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Football News on Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Scolari silent on Terry dismissal

Terry saw red in the 35th minute for this lunge at Osman
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari refused to talk to the media following John Terry's red card against Everton.
Scolari was seen remonstrating with referee Phil Dowd at half-time after the Blues skipper was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Leon Osman.
After the 0-0 draw, a Chelsea spokesman said: "The management had issues with a number of decisions and felt they could get into trouble if they spoke."
Toffees manager David Moyes described the challenge as "reckless".
The Scot added: "I haven't seen it properly yet, and I don't like hiding behind that, but from where I was sitting there was always a chance it would be a sending off in today's game."
Chelsea missed the chance to regain top spot in the Premier League following Monday's stalemate and look set to lose Terry for the Premier League matches against Fulham and West Brom as well as the FA Cup tie against Southend - although he is likely to be available for the crunch match against Manchester United on 11 January.


StephenKingVIII However, Chelsea keeper Petr Cech refused to criticise Dowd's decision and conceded: "It was hard for the ref to see what happened.
"He had a split second - he made a decision and we have to live with that. It happens, sometimes you play with 10 men."
Moyes also refused to argue against the officials' ruling that a Steven Pienaar goal late on was offside.
"I have quickly had a look at the Pienaar goal and I have to say, I think the linesman has got it right and he was offside," stated Moyes. "As well as that, it looks like Cech might have got both hands on the ball before Steven forced it in anyway.
"As managers it is important we come out and say what we see, that's how we will get respect, and I thought that was the right decision, even though it didn't go our way."
The decision ensured Chelsea came away from Goodison Park with a draw, although Cech revealed afterwards that he may have hurt his thumb in the incident.
"The ball was behind me and I caught it in front of the line. With those players sliding in I caught my thumb and I have to see how it is as I couldn't get my gloves off," he said.
"It is a pity because we have already had some chances to be top of the league and we didn't win those games.
"The way things are going, a lot of teams are dropping points and if we had won our home games we could have been top with a gap. But the Premier League is a great competition and everybody is pushing up."


Football News on Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Drogba Inter reports rile Scolari

Striker Drogba has been in and out of the Chelsea side this season
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has reacted angrily to reports linking striker Didier Drogba to Inter Milan.
It has been alleged that Drogba met Inter sporting director Marco Branca and Jorge Mendes, agent of the club's manager Jose Mourinho, on Monday.
Responding to the claims, Scolari said: "I do not sleep with Drogba. Where he was? I don't know. I'm not a policeman for my players."
Drogba has declined to comment on whether he attended any meeting.
"I have always said I have a contract with Chelsea until 2010, no comment about the supposed meeting," Drogba told Sky Sports.
Ex-Chelsea and current Inter boss Mourinho insisted he has no plans to sign the 30-year-old.
"I don't know where Branca was, I was at dinner at Cernobbio," Mourinho said on Tuesday. "I know absolutely nothing about this story.

"I know on the other hand that Drogba is part of the history of Chelsea and, from afar, it seems to me that he is and will be a Chelsea player."
When Scolari was asked at a news conference looking ahead to Wednesday's Champions League tie at Bordeaux if Drogba had been given permission to be in the company of Branca, the Brazilian was annoyed.
"Ask Peter Kenyon [chief executive], ask Roman Abramovich [Chelsea owner]," he said.
"I don't know, I am only the coach."

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Ivory Coast international Drogba, now fit after recently being sidelined for over a month of the season because of a knee injury, was heavily linked with a move from Stamford Bridge in the summer but decided to remain at Chelsea.
Drogba has been banned for three matches by the Football Association for throwing a coin into the crowd towards Burnley supporters earlier this month but he is available to play against Bordeaux as the suspension only applies to domestic football.


Football News on Monday, October 27, 2008

Adams holds talks over Pompey job

Adams was Wycombe Wanderers manager for 12 months in 2003-04
Assistant manager Tony Adams is in talks with Portsmouth about succeeding Harry Redknapp, BBC Sport understands.
Portsmouth were left managerless after Redknapp's shock move to Tottenham following Juande Ramos's dismissal.
Pompey chief executive Peter Storrie said on Sunday the club would take its time finding a manager after Redknapp left the club late on Saturday.
But BBC Radio Solent believes Adams, who has been at Fratton Park since 2006, is a serious contender.
Former Wycombe Wanderers boss Adams and first-team coach Joe Jordan took charge of the team for Sunday's 1-1 draw against Fulham.
Ex-Arsenal defender Adams, Jordan, former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce and ex-Chelsea manager Avram Grant are among the contenders to take the job full time, but Storrie refused to provide any clues.
Redknapp has already put in a good word for Adams and Jordan.
"I spoke to Peter about it and said 'you've got Joe and Tony, and they are both terrific guys'," Redknapp said.

