Chelsea new Manager

Okay, we all know that Roberto Di Mateo was sacked by Chelsea owner, Roman Abrahamovic, without unexplainable reason to sack him. Roberto Di Matteo was a good coach i think, he bring the Blues won a Champion League 2012. I think the owner sack him out because Roberto Di Matteo fail again the Corinthians at Club World Cup last time. Now the new coach for Chelsea is Rafael Benitez. He successfully bring Fernando Torres to score for Chelsea. But the bad is he isn't giving the Frank Lampard and Joe Cole new contract. He let Lampard and Cole to find the new team. Even the 2 of them is a legend players of Chelsea. It was so sad, he even sell Daniel Sturridge to Liverpool.

Chesea vs Manchester United

It was a shame that we are lose against Manchester United at our home base at Stamford Bridge last week. If you know, that we are bombarded by Manchester United players that succesfully hit us 3-0 at first half. The first goal of the United was a blunder by David Luiz

who was get a bounced ball, the second goals is only eleven minute shooted by Antonio Valencia get passed by Rafael. The third goal is scored by Van Persie who was unguarded. But we won't surrender easlily, we give that fightback at second half and give us a 2 goals at last. But the time isn't enough for us to equals the score. And it end 3 for Manchester United and 2 for us. It was a good match for the two teams, but we lose. But we will do better when the clash with Manchester United and the other teams. We lost because at first half our players Fernando Torres got two yellow card for tackling the Manchester United player and the other one is Ivanovic who get red card directly. It give the Manchester United a advantage because it 11 against 9 players. The referre is siding with Manchester United. It was a bad luck. We have a good news to for the fans. The first new is that we have won against Manchester United at Capital one Cup 3 days after clash against Manchester United at Barclays Premier League match. we won 5-4. It was a hard clash to for us. Because The Red Devils the nickname of Manchester United is only send the Substitution teams to against us. It was crazy scores and there was so many yellow cards for each teams. Our player who got yellow cards is David Luiz, Mikel Arteta, Romeu Lukaku, Oscar, and Ramirez. At the others side, the Manchester United player who got a yellow cards is Wotton, Nani, Giggs, and Keane. The first half end at 3-2 with the Manchester United lead the game. But at Second Half Chelsea fought back and got the final score 5-4. The tide is change. The player who scores is Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill, David Luiz, Sturridge, and Ramirez. The United players who scores is Ryan Giggs scores two goals, Luiz Nani, and Javier Hernandez. The other good news is that even we lost against Manchester United we are still on the top of Classement of Barclays Premier League.

The New Star : Eden Hazard

Hi, everyone, now i back to tell you about the new player of Chelsea F.C. His name is Eden Hazard. He is from Belgia, 21 y.o and he had been bought from Lille, the France club. He sign contract to Chelsea F.C at June 2012 Now he is playing at Chelsea F.C with good form. He show his skill well and he help other player to score a goal. Because of his contribution now Chelsea sit on the ranking 1 of English Premier League. He scored a goal and six assist for Chelsea. It was so nice to have a good player like Eden Hazard at Chelsea. Maybe this season Chelsea will become new Champion of English Premier League. Pray that he will play well when Chelsea play against Norwich City tonight

