Wednesday, November 12, 2008

CHELSEA VERSES BURNLEY.

In the Carling cup between Chelsea and Burnley wasa hard fought game, Scolari had made six changesfrom the side that defeated Blackburn Rovers in the weekend. the main changewas Dider Drogba up in front after a long time out due to injury.. And as usual Drogba is always capable to score a goal due to his strengty, speed and build.
But it was burnley who were sharper and more likely team to score a goal, their threat came from Cris Eagles and Joey Gudjonsson. There was a foul comited on Drogba and Alex took a25yds freekick, it went alittle wide and Wayne Bridge failed to connect the ball.and score a goal. Juliano Belleti was substituded by Frank lampard, and it was Lampards pass to Drogba which led to a Drogba goal.It was Drogbas first goalsince april ,, where he scored against Liverpool in the semifinals inthe champion league game. He was later out with injury and an operation.
The Danish goalkeeper for Burnley was indeed lucy to complete the 90 minutes , because he was seen handling the ball outside the box.. Carlo Cudicini was by far the more nervous goalkeeper.
Frank Lampard had the ball in the net , but it was not given for an offside.
Burnley equaled through a goal by Akinbiyi in the 69th minute.
The game went to extra time , and was still 1-1 after 120 minutes play leading to a penalty shootout..Jon Mikel missed hispenalty.

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