Tag Archives: Raul Meireles

Euro 2012: Is Portugal a one-man team?

June 26, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Headlines can be deceiving, especially those involving Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. Ronaldo’s goals have won consecutive matches at the European Championship, sending Portugal into Wednesday’s semifinals against Spain. So readers would be forgiven for thinking there was only one player … read more »

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Chelsea Luiz fit for Champions League final

May 16, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Chelsea have been boosted by the news that central defender David Luiz will play in the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich on Saturday night. Luiz tweaked a hamstring in the FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, but … read more »

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Benfica to protest Champions League exit

April 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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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Chelsea grabs away goal against Benfica

March 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

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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United’s title bid suffers another blow

March 6, 2011 by benim

Dirk Kuyt scored one of the easiest hat-tricks you are ever likely to see as Liverpool blew the title race wide open with a comfortable win at Anfield. On the day when £35million record signing Andy Carroll finally made his … read more »

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Liverpool 3 – 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

January 22, 2011 by benim

Kenny Dalglish won his first match since returning as Liverpool manager when two goals from Fernando Torres and one from Raul Meireles gave his side a 3-0 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday. It was Liverpool’s … read more »

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Liverpool win gives Hodgson brief lifeline

January 2, 2011 by benim

Liverpool kicked off the new year with a hard-fought win over Bolton Wanderers. A 90th minute goal by substitute Joe ColeJoe Cole gave the Reds a 2-1 win after Kevin DaviesKevin Davies had put Bolton ahead late in the first … read more »

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