Morais played under Mourinho and alongside Ricardo Carvalho and Lassana Diarra at Chelsea between 2004 and 2007, making just four league appearances including a 3-1 win at Ronaldo’s Manchester United FC in May 2005. Carvalho was in the Chelsea team that recorded a 1-0 group stage victory against APOEL in Nicosia in September 2009. Facing [...]
Interim Chelsea first-team coach Roberto Di Matteo’s first European campaign as a player ended with defeat by Portuguese opposition as his S.S. Lazio team went down 2-1 on aggregate to Boavista FC in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup second round. Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and John Terry were in the England side beaten 6-5 on penalties [...]
As a player, Barcelona coach Guardiola had spells at Brescia Calcio and AS Roma after leaving the Camp Nou. He was a team-mate of Daniele Bonera at Brescia in 2001/02. On 10 May 2003 he appeared in Brescia’s 1-0 home win against a Milan side including Ambrosini with Christian Abbiati on the bench. Gianluca Zambrotta [...]
Didier Deschamps was captain of the Marseille side who lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy in Munich’s Olympiastadion on 26 May 1993 after a 1-0 victory against AC Milan. Deschamps’ last European game as a player came against Bayern in the 2001 UEFA Champions League final. They beat his Valencia CF side 5-4 on penalties [...]
Milan have a formidable home record in European Cup quarter-finals. This is their 15th appearance in the last eight and they have yet to lose a home leg at this stage, with ten wins and four draws. That record will be put to the test against a Barcelona side who have won their last six [...]
Benfica welcome Chelsea to Lisbon looking to take a major step towards their first European Cup semi-final appearance for more than 20 years. Roberto Di Matteo’s first European campaign as a player ended with defeat by Portuguese opposition as his S.S. Lazio team went down 2-1 on aggregate to Boavista FC in the 1993/94 UEFA [...]
LaCie announced its official partnership with World Backup Day. Celebrated on March 31st, World Backup Day is an annual event that aims to educate computer owners about the importance of regular data backup. LaCie joins the effort this year with several initiatives to get people thinking about their backup strategies. LaCie World Backup Day Sweepstakes [...]
Manchester City will hope to forge on towards the quarter-finals at the expense of Sporting Clube de Portugal, having won both of their previous home games against Portuguese opponents. Sporting are 1-0 up from the home leg. Drafted in to replace the injured Oguchi Onyewu, centre-back Xandao broke the deadlock with an inspired back-heel (51). [...]
Chelsea have a poor recent record at home in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds and have to reverse that trend when they face Napoli in the return leg of their last-16 encounter. Chelsea went down 3-1 in Naples on 21 February despite taking the lead through Juan Mata’s 27th-minute strike before goals from Ezequiel [...]
Inter are aiming to make a third successive Champions League quarter-final as they welcome Marseille to San Siro, a venue where visiting coach Didier Deschamps was unbeaten against the Nerazzurri as a player. Deschamps‘ AS Monaco FC side beat Claudio Ranieri’s Chelsea FC in the 2003/04 semi-finals. Deschamps was in Marseille’s 1993 UEFA Champions League [...]