Preseason Match 3 - July 24th, 2009 - Chelsea FC vs. AC Milan

[I-Got-The-BLUES]

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Venue:
M&T Bank Stadium. (Baltimore, Maryland)


Match Times & TV Listings:
8:00 PM EST (Local Time)
5:00 PM PST
1:00 AM GMT (Saturday Morning)

US TV: Live ESPN | ESPN HD | ESPN Deportes
UK TV: Live Chelsea TV
CN TV: ---
Online & Mobile: ESPN MobileTV


2009 World Football Challenge Table Position:
Chelsea 1-0-0-0, 5 PTS, 2nd Place (-3)
AC Milan, 0-0-0-1, 0 PTS, 4th Place (-7)


News:
Live on Big Blue (http://tv.chelseafc.com/)
Official Chelsea FC Website (http://www.chelseafc.com/)
Latest Chelsea News on Soccernet (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team?id=363&cc=5901)
Team Talk Chelsea (http://www.teamtalk.com/football/news/0,16370,1773,00.html)
BBC-Chelsea (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/default.stm)
Latest Chelsea News From Google (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=UTF-8&q=Chelsea+)
Latest Chelsea News from EuroSport (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/chelsea/)


Notes:
- Ancelotti and that guy with the cool hair, face off against their old club.

- Eddie26's Chelsea in Baltimore Thread:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1076519

[GPK]

Nice job - I know its pre-season, but don't forget the [R] at the end of the title...

I think we should have one thread starter this year, btw. Not sure what everyone else is thinking.

[Cris 09]

Nice job - I know its pre-season, but don't forget the [R] at the end of the title...

I think we should have one thread starter this year, btw. Not sure what everyone else is thinking.

I'm thinking..."Heeeeeeeeeeeeell Yeah!!!!!!!!!""" Imagonna be there!!!!! :D

[lobomojo]

Ashley trying to get on my goodside says the League is the bigggest prize

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/288925.html

as does Supah, but he is always on my goodside:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2549847/Frank-Lampard-Premier-League-is-the-priority.html

[yasik19]

will be fun to watch.

[fernb8]

I think we should have one thread starter this year, btw. Not sure what everyone else is thinking.


Agreed. Looks like its between Kaz and Igtb at the moment.

Lads can we have one of you come to a decision as this is a very important job.

Thanks.

[Yaroni]

another win please, put both milans where they belong

somehow i expect pirlo to give us a good fight, if hes playing that is

[Wrath]

Agreed. Looks like its between Kaz and Igtb at the moment.

Lads can we have one of you come to a decision as this is a very important job.

Thanks.

They both are doing a good job. Kudos to them. I guess it would be unfair to pick one of them. I guess they can divide the season between them.

My 2 cents.

[Andy Fox]

One does Homes, one does Aways. Simples.

[lobomojo]

One does Homes, one does Aways. Simples.

Ashley making friends with his old team, or sucking up to hopefully new rich friends, he wants City to knock them out of top 4

http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item296551/Cole-backs-City-to-oust-Arsenal/

[Cris 09]

Someone explain how this works, please?


2009 World Football Challenge Table Position:
Chelsea 1-0-0-0, 5 PTS, 2nd Place (-3)
AC Milan, 0-0-0-1, 0 PTS, 4th Place (-7)

[Lowecifer]

FYI, the practice tonight was cancelled (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-soccer723,0,511355.story)

We've had torrential rains today.


BTW, the Milan team bus is about to pull up to the hotel next to my office. Chelsea are staying somewhere else.

[yasik19]

FYI, the practice tonight was cancelled (http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-soccer723,0,511355.story)

We've had torrential rains today.


BTW, the Milan team bus is about to pull up to the hotel next to my office. Chelsea are staying somewhere else.

Can you throw some rotten tomatoes in that bus? :D

[Cris 09]

This http://image.weather.com/web/common/wxicons/52/37.gif?1212200682°F will tomorrow's weather 6pm according to weather.com. :(

[Lowecifer]

Can you throw some rotten tomatoes in that bus? :D

I didn't get down in time to throw anything, much less get any photos of my coworker shilling for autographs.

[ncblue222]

I'll be heading up to Baltimore around 5ish today.

[TheDuke]

This one will be a really interesting match to watch. I want to really see how Ancelotti will setup the team versus his ex-team. Ancelotti knows Milan perfectly and new Milan coach, Leonardo knows Ancelotti very well, so it'll be very curious to see what kind of game will come out all of this. Leonardo is probably one of the most hazardous moves a club in Italy has ever undertaken in these last years, probably trying to set another Guardiola-effect. I must admit this for me, as I'm both a Chelsea and Milan fan, is probably the hottest match of this summer to watch.

[I-Got-The-BLUES]

Nice job - I know its pre-season, but don't forget the [R] at the end of the title...

I think we should have one thread starter this year, btw. Not sure what everyone else is thinking.

It's weird to see your name in blue rather than red.
And yea, you know pre-season is where we work out all the kinks, before the real stuff starts...things shall be perfect for the regular season lol :)

Mod, can you edit the [R] in the title, por favor?

And I don't mind doing the thread or splitting with Kaz :)

[I-Got-The-BLUES]

Someone explain how this works, please?

Yessir!

The table goes like this:

Wins -- PK Wins -- PK Losses -- Losses

- 3 points for a win
- 2 points for a PK win
- 1 point for a PK loss

You also get a point for every goal scored in regulation time. (Maximum of 3 points)

[Kazuma]

Shame I'm unable to go to this one. :(

Anyway, if Zhirkov has his permit sorted out I want to see him start and a partnership of Drogba-Sturridge.

EDIT: http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1731793,00.html All I can say is hell yeah.