Champion League Semi Final Chelsea vs Barcelona

First half With the visitors enjoying plenty of possession in the opening stages, Chelsea defended deep and looked to utilise the threat of Drogba on the break, and it almost paid dividends on two separate occasions, firstly when he failed to control a Cech kick, and soon after when he opted to take Puyol on instead of holding the ball up and waiting for support. The Spanish side's ability to open teams up at will was all too apparent, however, when Andres Iniesta played a ball over the top of the Blues' back-four and Alexis Sanchez raced on to it before lifting his strike beyond Cech, only to see it bounce back off the bar. It was a frenetic opening to the game, and while Drogba was penalised for a tackle on Sergio Busquets, the home crowd quickly became aggrieved as decision after decision went Barcelona's way. Lionel Messi had been a peripheral figure for the opening 10 minutes, but a trademark run saw the Argentinian tee up Iniesta whose shot was parried by Cech. The rebound fell directly into the path of Cesc Fabragas, but as the former Arsenal man looked destined to break the deadlock, he scuffed his strike and allowed Chelsea to clear. fabregas The ability of Pep Guardiola's side to retain possession before finding a killer pass was beginning to tell, and Cech had to be alert twice in quick succession to prevent Messi from opening the scoring, while Iniesta felt he was pulled down in the penalty area by Cahill, one of the few decisions that went our way early on. Xavi, so often the man who makes the holders of the trophy tick, was dictating the pace of the game, with one particular pass seeking out Daniel Alves requiring a last-ditch clearance from Ashley Cole. While we defended desperately, albeit resolutely, at times, as an attacking force we'd been virtually non-existent , with Victor Valdes not having a save to make. Three minutes before the break, Mikel lost out to Messi on the halfway line, and as the forward broke at speed, he slipped in the advancing Fabregas to his left who cleverly lifted the ball beyond Cech, but as the away fans began to celebrate, Cole, once again, made a wonderful clearance off the line to keep the scores at bay. Amazingly, and against the run of play, the Blues took the lead in added time of the first half with our first real attempt. Lampard sprayed it out wide to Ramires, and as the Brazilian fizzed a cross to the back post, Drogba was on hand to force his strike beyond the despairing dive of Valdes to give us a priceless advantage,his fifth goal in this season's tournament. drogba goal Second half Barcelona, clearly stung by that late first-half sucker punch by Drogba, came out for the second half on the front foot, and Cech was forced into an impressive early save from a curling Adriano effort, while Cahill made a fantastic block from a Messi strike. Minutes later we rode our luck once more when Sanchez fired wide after exchanging passes with Messi, before Alves blazed high over the bar from an Iniesta cross. It was Cahill again who brought a roaming Messi run to a halt as the Argentine exposed three Blues defenders, and our January acquisition was enjoying one of his most impressive games in a Blue shirt. As the game wore on, Messi's influence on proceedings began to increase, and another marauding run required an expertly timed block from John Terry. Chelsea v Barcelona Guardiola, sensing an opening, made the first change of the evening, replacing Sanchez with Pedro in a straight swap, while both Ramires and the Barcelona substitute found themselves booked in the space of a couple of minutes for late, albeit fairly innocuous challenges. Salomon Kalou was introduced to the action with just under 20 minutes, replacing a tired Juan Mata as Di Matteo sensed the necessity for fresh legs in a side who had been overrun for large parts of the game. Fabregas made way for Thiago with 10 minutes left to play, but it was backs to the walls for the Blues as we came under an inevitable flurry of pressure from the European champions. Much like the first 45 minutes, there was an impotency about our attacking play, with clear-cut opportunities few and far between, not that the home fans were bothered, as they sung their hearts out, willing their team on. Cech made a stunning save with five minutes left on the clock, as Puyol flicked on a teasing Messi free-kick which was delivered at pace, making the stop all the more special. Di Matteo replaced Ramires with Bosingwa in an attempt to shore things up in the closing stages, while Drogba became the second Chelsea player to have his name taken by Felix Brych. Barcelona looked to have stolen a late equaliser in the dying seconds when Pedro's effort beat Cech, only to bounce back off the foot of the post, while Busquets could only smash the rebound high up into the Shed End .

Chelsea vs Benfica second leg

First half
Chelsea had to defend almost non-stop for the first four minutes as Benfica, attacking the Shed End containing their fans, started with a high tempo. There were important block tackles from Lampard and John Terry on the edge of our area before we eventually took the ball inside the opposition half.

The Blues won our first corner on seven minutes, flicked on to David Luiz in space who rifled a shot goalwards, blocked well by the leg of Capdevila.

We threatened to cut through the Portuguese side on the break soon after but Mata got his angles wrong in attempting to find Torres ahead of him. Mata had the ball in the net seconds later, but had run offside in the move.

The Slovenian ref wasn't slow to whistle up physical contact and on 18 minutes he produced a yellow card for the first time. David Luiz had anticipated well, nipping between Oscar Cardozo and the ball and receiving a kick on the ankle from the Benfica striker as a reward.

A minute later the ref was reaching for his card again, this time in the aftermath of awarding Chelsea a penalty. Cole had just taken down a lofted ball forward when he was bundled to the floor by stand-in centre-back Garcia. Bruno Cesar and Maxi Pereira were booked in the aftermath.

Chelsea v Benfica

The keeper went the correct way with his dive but Lampard found the bottom corner with his spot kick for his 22nd Champions League goal. Chelsea were 2-0 up on aggregate with 20 minutes of the second leg played.

Five minutes later, there was more vulnerability at the back from Benfica when everyone missed a Cech long punt. Torres ran clear but wide and then picked out no one in blue with his ball across.

Aimar made it three Benfica bookings for dissent and four overall before his side came close to a goal with that rarest of sights in the modern game, a free-kick routine. Initially played out wide, it was eventually nodded down to Carodozo who beat Cech with his shot but Terry blocked on the line and Ivanovic cleared.

Chelsea v Benfica


Ivanovic was the first Chelsea name in the book on 37 minutes for a trip on Gaitan after the previously high-standard Mikel and Ramires conspired to give away the ball. The Benfica free-kick that followed was played straight into the Chelsea wall.

