Michael Ballack

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Fake stats, dude. He played for us, at least, in the 2009 and 2010 FA Cup finals.

[DavidEU 2,023]

Fake stats, dude. He played for us, at least, in the 2009 and 2010 FA Cup finals.

Played for us in the 2007 Carling Cup Final too.

[Mjizzle 2]

He was so unlucky in his career

[didierforever 7,349]

Michael Ballack "I wish my Team to reach the Final" Interviewer "Bayern" Ballack "No Chelsea"

legend!!!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Fake stats, dude. He played for us, at least, in the 2009 and 2010 FA Cup finals.

4 German titles, 3 German cups, 1 German League cup, 3 FA cups, 1 league cup, 1 community shield, one Premier League title...

Not that unlucky, in my eyes.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Just one out of curiosity here, which player (currently still playing) would you compare to Ballack? He's a special kind of midfielder I know and I don't mean ability wise, I'm talking style of play because I can't think of anyone off the top of my head

He had a complete style of his own, like Zidan for example. You can't really compare players to those kind of players. If I had to someone who has bits of Ballack in him right now, then I'd probably go with Barkley. Talking about style of course, not ability.

[The Chels 2,502]

Michael Ballack "I wish my Team to reach the Final" Interviewer "Bayern" Ballack "No Chelsea"

legend!!!!! :blue scalf: :blue scalf: :blue scalf:

Fabricated quote...

[zolayes 14,489]

He had a complete style of his own, like Zidan for example. You can't really compare players to those kind of players. If I had to someone who has bits of Ballack in him right now, then I'd probably go with Barkley. Talking about style of course, not ability.

I called Matic like a young Ballack when he was with us before ,,, The other night i Saw Reuben displaying the same qualities ...

THE very best midfielder I ever saw was German as well Beckenbauer ,, reinvented mid field play ,, HE was the GREATEST

[Parky 739]

Will they ever be a midfielder like this Beast? One of my all time favorite players. A German Rottweiler not to be messed with..

Man just to think we had Essien - Ballack - Makelele - Lampard all at their peaks at Chelsea.. Im dreaming again..

[CHOULO19 24,332]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26a9b4_ballack-the-blues-look-strong-hd_sport

[sherry33 234]

True Legend, my favorite of all time :blue scalf:

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Happy Birthday!!!

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Michael Ballack: "I look at this Chelsea and there's no weak spots, they are very stable. You can say that they can win the CL."

"But they also know at Chelsea and Mourinho has too much experience to let people get carried away."

[Madmax 9,219]

Very nice interview related to the CL and the upcoming final --> http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/michael-ballack-juventus-barcelona-champions-league-final-berlin

Some bits about Chelsea too, which I'll leave here :

You came so close with Chelsea in Moscow, when you lost to United on penalties. But the following season you missed out in the semi-finals after the infamous second leg at home to Barcelona when the referee, Tom Henning Ovrebo, appeared to deny your team clear-cut penalties which might have won the tie. How did you deal with that?

It still hurts. We were even stronger that year than in 2008 when we’d reached the final. Everyone had this conviction, this trust in the team, and we believed in ourselves. We knew we were really strong and were convinced would win that year, so to go out the way we did was really disappointing. We deserved to get through to the final. We were much better than Barcelona on the night, and everyone knows the circumstances. It still feels unbelievable. At least Chelsea went on to win it eventually [in 2012]. It would have been nice to have won it with them that year, if I’m honest. I played in two finals, but that [2009] feels like the opportunity where I missed out.”

If there’s disappointment in Germany at not having a Bundesliga team in the final in Berlin, there’s a lot more in England that the Premier League clubs bowed out so early this year. What did you make of that? Were you surprised by Chelsea’s exit in particular?

It surprised me, yes, with all the English clubs but Chelsea in particular because I thought, on paper, they were the better team in a tie with Paris Saint-Germain. But that just shows how close the Champions League is these days. Teams like PSG, Atlético Madrid or Porto were not really mentioned as contenders, but they can upset the bigger teams at any stage. They can hurt you. I thought it would be a difficult tie, a tight tie like last year, but these are the kind of games where individual players like those at Chelsea should be able to decide those games. That they didn’t means there’s still a lot to do to improve at that club to get back to where they were a few years ago in terms of European competition.

So do we have to gauge Chelsea’s progress next season in terms of how they do in the Champions League, given they have won the Premier League so comfortably this year?

They are in a process still. A team can have quality, but it’s also about personality and how they can grow. Look at the Chelsea from 2004-06, when they were champions of the Premier League for the first time in the Roman Abramovich era, and see how that team evolved. Individually, and personality-wise, it needed a bit of time to grow up to make its real mark in Europe. It’s the same at all clubs: Barcelona put a structure in place, a philosophy, and players grew into it and did well. Those same players helped the Spanish national team to dominate as well, winning the World Cup and European Championship. At Bayern Munich, a group of players won the Champions League and then went on to win the World Cup, where a lot of Bayern players were involved. All these ‘projects’ need time to grow.

So Chelsea are still a work in progress?

I think those games against PSG showed that, sometimes, you miss two or three key players to secure this success. They make the difference in certain types of games. It’s all about the players. When I see Nemanja Matic, a great talent, he needs a player next him to help him grow further. A team-mate with stature as well as personality. They have a lot of small, skilful players but sometimes they miss bigger, stronger players around them. They are probably one or two big players short of where they want to be. It’s one or two years too early. If they bring in or develop one or two players with this talent, this attitude, this personality on the pitch, they will get back to the top in terms of European football and competing properly to win the Champions League again.

[zolayes 14,489]

I would be happy if Ballack replaced Blatter

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Happy Birthday!!!

And Again :blue scalf:

[zolayes 14,489]

bumped for 4 reasons

1 he is playing in a big golf pro am and currently second , a lot of top sportsman took part including Gullit ,Shevchenko and del Pierro

2 how we could use a player like him now

3 wish he was on our coaching staff

4 memories of the good times

[zolayes 14,489]

they actually won despite his professional partner having a bad time,, check Dunhill Pro am if you are interested