"Joe is very experienced, Tony is up-and-coming in the managerial game and works very hard. I don't think either of them would do any harm, for sure."
Redknapp rejected an approach by Newcastle in January to replace Allardyce.
And Storrie said he wished something similar had happened when Tottenham came calling.
"Nothing would have given me greater pleasure if Harry had rung me on Saturday night and said 'Look Peter, I've thought it over and I want to stay', like he did with Newcastle.
"But on this occasion the lure of Tottenham was too much."
Storrie insisted there were no financial problems at the club and that decisions would continue to be driven by owner Alexandre Gaydamak.
"In the summer we sold Sulley Muntari for a club-record fee and sold Pedro Mendes but used most of that money in bringing in Peter Crouch and Younes Kaboul and a couple of loan players," he said.
"If we were to sell players we would re-invest and bring other players in. We've got a very, very good squad here, a quality side and when January comes we'll approach it then.
"Sacha Gaydamak has owned this club for two-and-a-half years and has continued to put finance into the club to bring in players.
"It will be his decision in January whether he wants to continue that growth and expand."
Meanwhile, Jordan expressed his surprise at the speed of Redknapp's departure, while also wishing him the best.
"It was a bit of a shock I must admit, but Harry is a good manager and you expect that good managers will be wanted by big clubs," said Jordan.

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"The speed of it has surprised a lot of people and it was a shock to me."
Jordan added: "I think it is important that they can get the right man.
"They've got to take a deep breath and take stock of events over the past 24 hours and then take things from there."
Crouch joined Portsmouth from Liverpool in the summer, but the England striker said he did not feel let down by Redknapp's departure.
"He was a big reason why I came to the club, but I'll move on and I wish him all the best," said Crouch, who scored against Fulham.
"It was a complete shock and I would have loved him to remain at Portsmouth.
"But Tottenham are a massive club, I did my YTS there so I know how big a club it is and if he can get them to where they should be that would be fantastic.
"These things happen in football so I am never that surprised. We will carry on regardless and continue our good season."


Football News on Sunday, September 28, 2008

Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham

Defoe (left) and Crouch (right) each scored against their ex-club
Tottenham were left rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after a tame display in a loss at Portsmouth.
Former Spurs striker Jermain Defoe put Pompey ahead when he drove in a penalty after Jermaine Jenas needlessly handled a Glen Little free-kick.
Spurs lacked a goal threat but were denied a penalty after an Aaron Lennon cross struck Lassana Diarra's arm.
Peter Crouch nodded in Pompey's second before Diarra was sent-off late on for two bookable offences.
Spurs now have just two points from six top-flight games and, while it is early in the season, the panic button might be getting nearer to being pushed.

Poyet vented his frustration after the game
The White Hart Lane side, who have made their worst start to a season for 53 years, looked short on confidence and belief, while they also seemed like a set of strangers playing together.
Defoe's opener will only have added to their misery and any regret they may harbour from selling him to Pompey in January.
The England striker made his exit with Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov ahead of him in the Spurs pecking order but his rivals have also since left the club.
Keane and Berbatov departed during the summer and Spurs have struggled to adapt and move on, while Defoe has prospered at Pompey.

He thought he had put his side ahead as early as the third minute when he slotted in after a Crouch flick-on only to be ruled offside in a marginal decision.
Spurs saw plenty of the ball early on but it was the home side who were posing the problems in front of goal.
Pompey midfielder Richard Hughes pounced on a loose ball and unleashed a left-foot shot on the stretch which was fended away by keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Gomes again denied Hughes when he saved his far post volley from a corner before Pompey took the lead after 34 minutes.
Jenas was the culprit and his error allowed Defoe to confidently score from the spot for his sixth goal from his last five outings.
Spurs fans could only crave the sort of inspiration Defoe and Pompey possessed and, even when they did go close, they were missing a cutting edge.

Redknapp was pleased with the result
Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko headed wide of the Pompey goal and also steered a David Bentley free-kick high.
Spurs were not helped when their appeals for a penalty after Lennon's cross struck Diarra's arm were turned away and Pompey took advantage by extending their lead.
Armand Traore's powerful shot was only parried by Gomes and ex-Tottenham trainee Crouch was on hand to head in from close range.
Diarra was dismissed after 88 minutes for Pompey but they will welcome the win after conceding 10 goals in their last two games.
Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp:"It was nice to see Jermain score. He's been very sharp and so has Crouchie who also did well.
"We needed this result and I was delighted with how we went about it.
"We've had two bad defeats but sometimes that happens and the most important thing is to get back as quickly as you can."