The cards kept coming on this stop-start evening and when Pereira slid his studs into Mikel's shin, he saw his second yellow and had to walk early down the tunnel.

Chelsea v Benfica

Ramires was cautioned for a late tackle on Bruno Cesar who was now right-back. Prior to that the Brazilian made what was one of very few first-half Chelsea chances, firing across the area but just out of the reach of Torres and Kalou.

Second half
Three minutes after the restart, Cech needed to produce his best save of the game after Cardozo swung a leg at a bouncing ball and sent it towards the top corner. Our keeper dived, extended one of those long arms and sent the ball over.

A minute later and up the other end, Ramires somehow missed the chance for a Chelsea second after Kalou had deceived Bruno Cesar at the far post and shot for the opposite corner. His Brazilian team-mate slid in and made contact but the player rather than the ball ended up in the net.

Chelsea v Benfica

Torres turned sharply inside the area and looked to have placed his shot inside the post but it was deflected just wide and Kalou headed a Mata cross wide. Chelsea had started the second half much better than the first.

A second goal looked like it was coming but Artur saved acrobatically from Mata before Benfica made a surprising substitution, taking off Cardozo and bringing on Oliveira. Chelsea made a sub too, replacing Terry with Cahill. The skipper went straight down the tunnel for treatment.

Chelsea's grip on the half loosened a little when Ivanovic misdirected a header and another substitute, Djalo, had a goal-bound shot deflected wide by Cahill, but then Kalou, who was seeing plenty of ball on the left, should have scored but couldn't beat the keeper from close-range. Against a side with reduced numbers and inexperience in the heart of their defence, the feeling was the Chelsea attackers should be doing better.

Mata was next to shoot wide, having been teed-up by a skilful Kalou pass but although there was more of a goal threat about Chelsea this half, we were looking less secure at the back. Djalo headed a cross just over Cech's crossbar.

On 74 minutes, MIkel spread the play out to Cole who crossed low. Kalou controlled it, spun but shot wide again.

The card count was much reduced in the second half and Cole and David Luiz managed to avoid bookings that would have ruled them out of the first game against Barcelona, but Mikel did pick up a caution for tripping Matic.

On 84 minutes came the Benfica goal. Cech had only just saved well to prevent Djalo heading in but from the corner that followed, Garcia ran unmarked to flick home with his head.

Chelsea vs Benfica

Summary
A stark contrast to the Napoli away game as Chelsea matched the home side, defended well and snatched victory thanks to a second-half Salomon Kalou goal.
Benfica had chances, mostly for Oscar Cardoza, and Petr Cech had to save one well. We also survived a strong penalty appeal for handball by John Terry but we were rarely clinging on and could have scored more. Juan Mata hit the post and went close again late on in a second half that was far more eventful than the first.
Unlike our previous away games in this Champions League campaign, on this occasion one goal was enough as Chelsea win for the first time abroad in 13 months.
Team news
There was a surprise selection at right-back where Paulo Ferreira was given his first action of 2012. Branislav Ivanovic was not fit and Jose Bosingwa was on the bench. David Luiz replaced Gary Cahill in the centre.
John Obi Mikel and Raul Meireles were the deeper midfielders. Kalou came in wide on the left and Fernando Torres was preferred to Didier Drogba in attack.
Benfica made one change from their last Champions League outing, Pablo Aimar replacing Rodrigo as Oscar Cardozo's partner up front.

First half
Prior to kick-off, David Luiz and Ramires went together to embrace their former manager Jorge Jesus and the Chelsea line-up was not short of players experienced in playing is this stadium, either for or against Benfica. What followed were 45 minutes of football during which the visiting side were pretty comfortable, if short of much goal threat ourselves.
There was danger in the fourth minute with the ball bouncing inside the Chelsea six-yard box and Ferreira not able to reach to clear, but it went wide of Cech's far post.

That moment apart however, it was a safe opening from the Blues who managed to pressure their red-shirted opponents into a few errors in midfield. David Luiz on 11 minutes spotted a gap and advanced before hitting a grasscutter wide of the Benfica goal.
On 14 minutes, Ramires clearly showed he had the legs on the Lisbon side's left-back Emerson, sprinting past to help Torres win a corner that keeper Artur punched away limply.

On 17 minutes, Meireles was booked for tripping the flying Gaitan inside the centre-circle and Chelsea failed to mark up properly as the free-kick was taken quickly, but fortunately Cardozo put a chance wide. It would prove to be their best opportunity of the half.
The next shot was by Torres, taking a David Luiz pass on his chest and then hitting the ball on the turn before it bounced. An ambitious attempt, it was well off-target.

