Premiership Champions Man United To Face Chelsea On 9 August National Day !
16 July 2009
There are even more reasons to celebrate on Sunday , 9 August 2009 National Day this year , at least for all the EPL Soccer Fans here in Singapore , that is . As Singaporeans busk in the celebration of their country’s 44th Years of Independence , soccer fans here will also be treated to a spectacle of a real exciting BIG Match in store , between Manchester United – last Season’s League Champions and Chelsea – FA Cup Winners of Last Season going head to head in this year’s Community Shield Clash – the tradtional curtain raiser to the EPL New Season . The two sides were ‘ supposed ‘ to face each other in the UEFA Champions League Final last Season , but now the two sides finally have got their wishes ‘ granted ‘ , in particular especially for Chelsea who felt that they were ‘ denied ‘ a place in Rome after a stormy Second Leg Semi Final Clash with eventual Cup Winners Barcelona .
The two sides will face off in the traditional curtain raiser , exactly one week before the New Season of the English Premier League 2009 / 2010 Season begins on Saturday , 15 August 2009 and Soccer fans can look forward to watching this exciting and highly anticipated Community Shield Clash LIVE later in the night , right after enjoying the NDP Parade .
The last time these two sides met in the Community Shield was two Years ago in 2007 where the Match ended 1-1 in 90 mins with the Red Devils eventually winning the Match 3 – 0 on penalities . Man United also successfully defended the Community Shield last year after defeating Portsmouth on penalties after a goalless 90 mins Match in normal time .
Can Alex Ferguson’s men make it three in a row by successfully defending the Title once again this year against Carlo Ancelotti’s first Official Match in charge of the Blues , just one week before the Official Kickoff to the New EPL Season ? Or can the new manager – former coach of AC Milan , Carlos Ancelotti successfully lead his Chelsea side to their first silverware of the New Season ?
* Catch Manchester United vs Chelsea in Community Shield on 9 August 2009 , National Day LIVE & EXCLUSIVE from Wembley Stadium at 10pm ( Singapore Time ) . Don’t miss it ! *
EPL London Clubs Tottenham & Chelsea To Face Top European Clubs In Pre – Season Friendly !
Tottenham Hotspurs will face two of the Europe Leagues Champions Top Clubs in their EPL Pre – Season 2009 / 2010 Friendly next week , determined to improve on their eighth place finish in the English Premier League last Season . They will face last Season’s treble League and Cup Champions Barcelona on Thursday , 24 July 2009 and against Scottish League Champions Celtic two days later .
After which they will be involved in the Asia Premier League Trophy Tournament , where they will lock horns with fellow Premiership side West Ham United at the end of this Month on 29 July 2009 . And depending on the outcome of the Match , they may face another Premier League side Hull City later in the Tournament two days later .
Another London club Chelsea will get the chance to lock horns with their ex – Chelsea Manager , Jose Mourinho for the very first time since the Portugese left Stamford Bridge to be coach of Italian League Champion side Inter Milan whom the Blues will face in their Pre – Season Friendly Match . The Blues will then face off against Carlo Ancelotti’s former club AC Milan in their next Friendly Match , both of which will be played in USA , America .
Carlo Ancelotti , now manager of Chelsea taking over from temporary coach Guus Hiddink at the end of last Season’s English Premier League , will face off against his former club in only his third Match in charge of the Blues . The two Matches against the two Milan sides – one against their former boss Jose Mourinho , who guided his current side Inter Milan to the Serie A Title last Season and against new manager Carlo’s Ancelotti’s Former club – AC Milan will surely be watched on very closely by the managers of both sides , as well as their Fans , although it is just a Pre – Season Friendly Fixture .
This will surely add much more Drama and Excitement and this would surely mean more than just an ordinary Pre – Season Friendly Match for both Chelsea Fans and the team . Chelsea will end their Pre – Season Friendly Fixture with a trip to the Madejski Stadium to play former Premiership side Reading .
