Ancelotti - The Really Special One

After nine games of the 2010 -11 Barclays Premier League Chelsea stand top of the pile, five points ahead of the chasing pack.  That pack of three is made up of Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City.  Many had predicted that the Old Trafford outfit would be Chelsea’s main competition for this...
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Must Go to Moscow

Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea travel to the Russian capital on Tuesday to play Spartak Moscow in a meeting of the top two in Champions League Group F. Both sides have already notched six points out of six so far in their Champions League Campaign. Tuesday’s match in the Luzhniki Stadium and the return tie in London...
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Generosity Reaffirmed

It’s September 8th 2007 and I’m standing outside the Stadium Pasienky in the Slovakian capital Bratislava. It’s about an hour before the kick off of Slovakia Vs Republic of Ireland in a Group D qualifier for the 2008 European Championships. I notice an elderly Irish man meandering his way through the throng of...
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Caught in our Trap

Friday 1st October 2010 and Ryan Tubridy is chatting to a charming old Italian man on The Late Late Show. Giovanni Trapattoni , along with his translator Manuela Spinnelli, have a light hearted conversation with Ryan, a few jokes are made and chuckles are the order of the night. What a nice man. On the business...
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