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please... do you think I'd have sex during football? There are rules and the rules say, when football is on nothing else matters... although I admit I was distracted, but no sex during football. That'd be a sacrilege. Football time is sacred My teams >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my boyfriend. He learned it quite well this weekend

and what about the performance mode? Wouldn't it help? Or was it only possible to make in the old server? #dummy

Chelsea beat Milan and will face Real Madrid in the final The Blues travelled to New Jersey and played against AC Milan at the Metlife stadium in front of nearly 40,000 fans - and they weren’t disappointed by the busy match. The team, led by manager José Mourinho, won 2-0 with Kevin de Bruyne scoring the opener and André Schürrle scoring his first goal in Chelsea blue late in the game. Mourinho's side will now face Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup final, next Wednesday. The match will feature Mourinho and Carlo Ancelloti against their old teams and will probably be the most challenging meeting in Chelsea’s pre-season campaign. After playing a number of Asian "all-star" teams, the Blues weren't intimidated by the superior quality of the Italian side, and pressed the opposition throughout the whole match. From the very beginning the London club peppered Abbiati’s goal and the first chance was a screamer by Oscar that wide. The Brazilian had yet another chance later, but it was also off target. Four minutes in, Ivanovic had a great chance. Hazard received the ball out wide and his mazey dribble allowed space for an inventive flick by the Serbian defender, but the Italian goalkeeper was smartly down to his right to save it. Just six minutes later the Serbian had yet another chance - this time with a header - but the ball dropped a foot wide. Meanwhile Milan tried to counter-attack, but Chelsea’s pivot and defence had little difficulty in stopping their attempts. As the clock hit the 20th minute, Marco van Ginkel tried his luck from range, and whilst his partly-smothered shot fell neatly into the path of Demba Ba, the Senegalese was deemed to be offside. It was not until the half-hour mark that Milan finally offered some danger to the Blues, but Cech was there to stop the initial effort with Ivanovic clearing the stray ball; denying the onrushing Mario Balotelli Mere moments later, Kevin de Bruyne gave the advantage to the English team. Marco van Ginkel recovered the ball and passed to Oscar, who passed to Hazard with one touch. The Belgian sprinted towards the Italian goal, finding his countryman entering the box in the right side. De Bruyne shot with class, leaving Abbiati motionless as the ball nestled in the bottom corner. 1-0. After the goal the Stamford Bridge side controlled the even match more. Hazard, Oscar and de Bruyne were in charge of most of the actions, distributing the ball and keeping possession. Milan didn't react although they tried. The double pivot of Essien and van Ginkel stopped any attempt by the Italians, who just couldn’t make the ball reach the dangerous duo of El Shaarawy and Balottelli. Although the Blues led by only a solitary goal, they were never dangerously threatened by the opposition during the first half. As in all matches so far this pre-season, Mourinho made a lot of changes as the team came back for the final half. Schwarzer, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mata, Moses and Torres came in, but of all the replacements it was Victor Moses, the Nigerian international, who added something else to the match. Moving forward constantly Moses had a few chances, passing to his teammates on a few occasions and finishing by his own in others. In one of his attempts he dribbled past the opposition and even though he didn’t have much of an angle, he shot against the Italian goal, leading Torres to complain as he waited for the pass near the penalty mark. In one bizarre play, Torres tripped on the ball, falling down, but he immediately recovered, standing up and passing by the player marking him, and then another and another as he entered the box. About to pass by the fifth opponent he tried the assist, but Milan’s defenders were able to clear the danger. The Spanish turned provider for his colleagues a few times more, but never found himself in the position to finish to the goal. By the middle of the second half Milan blitzed Chelsea’s box and the Italian side tried to hit Schwarzer's goal several times in a row, but Chelsea’s defence was well-drilled and protected their goalkeeper. Standing almost as a wall, they didn’t allow the ball to pass by them. The Londoners were under pressure for a few minutes, as Milan tried their best shots, but the Blues resisted firmly and without exposing themselves they finally remedied the situation, resuming control of the match. André Schürrle came in for Hazard at the 68th minute and the international German had two clear chances of goal. First he was assisted by the man of the match Moses, but his shot was wide. A few minutes later, he received the ball in the middle of the box from Torres, but he finished weakly and poorly, without offering any real danger to Abbiati. But the wasted chances didn’t bring him down and he kept presenting himself to his comrades until he finally received yet another assist by Moses, finishing it beautifully in the goal already during extra time. They say the third time is the charm. And there wasn’t time for anything else as Chelsea secured their place in the International Champions Cup final against Real Madrid. The match is scheduled at 2:00am (UK time) on the Thursday. Match facts AC Milan: Abbiati, Antonini (Zaccardo 45’) Zapata (Poli 68’), Silvestre, Emanuelson (Constant 68’), De Jong, Muntari, Montolivo (Nocerino 55’), Boateng (Pacifico 75’), Balotelli (Pentagna 45’), El-Shaarawy (Niang 55’). Manager: Massimiliano Allegri. Booked: Antonini, Silvestre. Chelsea: Cech (Schwarzer 45’); Azpilicueta (Terry 45’), Ivanovic, Cahill, Bertrand (Cole 45’); Van Ginkel (Mikel 65’), Essien (Ramires 45’); De Bruyne (Moses 45’), Oscar (Mata 45’), Hazard (Schurrle 65’); Ba (Torres 45’, Lukaku 85’). Manager: José Mourinho Booked: Ivanovic. Goals: De Bruyne 29'. Schurrle 90+2' Man of the match: Victor Moses

a girl doesn't kiss and tell... oops

I can do it, Lex Want me to do it still? edit: @CHOULO19, @, my match report is posted. Please review it before publishing. Thanks xx

