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The independent
| 1 year ago
A five foot 10 inch forward with a Mohawk haircut as outlandish as his dazzling footwork, 'Il Faraon... Suggested Topics Goal hero Juan Mata admits the Chelsea players have to prove themselves every single game after launching the post Andre Villas-...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Maybe Roman Abramovich is too The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's involvement with Chelsea is at a crossroads will he press on or pull out? Roman Abramovich came within a penalty-kick of realising his dream of winning the Champions League in...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
EDT There was some respite for a troubled Chelsea Football Club and its players, after interim manager Roberto Di Matteo presided over a 2-0 win in a Fifth Round replay of an FA Cup game against Birmingham City, on Tuesday evening.
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Pep Guardiola last night laughed off speculation linking him with the vacant post at Stamford Bridge. He was asked if he had been contacted by Chelsea and jokingly replied: "Every day, every day." The 41-year-old coach, whose deal at the Nou Camp...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Roberto di Matteo's first team selection as Chelsea's interim manager was noteworthy for being unremarkable in as much as it was the same XI, bar one, that had been fortunate to deny Birmingham City the win at Stamford Bridge that might have brought...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
International 6 March 2012 Last updated at 23:37 GMT Roberto di Matteo coy on future Chelsea role Chelsea's caretaker manager Roberto di Matteo says the departure of Andre Villas-Boas has made it a difficult time for the club, and refuses to be drawn...
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France24
| 1 year ago
Chelsea's Spanish midfielder Juan Mata (R) celebrates after scoring during the English FA Cup replay football match between Birmingham City and Chelsea at St Andrews in Birmingham. Chelsea began life after Andre Villas-Boas with a victory, winning 2-...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Chelsea began life after Andre Villas-Boas with a victory, winning 2-0 away at second-tier side Birmingham City on Tuesday in an FA Cup fifth round replay to book a quarter-final place. The Blues, who last weekend saw Andre Villas-Boas become the...
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Independent
| 1 year ago
Joachim Low has refused to comment on speculation linking him with the vacancy at Chelsea. A report in a Swiss newspaper claimed Low had met with Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich yesterday in a Geneva hotel to discuss the possibility of the 52-year-old...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Caption competition View past winners of our Sports caption competition News in pictures On Facebook Sport blogs A five foot 10 inch forward with a Mohawk haircut as outlandish as his dazzling footwork, 'Il Faraon... It's shaping up to be a Top 14...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Roman Abramovich will clear out some of Chelsea's biggest names this summer and is determined to see through the 'project' started by Andre Villas-Boas to create what one source said was a "hungry new team". Unless there is a dramatic change of heart...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Some billionaires build luxury yachts, some buy art, some donate to charity. Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich is said to do all those but collects the scalps of soccer managers, too.
And why not? Because if there is one thing the super-...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
To be the largest party and form a coalition government with decleggified Lib Dems...Suggested Topics Roman Abramovich may have spent more than half a billion pounds on players for his beloved Chelsea, but the abrupt departure of yet another manager...
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Telegraph India
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas went back to his native Portugal after just 256 days in charge of Chelsea Monday, but he will not be prevented from making an immediate return to England. The 34-year-old's severance package does not contain a cooling-off period...
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France24
| 1 year ago
The Chelsea players may have seen the back of Andre Villas-Boas but his replacement as manager - albeit in a caretaker capacity - Roberto Di Matteo told them on Monday they owed it to the club fans and themselves to rescue their season...Former...
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas' troubled eight-month reign at Chelsea was ended Sunday by Roman Abramovich, whose gamble on the inexperienced Portuguese backfired to leave the owner searching for his eighth permanent manager in nine years. Hiring the 34-year-old...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
In September of the previous year, Jose Mourinho, winner of successive Premier League titles with the Blues, had left the club to be replaced by Avram Grant, who was sacked despite taking Chelsea to the Champions League final. Brazilian Scolari was...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Amid mounting criticism after the firing of the seventh Chelsea manager in nine years, the job is increasingly becoming an unstable and unattractive proposition. Andre Villas-Boas was let go on Sunday after only eight months in charge, a short-lived...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas and Tyne-Wear derby The panel also discuss the sacking of Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas, with Dixon saying the 34-year-old was "not given enough time," while Shearer believes appointing the young manager was a "huge gamble" by...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Arguably the hottest of hot seats in soccer is vacant yet again after Chelsea's ruthless Russian owner Roman Abramovich removed Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday. The callow Portuguese lasted just 256 days at Stamford Bridge before "the project", as he...
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France24
| 1 year ago
The chief executive of the League Managers' Association has criticised Chelsea for sacking Andre Villas-Boas, pictured, warning that the London club is becoming an "embarrassment" to the Premier League. West Bromwich Albion defender Gareth McAuley (L)...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Roman Abramovich personally sacked Andre Villas-Boas yesterday (Sunday) and placed the Portuguese's assistant, Roberto Di Matteo, in charge of Chelsea until the end of the season. Chelsea will then step up their efforts to recruit Barcelona's Pep...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Salvaging a top-four finish in the Premier League would at least ensure the London club start next term in no worse a position than this season albeit with exactly the same problems to solve as they had when they installed Villas-Boas last June.
