULD OF BEAT CHARLTON MORE COMFORTABLY. ANOTHER PENALTY FOR LEBOEUF AND NICE TO SEE POYET YET AGAIN ON THE SCORESHEET

BOTH TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED, WITH A WELL ORGANISED DEFENCE, COPENHAGEN TOOK THE LEAD AFTER CHELSEA HAD MISSED QUITE A FEW CHANCES, WITH A ERROR BY DESAILLY. IN THE DYING MOMENTS OF THE GAME DESAILLY SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL FOR CHELSEA TO MAKE AMENDS FOR HIS EARLIER MISTAKE

CHELSEA V FC COPENHAGEN DE GOEY, FERRER, DESAILLY, LEBOEUF, LE SAUX, DI MATTEO, WISE, POYET, LAUDRUP, CASIRAGHI, ZOLA SUBS USED FLO, PETRESCU, BABAYARO SCORERS DESAILLY

A GAME RUINED BY ONE MAN THE REF MIKE REED SURELY THE WORST REF IN FOOTBALL. IN THE DRIVING WIND AND RAIN THIS IDIOT MANAGED TO BOOK TWELVE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AND SEND OFF LEBOEUF. HE ULTIMETLY MADE THIS GAME A NON STARTER, TOO MANY PLAYERS WERE WORRIED ABOUT BEING SENT OFF DUE TO EARLIER EARNING YELLOW CARDS

LEEDS UNITED V CHELSEA DE GOEY, FERRER, DUBERRY, LEBOEUF, BABAYARO, WISE, DESAILLY, DI MATTEO, LAUDRUP, CASIRAGHI, ZOLA SUBS USED POYET, FLO SCORERS

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