Petr Cech

[kellzfresh 7,229]

That's bullshit.

Petr Cech is a world-class goalkeeper, he's not leaving Chelsea.

Maybe Atletico don't use Courtois in Europe because they want to keep their #2 goalkeeper match fit?

It would be criminal to let cech go. Goal keepers leave at 40. Look at vandersar and buffon, cech must stay

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Should have saved their goal very poor judgement from cech.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Why the hell does he hoofs the ball upfield everytime?Wake up cech drogba does not play for us anymore!

[petr.breu 1,618]

Petr on his facebook:

There are 2 different groups of people in the world :

1) the ones who stand up and keep believing in their abilities when knocked down ...
2) the ones who stay on the floor and give up ...

We call them simply Winners and Losers :-)

And every individual can choose the group to belong to ...

For me , there is only one option , so i'll see you again in the finals ;-)

[Tomo 21,733]

Petr on his facebook:

There are 2 different groups of people in the world :

1) the ones who stand up and keep believing in their abilities when knocked down ...

2) the ones who stay on the floor and give up ...

We call them simply Winners and Losers :-)

I call them Drogba and Torres.

[Milan 17,853]

David Luiz must be teaching in the dressing room :D

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

David Luiz must be teaching in the dressing room :D

Ron's Face!!!!

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Leif 6,006]

3 more clean sheets and he'll hold the record of 'most clean sheets (currently 135) at a single Premier League club', surpassing David Seaman's record of 137 at Arsenal.

This despite playing allot less games for us compared to Seaman at Arsenal.

[Leif 6,006]

2 more clean sheets and he'll hold the record of 'most clean sheets (currently 135) at a single Premier League club'.

Today was also his 250th win as a Chelsea player.

[Corner 456]

2 more clean sheets and he'll hold the record of 'most clean sheets (currently 135) at a single Premier League club'.

Today was also his 250th win as a Chelsea player.

Shouldn't it be 'currently 136' now, no?

[Jase 43,479]

Cech talked about the Champions League journey last season.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/28/2012-petr-cech-champions-league?CMP=twt_gu

The Champions League had become our obsession. Everyone dreams of winning the Premier League or an FA Cup, but we'd won all that. This was the only one that was missing. When you're in six semi-finals in nine years, you become desperate to make that final step. We couldn't believe every time we'd been unlucky, and this season the luck reversed.

Amazingly enough, before the second leg of the knockout game against Napoli when André Villas-Boas ended up leaving the club and everything was going wrong, I'd said to my wife: "You will see, an amazing thing will happen if we win tomorrow. We'll win it all."

The manager had left, we'd lost some games and were 3-1 down from the first leg, but all our luck came in the Champions League. We won that second leg 4-1 and you could kind of feel something was happening. We had two really good games with Benfica in the quarter-final and then go through against Barcelona. Remember, we were 2-0 down at the Camp Nou with 10 men on the pitch … at that point, not a single person in the world would have put money on Chelsea going through, but we did.

That was the moment we thought we'd done the big one. When we got to the final against Bayern Munich, in their own stadium, and went a goal behind late on after a really close, tense game, that's what came to our mind; the game in Barcelona. We had 10 minutes, or whatever it was, to turn it around, but we'd done it in Barcelona when we were a man short. With 11 men, we could do anything. Up pops Didier Drogba and the game goes to extra time. We felt it was ours then.

And then it was all about penalties. First there was Arjen Robben's at the start of extra time, and it's then that the preparation work paid off. I'd seen all the Bayern penalties since 2007, which had taken me about two hours to go through. Robben always shoots different ways – there's no pattern in his penalties – so I didn't know what to do with him. Half he shoots on the right, half on the left. But when you're tired, you've played in 94 or 95 minutes, players choose power rather than technique, rather than placing it. I thought he'd smash it somewhere near the corner and hope it would go through, and he's left‑footed. If I was left-footed I'd go across goal to the right, which is why I went across to my left. Thankfully, I kept it out.

By the end of extra time I was praying it would go to penalties. The way the game went, they had some really good chances. You could see we were getting tired: Gary Cahill was playing with cramps in his first game back since Barcelona, and others were struggling with injuries as well. It's amazing that David Luiz played for 120 minutes, too.