Benfica midfielder Bruno Cesar was booked for a foul on the advanced Ferreira before there was another chance for Cardozo, a tougher one this time. He was marked by Terry as he headed a cross over. The tricky Aimar had cleverly drawn Mikel and Ramires towards him to make the space for the move.
Benfica were pressing high up the pitch and were beginning to take control. Bruno Cesar fancied his chances from distance but struck his shot straight at Cech.
On 38 minutes Chelsea made an overdue visit to the Benfica penalty area and Torres did well to surge past his initial marker but when he turned back on his left-foot, his shot flew several yards over.
Two minutes later Kalou teed up Meireles for our first shot on-target. Well-struck and swinging away, Artur had to dive to push it away.
Second half
No doubt conscious they had to make home advantage count, Benfica came out for the second-half with a vigour previously lacking. A throw into the Chelsea area wasn't headed far out by Meireles and Cardozo smacked a shot at the Chelsea goal that fortuitously hit David Luiz, back on the goal line. A foot either side of him and the Brazilian wouldn't have had time to react.
The Portuguese side kept the pressure on. Bruno Cesar struck another shot straight at Cech.
There was respite when Kalou went on a run and won a free-kick and then shortly after he nipped in front of his marker but headed a Torres cross over.
The placid first half was quickly becoming forgotten as the contest sprang to life. John Terry had been outstanding in dealing with Benfica's crosses and high balls towards Cardozo but he escaped unpunished on the hour when the ball hit his arm away from his body inside the penalty area, immediately after Cole had acrobatically blocked a shot.
The indignant Benfica would have been even more outraged had Mata scored moments later but instead the Spaniard struck woodwork. The angle had been very tight after the ball ran wide, Mata having beaten the out-rushing keeper to it, but it was still most definitely a chance.
So was Jardel's on 66 minutes when the defender looked certain to score, meeting a diagonal cross at the far post but Cech doing brilliantly to push it away. Chelsea broke and it took a foul from Luisao to stop Ramires at the cost of a yellow card.
It was time for a Chelsea change, Lampard a 67th minute substitute for Meireles who as a former Porto man received an ear-splitting whistling from the home support. Benfica made two changes including introducing former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic.
The Benfica fans were whistling again when Terry just about diverted a dangerous-looking pass with an outstretched foot but despite Cech picking it up, no back pass was the Italian ref's verdict.
Ramires had been among the pick of the Chelsea players and he played his part in the winning goal, taking a painful whack in the process as he played Torres in down the right. The centre-forward again showed his goal-making prowess by picking out Kalou among defenders for a close-range first-time finish.

The Blues could have added a second on the breakaway when substitute Sturrridge charged forward and found Mata but his attempted chip was too high. Before that, Benfica sub Nolito had shot over.

There was still work to do for Chelsea inside stoppage time before the win was secure and as the ball was hammered threatingly into the danger zone, Cole was once again airborne to send it the right side of the post and ease the tension.
Prior to the end, Chelsea's goalkeeping coach was sent down the tunnel by the officials for a touchline misdemeanour, but that was certainly not going to spoil our night.

Chelsea Signs with Bank Negara Indonesia

Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce a new partnership with Bank Negara (BNI), one of Indonesia's largest banks.
This is the first time we have partnered with a bank in Asia and represents an exciting new development in the continued growth of Chelsea's huge popularity across Asia.
The partnership will see co-branded payment cards become available to BNI customers within Indonesia, with benefits including the opportunity to watch Chelsea matches at Stamford Bridge and the possibility of winning official club merchandise including signed shirts.
Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said: 'We are delighted to form this relationship with Bank Negara. BNI is a strong organisation and the right company with which to establish the club's first commercial partnership in Indonesia.
'We are sure that the many Chelsea fans who live in Indonesia will be keen to show their support by applying for Chelsea-branded payment cards. In turn, they will gain access to the many exclusive club-related benefits available to BNI/Chelsea FC cardholders. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with BNI in this key market.'
Gatot M Suwondo, chief executive of BNI, was at Stamford Bridge to sign the partnership on Friday afternoon, and explained this four-year deal with one of the world's greatest football clubs will strengthen BNI's positioning as a lifetime banking partner to its customers.
This is the latest development in Chelsea's growth in the Asian market, following on from our 2011 Here to Play, Here to Stay tour which saw the team play games in Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong and the club launch a series of innovative Blue Pitches (Soccer Schools).
The club is also launching an Indonesian language website in May 2012, to sit alongside our Chinese, Thai, and Korean sites.
Co-branding will provide BNI with the opportunity to add to its existing 1.7 million credit card users and more than 10 million debit card users, and provide an alternative method of introducing BNI's prepaid cards business to the people of Indonesia.