- Congrats to Boca Juniors for winning the Copa Libaterdores, their sixth overall. And despite scoring two goals in the clincher, Villarreal don’t want Riquelme back next year.
- Chelsea striker Mikel Jon Obi is suspended indefinitely from his Nigerian national team because they say he prefers his club over his country. Maybe he just thinks London is a helleva lot safer than Nigeria right now.
- Stuart Pierce looks to permanently take over the England Under 21 team.
- Here’s an item that’ll have you jumping up and down on your couch…or not. Tom Cruise is allegedly looking to buy the LA Galaxy? Tom and David…wingmen??
Entries categorized as ‘ENGLAND’
NOTABLE NEWS AND NOTES
June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Categories: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE · CHELSEA · COPA LIBERTERDORES · ENGLAND · LA GALAXY · UNDER 21'S
CHELSEA FINALLY WIN RESPECT IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea boys have finally earned enough ‘coefficient points’ to become one of the top seeds in the upcoming season’s Champions League tournament.
Rankings are determined by breaking down a team’s record over the last five years. Some of us who may be suffering from short term memory loss might not remember that Chelsea, before 2003, had only qualified for the Champions League once in their history–hard to believe nowadays. So, despite The Blues having been one of the strongest sides in Europe over the past couple seasons, they’ve always faced difficult draws because they’ve no history of being good until recently.
Now that Chelsea are more favorably positioned in the tournament, it’ll be interesting to see what Senor Mourinho will complain about if his side aren’t through to the finals in May ‘08.
Here’s how your 2007/’08 Champions League seed rankings go: This year’s champs AC Milan are number one followed by last year’s winners, Barcelona. Liverpool is third. Inter Milan is in the 5 slot and Arsenal, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United fill out the rest of the Top 8.
England, interestingly, is the only country to have all their qualifiers seeded.
Categories: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE · CHELSEA · ENGLAND · INTER MILAN · LIVERPOOL · REAL MADRID · Uncategorized
ENGLAND IN SHOOTOUTS–CURSED
June 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
When it comes to a game going down to penalty kicks, England might as well forfeit.
After giving up the tying goal in the 89th minute, England lost another international elimination match to penalty kicks today, falling to Holland in a dramatic and epic shootout which the Dutch hosts held on to win 13-12 in the semi-finals of the Under 21 European Championship.
Yeah, even the youngsters are snake bit.
Manager Stuart Pierce is especially cursed. This game marked the third time he’s gone down in the semis to penalties. (Twice as a player and now once as a coach)
UPDATE: Footytube.com has the highlights and the entire penalty kick saga. You gotta check out Holland’s amazing goal to tie the match in the 89th minute. Incredible bicycle kick.
Categories: ENGLAND · UNDER 21'S