* Important Dates To Look Out For :
Wednesday , 22 July 2009
Chelsea vs Inter Milan
* LIVE & EXCLUSIVE On Indonesia’s TV One Channel at 11am *
Saturday , 25 July 2009
Tottenham vs Barcelona
* LIVE & EXCLUSIVE On Starhub Football Channel at 3am . *
Saturday , 25 July 2009
Chelsea vs AC Milan
LIVE & EXCLUSIVE On Indonesia’s TV One Channel at 8am .
Sunday , 26 July 2009
Tottenham Hotspurs vs Celtic
* LIVE & EXCLUSIVE On Starhub Football Channel ( Channel 27 at 11pm ) *
* Note : All Telecast Times & Kick Off Times refers to Singapore Time . All information are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change . *
Malaga 0-2 Barcelona: the substitute luxurious ones decide
The Barcelona keeps on making the difficult thing easy. To win, that that seems so complicated, for the set blaugrana keeps on being his favorite verb, which better one gave him the past course and the one that this period refuses to forget. The penultimate victim, a Malaga too shy before a set as nice as the culé. Because it is already known: or you throw yourself, or lose. And the blue and white ones did not choose the first thing … and finished ignored, with a soccer player less and pigeonholes (0-2) that was reflecting any thing less valor in the Muñiz intentions.
And although it sounds to paradox after the exposed thing, it was the Malaga the one that had the first approach to the area Barcelona supporter. It was Obinna, the most famous signing of the Andalusian picture this period, which tried to put in difficulty Valdés to seven minutes. After Doubt assistance for the left flank, the Nigerian tapped the leather with his foot but this one left a pelín turned away from Víctor’s goal, which after this occasion and isolated someone, was a spectator of the luxury in The Rose bed.
The Andalusian coliseum also was a witness of the rotations who is accustomed to realizing Pep Guardiola. The Santpedor technician chose to sit in the stool to Ibrahimovic and I stung and to bet for Henry in top and an essential part formed by Puyol and Chygrynskiy. I dress the final score, the changes supplied effect. Especially, because there were finally two substitute ones those who would manage to unbalance the electronic one. Zlatan and Ibra, in spite of not being of the game, wetted again.
Because in spite of a beginning thicker than clear, the inertia, the good one to do or simply the superiority, wanted that Barcelona supporter was going to stop the ball to domain. Sooner or later it would end up by happening and when it happens the rival finishes paying. To the half an hour, when the arrival of the first one was glimpsed so much, Henry was replaced by ‘Ibra‘. The Frenchman asked for the change through the fault of a few inconveniences in the thigh that were preventing him from continuing. Soon, new ‘9‘ Barcelona supporter was putting fear of Munúa with a shot that the goalkeeper could catch. It was the notice of the battering-ram, which since it came makes to plug in it only.
And skylight, the gust could not resist Zlatan (38 ‘), which after trumping his first clear opportunity to open the canister, received a magic pumped assistance of Messi, left behind his supposed pains in the ankle and made well clear again that if there is a name that can and wants to make to forget Eto’o this it is his. Fifth reveille in his fifth meeting in the championship. At the moment, all the rivals till now of the Barca in the League already know that for the veins of the international one it does not cover blood, but goal. And what good definition his.
The way to the wardrobes brought with it some change. On the part of the places, Valdo entered Fernando, but the entry of ex-Andalusian did not change the panorama. The Barca continued to his, allowing to cover the hands of the clock in expectation of the moment wished to pronounce itself. And it came. But it did it after seeing how also Chygrynskiy was retiring the field of play with inconveniences and how again his substitute, in this case I Stung, it was putting the puntita to a free indirect one executed by Xavi to sign the second one (58 ‘) and last of the night.
Muñiz kept on moving the stool but the battle was doing minutes that it was lost. One of those that it jumped to the green was Luque, whose only action to stand out was a hard entry on Alves that the red one cost him. The rest, a monologue blaugrana with wasted Piqué occasions, Messi … and three new points for the Barcelona that joined those that it already had, support him in the highest of the classification, sharing leadership with Real Madrid and following with the practice of a good soccer that some day had beginning … and let’s hope that it should not have end.
