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[Annie]

A trip around the dugouts after Wednesday's Premiership action, including Jose Mourinho's reaction to Ashley Cole's knee injury.

Chelsea 3-0 Blackburn
"In this moment we have Wayne Bridge who is playing a lot and playing well. But it means I have fewer options. Because we have no wingers, Bridge is a player I could have used as an outside left. So in this moment I have only one left-back," Jose Mourinho after Ashley Cole's injury.

"We made a bright opening but we allowed Drogba in for the first goal. But overall we kept possession in midfield and caused them some problems. But then Frank Lampard, who I thought had a quiet game, produces a fantastic strike and that's the quality Chelsea have when they are not playing well," Mark Hughes.

Manchester United 4-0 Watford
"Cristiano [Ronaldo] was fantastic. He has just had a holiday and it looks like the rest has done him the world of good. That was the idea and it has worked," Sir Alex Ferguson.

"Manchester United have a squad full of world-class players. They are capable of being the best team in the world. I have a feeling they are going to win the championship this season for the simple reason they have not won it for three years," Aidy Boothroyd .

Newcastle 3-1 Aston Villa
"We were in the driving seat but then did what we have done too often this year - conceded a rotten goal; a useless goal to concede at this level," Glenn Roeder .

"It's hard to believe we've played so well and yet lost that one. I was very pleased with some of the football played tonight. We had a nightmare start and I'm not too pleased with the goals conceded but, after that, we outplayed Newcastle," Martin O'Neill.

Bolton 1-1 Charlton
"You have got to forgive [Jussi Jaaskelainen] who has saved us so many times this year. It is an error and he knows he should have done better but the rest of the lads should have bailed him out. We went 1-0 up early doors and we should have kept it tight," Sam Allardyce after the goalkeeper's blunder.

"We were terrific tonight and I though the spirit of the team shone through. We've got quality to come back in which could be criticised at times tonight but certainly the sprit could not," Alan Pardew.

Eurosport - AC - 01/02/2007 08:51

[Annie]

Chelsea hit by Cole blow

Chelsea suffered a set back on Wednesday when defender Ashley Cole sustained a suspected serious knee injury.

The full-back suffered the injury in a freakish fashion, catching his studs in the turf whilst controlling the ball unchallenged during the comfortable 3-0 win over Blackburn at Stamford Bridge.

And manager Jose Mourinho now fears the worst for his summer signing.

"I don't exactly know what Ashley has done but it is serious - it must be because he cannot walk," the Portuguese said.

"The injury is in the knee and we have to wait for a couple of days to find out exactly what it is.

"I am not sure how he did it but he has a problem with his knee ligaments."

Should the injury be as serious as Mourinho fears, Cole could miss the rest of the season, but whatever the outcome of tests to be carried out on Thursday, the England international will certainly miss England's friendly match against Spain next week.

Eurosport - Mike Hytner - 01/02/2007 08:08

[Annie]

Some photos from yesterday...Especially for Bia ;D ;D ;D

[hellanvodka]

;D Look after your ass please, Andriy!!!!!! Its not fair to make Annie do all your washing ;D LMAO

[Annie]

Don't tell anyone, but I am only responsible for Sheva washing...not the uniform

[Mrs. Fabregas]

admin said:

... nonetheless to my greatest surprise Mourinho and Chelsea bench showed enormous signs of humanity after Andrey was subsitituted on the 85th minute. Jose hugged Sheva and said thank you numerous times and the whole bench simply gave him an ovation when he approached. I hope it's a good sign of things getting to normal for him, because it's really been too tough for tesoro lately

It's good to see and hear that the rest of the team and Mourinho finally come back being happy with Sheva, he surely deserves that!

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Watching The Netherlands - Russia right now ;D, it's still 0-0
Hope they going to do the same as the youngsters did.... they defeated the young russians with 3-0

[Annie]

Hopeless...absolutely hopeless Russia lost 1:4 Not even Guus can save us I think... it really sucks... oh well, we'll see what happens next

Other results of the friendlies from the past two days

Brazil - Portugal 0:2 Ricky
Bia and I watched the game together (well we were on the net together and both watching the game LOL ). Was good football on the whole but Brazilian defense had a huge crack towards the end of the match, hence the two goals, which were very similar. Highlight: Arsen Wenger and Jose Mourinho were at the match and at one point they were both talking on their mobiles at the same time and broadcast kept showing both of them on their phones LOL and wondering whether they were talking to each other he he ;D

England 0 - Spain 1
Watched the second half. Spain totally deserved this win. Played a much brighter football, more energetic, more dynamic... better on the whole. The English looked weird...after you've seen all these guys play well and brightly for their clubs in the Premiership, such a pathetic performance on the national level was kinda

France-Argentina 0:1
Well Saviola put in an early goal and that was the end of scoring there. Was happy to see Trezeguet and Titi on the pitch though ;D

Malta-Austria 1:1
Germany-Switzerland 3:1
Egypt-Sweden 2:0
Croatia - Norway 2:1
Slovakia - Poland 2:2
Georgia - Turkey 1:0
Israel - Ukraine 1:1
Romania - Moldova 2:0
Cyprus - Bulgaria 0:3 ;D

[Mrs. Fabregas]

Sorry for russia, but YAAAAAAAAAY! Go Holland !!!!!!!

[maribrasil]

OMG...OMG...

I don't know what to think about Brazil's national team. We certainly can't play without Robinho and Ronaldinho. Kaká is great but he can't do much on his own. The others midfielders are not nearly as good as him.
Adriano should be on the bench, right now, Fred is the best option.

And our coach, Dunga, has to stop with the terribly ugly shirts and concentrate on finding a way to put Kaká, Robinho, Ronaldinho and Fred on the same team.
Does he really think someone takes him seriously when he's dresses like a clown?

[Annie]

OMFG Mari about that shirt!!! I thought I was dreaming when I saw him at first LMAO ;D ;D ;D Hysterical

[Mariana]

The same happened to me, Annie... I thought "that shirt is to ridiculous to be true"

I didn´t watch all the game, I only saw the 1st half. I think that in beginning of the match, Brasil had a lot of good opportunities to score. About the second half I can´t talk because I didn´t see anything
One thing I don´t understand is why Cristiano Ronaldo was the captain of our team? Maybe it was a birthday present, I don´t know But I´m happy that Scolari started the match with Quaresma and Hélder Postiga in the team. They are my favourite players and deserved that opportunity

[Annie]

Oh I know!!!!!!! What the heck was that captaining all about??? Just because they played in England or coz it was his bday??? But seriously there were many players who should have done in instead of him

[maribrasil]

That was the last time we saw Dunga wearing those i-don't-know-how-to-describe shirts.
The president of Brazilian football federation asked him to wear 'normal' clothes.
His daughter must be soooooooo desappointed...She was Dunga's (bad) personal stylist.

[Annie]

OMFG r u serious?? LMAOOOOOOO ;D ;D ;D ;D I am in fits laughing here ;D ;D ;D