If you think CFR Cluj are some push overs, I’ll help you understand better. Couple of weeks back, they beat Roma at Stadio Olimpico, coming from behind. They scored two goals there. They had 17 shots of which 8 were on target. And all this with just 36% possession. Good enough reasons to take them seriously?

Chelsea will have no worries despite missing Deco. After this match, we have a home fixture against Aston Villa and the next match would be only on 18th October by which time Deco should be back. The team we might play tomorrow could be a very formidable one even in Deco’s absence. Here is my take: Click Here To Read The Full Article

Finally, it turned out to be another not-so-easy away match, like the one at Wigan. Despite Chelsea being way ahead of Stoke on paper, when it comes to a match on their pitch, in front of their home fans, it would all be different. The common characteristic of the promoted clubs is that of pride and spirit. Remember, they belonged to the best of the pack in the championship last season.

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Stoke City is not your regular newly-promoted-but-going-down relegation battler. They can give you a good fight. They have scored in every single match this season except the one goalless draw at Anfield, which was still a great result. Especially at home, they have scored 5 goals in two games. On current form though, of both teams, Stoke City might have very little hope. They must be thinking ‘we drew at Anfield, so why not against Chelsea’ but they should also know Chelsea are a different animal.

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About 15,000 people attended the game at Fratton Park. Add to that probably few thousands who had subscribed for Chelsea TV. That’s the number of the people who could witness this game. It’s such a shame that it was not broadcast on any channel, there were no streams and heck, it wasn’t even on ChelseaTV Online! Nevertheless, let me see how much trash I can make up for a match that I didn’t see!

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Scolari is quite similar to Jose Mourinho in various aspects. One such aspect is respecting all the competitions and the desiring to win all of them. But we’ve always seen the top premier league teams field weakened teams for the league cup. While this can be seen as disrespect to the cup, the fact is, even the weakened sides that the premier league teams put out can do the job.

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