Tag: Maribor
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Schalke win against Maribor, qualify from Group G
Schalke 04 travelled to Slovenia on matchday six of Champions League, needing a win and the result from the match between Chelsea FC and Sporting Clube de Portugal to go in their favour. Manager Roberto di Matteo’s former club Chelsea did a favour by beating Sporting 3-1 and it was upto Schalke to garner a…
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Jose Mourinho defends Hazard despite penalty miss
Jose Mourinho has defended attacker Eden Hazard following his late penalty miss in Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Maribor in the Champions League. Hazard had the perfect chance to put the Blues through to the next round of the Champions League, however, the Belgian attacker missed and therefore gives his side a nervous wait in the…
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Chelsea held by Maribor as Hazard misses penalty
Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw in Maribor after Jasmin Handanovic denied Eden Hazard a late penalty to earn the home side a point. Nemanja Matic cancelled out a stunning strike from Agim Ibraimi but Handanovic’s heroics mean that Chelsea have it all to do in the final two group games to secure their…
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Champions League Review: Chelsea fire six past Maribor, Man City draw
Chelsea fired six goals past Maribor in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, whilst Barcelona beat Ajax at the Camp Nou. Tuesday’s Champions League action began with Manchester City visiting CSKA Moscow in an early kick-off. Manuel Pellegrini’s side arrived in Russia in good form and they took a well deserved 2-0 lead into the…
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Diego Costa out of Maribor clash, Mourinho confirms
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Diego Costa will not face Maribor in the Champions League on Tuesday night. The Spanish international missed the 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday after playing twice for the Spanish national side during then international break. And, Blues boss Mourinho has explained the extent of his injury…
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Roma and Porto score big, Barca beat APOEL
It was goals galore in the Champions League as Roma and Porto both scored big, whilst Barcelona beat a resilient APOEL. We start in Amsterdam as Ajax and Paris Saint Germain battled it out for three points and it looked as though the latter would be the winning side after Edinson Cavani put them ahead…
