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Napoli beat them yesterday. i am not too worried

maybe. not a very reliable source, mind u

CL Draw for next season is on 30th Aug. G1- *European Champions*, Arsenal,United,Barcelona,Madrid,Milan,Porto,Bayern. G2-Valencia,Benfica,Shakhtar,Zenit,Schalke,ManC G3-Olympiacos,Ajax,Anderlecht,Juventus,FC Copenhaugen G4-BVB,Galatasaray,Montpellier,Nordsjaelland

i was sitting like mourinho did in the semis until the luiz penalty before a friend pointed out that sitting like that is bad luck. he turned out to be right lol!

likewise, my friend. likewise. a brilliant finale to an unforgettable season.

whatever it may be, he really shouldn't have said anything about the matter. just converse with the club privately

my apologies. i'll wait for a mod to hack this down

http://soccernet.esp...ea-exit?cc=4716 Bombshell - apparently he got pissed he wasn't starting the final and wasn't allowed to take a pen edit:Mods - lock this if it's not in the right section or if it turns out to be codswallop

petr cech! lol

petr cech looks hilarious. like a librarian. tryin to find a better pic of him

i'm not so sure. the site crashed today as well

Gaffney - when we had a great team, we were "robbed" from the trophy on more than one occasion. but obviosly, u don't take note of that. also defending is as much a part of the game as attacking is.surely, u cant expect chelsea to go up against possibly the best team in history and attack them. even united, real went in defensive against barca. as for bayern, it was at the allianz and di matteo chose to cover their wingers with players who track back. this resulted in a lack of options to pass to in attack but in the odd moments when we did have men forward, we created openings (see drogba almost squaring a tap-in for mata, kalou drive, etc) i know over 120 mins its not enough but in the end u cant say we don't deserve this.

not to mention the squeaky bum time in the group stage. this has been one hell of a ride

Auckland City from Oceania and Monterrey from CONCACAF have qualified along with us already but we will be entering the competition in the semi-finals unlike them

i dont know. di Matteo's head looks good

i hope you pop in once in a while

I feel for Preddy though. Bayern didn't do much wrong other than the finishing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9277220/Champions-League-final-2012-Chelsea-take-a-step-closer-to-signing-highly-rated-Lille-forward-Eden-Hazard.html as if things couldn't get better complete contrast to 2008 where we lost the shootout and chelsea signed Bosingwa the next day

God is now a Blue

true that. would have been hard to digest after reachin 2 finals and countless semis this is just carlo's "better moment". now we have to kick on and build on this. in the meantime,

not by any means a brilliant final performance but i guess it was written in the stars. we deserve it but the actual hard-work begins now

Let's not be under any illusions. were we better than bayern? enjoy the moment but the real work starts now. new manager, players, direction.