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English trio Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all managed to avoid one another as the Europa League quarter-final draw was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland yerterday. Dethroned Champions League winners Chelsea host Russian club Rubin Kazan in their first … read more »
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Tagged Benfica, FC Rubin Kazan, IndepthAfrica, Newcastle, Nyon, Switzerland, Tottenham, UEFA, UEFA Europa League
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Real Madrid’s €45million (Dh202m) move for Tottenham playmaker Luka Modric has been thrown in doubt amid claims the Spanish champions have turned their attentions to Benfica’s Axel Witsel. Dinamo Zagreb president Zoran Mamic had said on Sunday that he expected … read more »
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Benfica president Luis Felipe Vieira has described his team’s Champions League exit to Chelsea as “an outrage” and vowed to protest to the Portuguese Football Federation. Chelsea, having won the first leg of the teams’ quarter-final 1-0 in Lisbon, booked … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Benfica, Chelsea, Chelsea F.C., Damir Skomina, IndepthAfrica, Lisbon, Raul Meireles, S.L. Benfica, Stamford Bridge
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Chelsea had controversial referee Damir Skomina and goalkeeper Petr Cech to thank tonight as they clung on against 10-man Benfica to set up a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Card-crazy Skomina, whose performance in Arsenal’s last-16 exit against AC Milan … read more »
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Tagged 2012 UEFA Champions League, 2012 UEFA Champions League live, Angel Di Maria, Benfica, benfica braga 2012, benfica braga online, Benfica v Chelsea, braga benfica, Chelsea, chelsea benfica, Chelsea FC, chelsea fixtures, chelsea highlights, chelsea torres, Chelsea v Benfica, chelsea vs, chelsea vs benfica, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho
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(Agg: 3-1) 90+2 min GOAL!! Chelsea 2 Benfica 1 (Meireles) 90+1 min Four minutes of added time which will be sponsored by squeaky bums. 89 min Drogba’s on for Torres. 88 min Deary me, Oliveira so close for Benfica! Opts … read more »
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Tagged 2012 UEFA Champions League, 2012 UEFA Champions League live, Angel Di Maria, Benfica, benfica braga 2012, benfica braga online, Benfica v Chelsea, braga benfica, Chelsea, chelsea benfica, Chelsea FC, chelsea fixtures, chelsea highlights, chelsea torres, Chelsea v Benfica, chelsea vs, chelsea vs benfica, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho
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Jorge Jesus: “We have the ability to win” Jorge JesusIf Jorge Jesus manages to transmit his pre-match press conference optimism to his players, Benfica will run out onto the Stamford Bridge pitch tomorrow confident of obtaining the result they need … read more »
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Tagged 2012 UEFA Champions League, 2012 UEFA Champions League live, Angel Di Maria, Benfica, benfica braga 2012, benfica braga online, Benfica v Chelsea, braga benfica, Chelsea, chelsea benfica, Chelsea FC, chelsea fixtures, chelsea highlights, chelsea torres, Chelsea v Benfica, chelsea vs, chelsea vs benfica, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho
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This was one of the great nights for Chelsea, a day in the sunshine for their fans followed by an evening basking in the glow of a fine team performance capped by Salomon Kalou’s goal. With Roberto Di Matteo getting … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Artur Moraes, Ashley Cole, Benfica, Chelsea, David Luiz, Fernando Torres, IndepthAfrica, Raul Meireles, Salomon Kalou
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Chelsea took a big step towards the last four after securing a narrow victory over Benfica in Lisbon. Salomon Kalou’s close-range finish gave Chelsea a hard-fought win after Benfica had carved out the better chances but failed to land the … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Benfica, Chelsea, Chelsea F.C., Didier Drogba, indepthafrica africa news, Michael Essien, Roberto Di Matteo, S.L. Benfica, Salomon Kalou
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FULL TIME 90+5 min Emerson’s penalised for pushing and pulling Lampard in the box as he attempts to win a high ball. Chelsea need to hang onto it for 30 seconds and that’ll be all. 90+4 min So nearly an … read more »
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Tagged 2012 UEFA Champions League, 2012 UEFA Champions League live, Angel Di Maria, Benfica, Benfica v Chelsea, Chelsea, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, José Mourinho, Lassana Diarra, madrid, Moscow, mourinho, PFC CSKA Moscow, real de madrid, Real Madrid 2012, real madrid champions, real madrid cska, real madrid fc, real madrid vs, Sami Khedira
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