Chelsea will start the new season without goalkeeper Petr Cech after scans revealed a torn calf muscle, the Premier League champions said on Wednesday.
Phil Neville scored the decisive spot kick to give Everton a 4-3 penalty shootout win over holders Chelsea after their FA Cup fourth-round replay ended in a 1-1 draw after extra time at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Everton skipper Phil Neville scored the decisive spot-kick to give his side a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over holders Chelsea after their FA Cup fourth-round replay ended in a 1-1 draw after extra-time at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Chelsea's perfect start to the season under new manager Carlo Ancelotti came to a surprise end on Saturday when the Premier League leaders lost 3-1 at Wigan Athletic and had goalkeeper Petr Cech sent off.
The Czech Republic squad for Euro 2008 is likely to be chosen from the following players:
Defender Branislav Ivanovic headed two goals from corners and Didier Droga added the third to give Chelsea a 3-1 away win over Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini joined Tottenham Hotspur's relegation fight on Monday, leaving Chelsea on a free transfer after 10 years at Stamford Bridge. The 35-year-old, once voted the best goalkeeper in England but second choice to Petr Cech for the last five years, could make his debut for Tottenham on Tuesday at home to Stoke City.
Reigning champions Spain left it late but Gerard Pique's 87th-minute header earned them a deserved 1-0 victory over a dogged Czech Republic in their Euro 2016 Group D opener on Monday.
Ten days ago John Terry was carried off the pitch with a dislocated shoulder but that will be nothing compared with the pain he will be feeling after missing the chance to win the Champions League for Chelsea.
Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Anfield on Tuesday after a stoppage-time own goal from the home side's John Arne Riise. Dutchman Dirk Kuyt gave Liverpool the lead after 43 minutes.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar set an English record for time without conceding a goal during their 1-0 Premier League win against Everton at Old Trafford on Saturday. The Dutchman, who beat Chelsea keeper Petr Cech's 2004-05 Premier League record last week, moved past the all-league best of 18 hours, 23 minutes set by former Reading keeper Steve Death over two seasons during 1978 and 1979.
Tottenham Hotspur defender Jonathan Woodgate scored the winning goal in extra-time as the north London upset the defending champions.
Chelsea had goalkeepers Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini taken to hospital after both were knocked unconscious in the champions' 1-0 win at Reading on Saturday
Keeping pace with the changing times, star players of English Premier League giants Manchester United, Arsenal FC and Manchester City wished their vast Indian fan base on the occasion of Diwali.
The Chelsea captain's last ditch tackles and positional sense have been complemented by a decent eye for goal.
Cristiano Ronaldo feared his penalty miss in Wednesday's Champions League final shootout would be the worst moment of his life.
Frank Lampard, John Terry and Petr Cech have been nominated for the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award.
The Chelsea captain said he should be fit for the Champions League final after he suffered an arm injury in the final league game.
The Premier League leaders suffered their third defeat of the season.
The result took Arsenal on to 40 points from 17 games, one ahead of Manchester United, who briefly went top earlier in the day after winning 1-0 at Liverpool.
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has accused Reading's Stephen Hunt of intentionally injuring goalkeeper Petr Cech.
Chelsea came from a goal down to claim a 2-1 victory away to Valencia.
Frank Lampard scored Chelsea's winner in a 1-0 pre-season victory over Feyenoord.
The Premier League champions had been aiming for a double in the first final to be staged at the re-built Wembley Stadium and thought they had scored in the first half of extra time.
'The problem with Petr is that an opponent is better than before'
The 33-year-old came out of retirement after Petr Cech's long-term injury.
The Juventus playmaker won the award for the fourth time.
The Chelsea goalkeeper last conceded a league goal in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal on December 12, since when he has kept seven clean sheets.
The Spanish champions went through on 3-2 aggregate after the second leg pre-quarter-final ended 1-1. Juventus and Villarreal also made it to the quarter-finals.
Referee Graham Poll has defended his decision to allow Arsenal striker Thierry Henry to score with a quick free kick in the champions' 2-2 draw with leaders Chelsea at Highbury on Sunday.
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A look at the Czech Republic squad ahead of their Euro 2004 semi-final against Greece.
If Arsenal are to have any chance of overturning a 2-0 deficit against Barcelona in the Champions League next month they must be sharper in front of goal, says manager Arsene Wenger. They worked hard to keep the world's most fearsome attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar relatively quiet until the 71st minute of Tuesday's last 16, first-leg tie but by then they had spurned two excellent chances to take the lead. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the culprit in the first half, anxiously shooting straight at Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, then Frenchman Olivier Giroud failed to convert the kind of close-range header he regularly dispatches. They are the sort of opportunitites that must be taken in the return at the Nou Camp on March 16 when Arsenal face what many pundits think is 'mission impossible' after Messi showed how it should be done with two late goals at The Emirates. The Argentine's first strike followed a clinical counter-attack and his second from the penalty spot in the 83rd came after he was brought down by substitute Mathieu Flamini. "We had an unbelievable chance in the first half and the way we finished our chances is a problem," Wenger told reporters after his side's demoralising defeat.
Petr Cech won the Golden Ball award as the Czech Republic's player of the season
The English champions-elect, 4-2 up from the first leg, went through 6-5 on aggregate in the Champions League.
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has made a surprise return to Chelsea's training ground ahead of Sunday's big London derby after Adidas sent a consignment of gloves to his former club by mistake. Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink, whose misfiring champions travel to Cech's Premier League leaders on Sunday, made light of the situation at a news conference on Friday. "I was here when Petr showed up. It was nice to see him," the Dutchman told reporters at the Cobham facility to the south-west of London. "We had a chat here. Almost everyone was gone already, it was late afternoon....we tried to hide them, which he did not accept. Also we tried to make them a little bit slippery but he discovered that also. "They were wrongly sent here and we gave them back. It was nice. That's the story."
An 85th minute goal from a free kick by Ireland winger Damien Duff gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory over Manchester United.
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