So when it went to the shootout, I was confident. I'd had that DVD of the Bayern penalties for four or five days but hadn't watched it. I'd been kind of lazy, and I'd been convinced the game wouldn't go to penalties like in 2008 against Manchester United. But I'd ended up finding the time on the flight over, and that's when I'd watched it. All the goalkeeping staff watched them – Ross Turnbull, Jamal Blackman, Henrique Hilário and Christophe Lollichon – and the idea was we'd all take notes and discuss them in a meeting. When it came round to it, I asked them: "So guys, the notes?" And Hilário just said: 'Don't worry about it. You'll save everything.'

In the end I went six times the right way from the six penalties. I either guessed pretty well or I was prepared to guess pretty well. Mario Gomez's was the best penalty. Manuel Neuer's was close to it, and I'd not been expecting him to take one. But I'd gone the right way each time and it would have been impossible to have kept guessing right and not save one. That's what happened with Ivica Olic's shot. I got a touch on Bastian Schweinsteiger's, too, and turned it on to a post.

So it was left to Didier to score the last one and make us European champions. It was an unbelievable night, something we'd all waited for. The whole year had been like a rollercoaster ride, complete with a fantastic ending.

[Madmax 9,219]

Read all those quotes several times before but they still give me goosebumps every time. People call us lucky but never mention the hard work that went into that final. Cech and the GK staff watching every Bayern penalty for the 4 previous years, Robbie and Eddie flying to the German Cup final a week before ours to scout Bayern and deciding to play Ryan in midfield on the evidence of that match, etc. The harder I work, the luckier I get.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Can't believe this man will be making his 400th Chelsea appearance tomorrow. Just another nine after that and he'll be the man with the equal-tenth most appearances in a Chelsea shirt. Phenomenal.

Easily the greatest transfer in Premier League history. £7 million, may I remind you. Look at how much United have spent on de Gea, how much Lloris cost Tottenham... and neither of them are even half the goalkeeper Petr is. A true Chelsea legend, whose career is likely to be brought to a premature end by Courtois.

[Waterfall 893]

He's the most irreplaceable player we have and I hope his injury's not too serious.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Cech Ligament damage. Out for 2/3 weeks(CTV)

[Milan 17,853]

An interview held after the game (sorry, just a really quick translation) -

As for the injury, what exactly happened?

In the 40th minute, I went for one cross and after I jumped, I felt a pain in my right groin. I stayed on the pitch knowing I can't and won't play in the second half. We'll see how serious it is, I have scans tomorrow and that is when we will know more.

Did you watch the second half at least on tv?

I was immediately taken care of by specialists and in the changing room, there was no tv. I saw only the last 5 minutes. The main thing is we won it.

It must have been difficult for Ross Turnbull...

I believed in him, he is a thorough lad, trains well and he was ready. He had one save as well. Overall, we controlled the game and this win is extremely important. We had a terrible start and Everton missed other chances and we punished them. I am very happy because Everton has become a bogey team for us, in the league it has been some time since our last win there.

What are your memories on the 400th appearance for the club?

The injury sort of ruined it but in the first half, I helped the team a lot. We won a game that started really bad for us. Us winning is more important than me not being able to finish the game.

Is the number 400 any kind of a milestone for you?

It is not easy to achieve such a huge number with one of the greatest clubs in the world. I have to say it is a very interesting number. I am the best foreigner in terms of club appearances and I am also the 12th player in the club's history to reach 400. I also hope it is not the last hundred.

What number do you think you can reach?

No one can plan that. My contract runs until 2016 and if I can carry on playing, I'm sure there will be some more games for me.

Did you keep the shirt, for a keepsake?

No, I don't have it. I saw there one handicapped Chelsea fan being in a wheelchair so I gave it to him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Did you keep the shirt, for a keepsake?

No, I don't have it. I saw there one handicapped Chelsea fan being in a wheelchair so I gave it to him.

Cech Ligament damage. Out for 2/3 weeks(CTV)

How can they know that when he won't have scans until tomorrow?