I was really distracted during the Everton match... like really... but I wouldn't say he was quite poor, unless he played bad when my sight was elsewhere (actually when I had no sight at all ) - which happened quite often

Nobody knows that team better than Mourinho - not even Carlo (yet) - and while some may think that's not that important, I think it is. He knows their weaknesses and their strengths and I'm sure he'll talk a lot to the lads during the next couple of days and let them know exactly how they should behave and what they should do. Someone mentioned Xabi earlier, he won't play, he's out for a few weeks still recovering from surgery and that alone is one of their present weaknesses. Of course their attacking midfield and strikers are their best asset. Varane is also out because of injury so I think we could take advantage of that with our own AM (and depending on the striker starting). I also think Carlo is very invested in recovering Kaká as he was one of his main players in Milan, and I think that also works in our favor although he was decent against LA Galaxy (I don't remember against Everton because I was sort of distracted while watching the match). All in all I think we have a chance to bring our A game. I'm expecting a lot from Eden because even though this is still a friendly I'm sure he's going to be very motivated to play against Madrid. Our double pivot will have to work well and I suppose Ivan/Azpili won't move forward too much because of Cris. Di María is also playing quite incredibly and he's even faster than Cris sometimes. Isco is making a lot of long passes that are always accurate. It's going to be an exciting match to watch if both sides keep their level from the last two matches. Real was quite lazy against Galaxy and Everton, even a little bit uninterested... except Isco who seems willing to justify the 30M the team paid for him. I was quite happy with our defense last night. they were like a wall when Milan was pressing us, but that's not how RM is going to threaten our goal. We should pay attention to their counter-attack and fast players, so I hope Ramires and van Ginkel are ready to run a marathon... of sprints.

well, it's only fair to put Eden ahead of Kevin because of the season he had with us last season. That said, Kevin is still terrific! He seems to work harder than Eden - although I already notice the Mourinho effect on Eden's game (gotta love Mou). So I do hope to see Kevin stepping up and shining for us. But I also expect Eden to do the same, so I think he'll continue to be a step or two ahead of Kevin at first. I'm not sure which one has the higher ceiling, but does it matter? At the end of the day both Chelsea and Belgium are lucky to have both

really? I thought it was something permanent! Have never seen it before. It's just so many times I scrolled down the page and it didn't go I can cope indeed, Mighty Thor (but the minus button didn't work anyway )

you have to vote in the poll at the top of the page

Actually Mourinho said this in his presser after the match today: so I don't expect our best side to start the match. I expect something like yesterday's match... he'll mix half the best players to each half. I just hope he plays the best defense in the first half - when Cris will play. I've watched almost all Real's matches this pre-season and Isco is playing out of his mind. And they have Cris... so I think it's really important to have the best defense (especially the right side) and DM out there while Isco and Cris are playing... Not that it matters much... it's only a friendly But I do hope for the match against Roma he plays the best team at least for one half.

Mourinho is such a troller! gotta love him From Essien's blog for the site http://blogs.chelseafc.com/?p=3268

The minus button to hide the tweet feed doesn't work for me except in the home page (although I had to hit every time I reload the page, it doesn't save the choice) and it annoys me a lot because 1) it's on top of the page 2) sometimes I scroll down and the cursor (without me noticing) is in that area and instead of going down the page it goes down the section 3) normally those areas are smaller and in less flashy positions in the sites for a reason... 4) and I miss the old 5 latest stuff. I'm not saying it should be removed (although I don't see it as an upgrade), but I want to at least be able to use the minus button and never see it again. I already follow the site on Twitter...

dude I was 14! I hate boys band nowadays. I've never listened ONE single song by 1D. Until 6 months ago I didn't even know what 1D was. I'm a Coldplay, Blur, Radiohead kind of girl sorry to disappoint

Mourinho seems to agree with us about Torres:

yes. It's amazing. Collectively I can already see a few improvements. As usual in his teams you can often see the formation in the pitch. The difference in way they're moving to provide link ups and to cover defensively is impressive. The team looks pretty organized. When were pressed by Milan in the second half there was a moment when they shot (or tried to shoot) to the goal 4-5 times in the span of half a minute, but every time our backs were there and it was like a wall. Schwarzer didn't touch the ball once in this moment I'm talking about. We blocked all their attempts and we were so well posted. Individually Ramires and Hazard are the most impressive imo. They changed considerably in their weaknesses imo and they're looking even more solid - especially if you take into account they're still somewhat sloppy because it's just pre-season (especially Hazard). And maybe I'm desperate and want to see something where it doesn't exist, but it seems to me Torres changed his attitude a bit. He seems much more interested and committed. He seems to be motivated by Mourinho's presence whereas before I was under the impression he didn't give a fuq...

definitely!!!!! When do you guys want it to be ready? A day before? I think too early is anti-climatic... probably with the odds and TV coverage, thanks sweetie

I'm happy that when Milan really pressed us in the second half we reacted well. I thought we could concede, but the lads defended very well and avoided it. Cole and Terry are so solid!

what a pretty finish by André

ANDRÉ!!!! THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM

Torres tackling and then intercepting a ball I'm shocked

Let's be honest... Torres is being decent with this passing (assisting) which is more than Ba did... But he still is terrible finishing himself... or stepping on the ball Andre, that was way too poor, mate

we're flirting with conceding there...

very nice play by Mata-Torres-Moses-Schurrle (including the finishing). Too bad it was too high

between Ba and Torres is so hard to choose who's worse