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Roman Abramovich could be set to make his peace with Jose Mourinho after the former Chelsea boss was installed among the favourites to take charge at Stamford Bridge next season following Andre Villas-Boas's dismissal. Abramovich axed Villas-Boas on...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Clive Mason The headline on this piece should be "Caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo on the brink" because that is the perpetual state of all Chelsea coaches. Then, when the permanent successor is appointed, he too should be described as a man "on...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Story continues below Although football dressing rooms can be cruel places, there is something peculiarly hard about the environment at Chelsea. How else to explain the way Villas-Boas's hopes and his status at the club have crumbled so dramatically?
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BBC
| 1 year ago
International 4 March 2012 Last updated at 20:35 GMT Alan Shearer not surprised by Andre Villas-Boas sacking Alan Shearer feels things had not gone well for Andre Villas-Boas from the start of his time as Chelsea boss and says he is not suprised to...
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Taiwan News
| 1 year ago
Manchester United effectively turned the Premier League season into a two-team race for the title Sunday by ending Tottenham's hopes, while Andre Villas-Boas paid the price for Chelsea's failure to compete. United won 3-1 at Tottenham after Ashley...
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Football Premier League
| 1 year ago
Over the past few months Andre Villas-Boas has been deconstructed slowly in the public glare. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Andre Villas-Boas had started to wear that familiar haunted look. The kind that, at Chelsea , tends to precede an...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas always knew he would have to be prolific in terms of results rather than words to keep the Chelsea manager's job he was axed from on Sunday after less than nine months in charge. Owner Roman Abramovich's experiment to bring in an...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The sacking of Andre Villas-Boas is not a massive shock is it, let's be absolutely honest, but I'm very saddened for him. This is all very short-term and eventually, in the long term, someone is going to have to do a long-term job on Chelsea. From a...
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France24
| 1 year ago
Chelsea's Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas reacts during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge in London, on February 25, 2012. Villas-Boas has been booted out of Stamford Bridge in...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas Factbox on Andre Villas-Boas who was sacked as Chelsea soccer manager on Sunday: Born October 17, 1977 in Porto, Portugal. Played at amateur level in regional leagues, and according to one of his coaches was a busy midfielder who...
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Sky News
| 1 year ago
A famously ruthless assassin over the years, this time he lingered, in the hope that last summer's expensive gamble to hire the Portuguese would yet pay off...It would have tested more experienced hands, and ultimately proved beyond the man who last...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Robbie Savage BBC pundit Robbie Savage believes Andre Villas-Boas found himself in a no-win position at Chelsea, as it is announced that the Portuguese manager has been sacked by Chelsea after less than a year in charge at Stamford Bridge. Savage...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
International 4 March 2012 Last updated at 15:27 GMT Andre Villas-Boas: Robbie Savage blames players for AVB exit Robbie Savage thinks Chelsea should not have sacked Andre Villas-Boas and thinks the club's players and board are to blame for their...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
Portuguese specialist Andre Villas-Boas has been appointed as the new head coach of English Premier League giants Chelsea. Porto has revived its status as a European football powerhouse by beating Braga 1-0 in the all-Portuguese Europa League final...
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Sky News
| 1 year ago
The 34-year-old lost his job following Saturday's 1-0 league defeat to West Brom, which left the Blues fifth in the table and out of the lucrative Champions League qualification places...Villas-Boas also had strained relationships with several of...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas was fired by Chelsea after barely eight months in charge of the Premier League club on Sunday, leaving owner Roman Abramovich searching for his eighth manager in nine years. The Russian oligarch lost patience with the inexperienced...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The highs and lows at Stamford Bridge Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked by Chelsea after less than a year in charge at Stamford Bridge. Roman Abramovich's gamble on the 34-year-old has spectacularly backfired, with Villas-Boas paying the price for...
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ITN
| 1 year ago
Tony Gentile Andre Villas-Boas "parted company" with Chelsea on Sunday, following a poor run of form and internal controversy. The 34-year-old lost his job just hours after Saturday's Barclays Premier League defeat against West Brom, which left the...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Chelsea's decision comes on the back of Saturday's 1-0 defeat by West Bromwich Albion and a run of just three Premier League wins in their last 12 games. The 34-year-old Portuguese only took over as manager in June 2011. Former Chelsea midfielder...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas has been sacked by Chelsea after less than a season in charge at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League club announced in a statement on their website on Sunday. Former Chelsea midfielder Roberto Di Matteo, who had been working as...
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The independent
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas today "parted company" with Chelsea, the club have confirmed. The 34-year-old lost his job less than 24 hours after yesterday's Barclays Premier League defeat at West Brom, which left the Blues fifth in the table. Chelsea also...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Andre Villas-Boas was fired by Chelsea after barely eight months in charge of the Premier League club on Sunday, leaving owner Roman Abramovich searching for his eighth manager in nine years.
The Russian oligarch lost patience with the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
More pressure piles up on the Blues' boss Andre Villas-Boas, as Chelsea lose yet another match after briefly ending their win drought in their last tie against Bolton. Both the halves were dominated by West Brom, who finally managed to break the...
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France24
| 1 year ago
Chelsea's manager Andre Villas-Boas, pictured during their English Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, on March 3...West Bromwich Albion's Gareth McAuley (R) celebrates scoring...
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International Herald Tribune
| 1 year ago
Under-fire manager Andre Villas-Boas was brutally honest about Chelsea's 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday as the London club's form slump continued. The Stamford Bridge outfit have won just three of their last 12 Premier League games...
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Football Premier League
| 1 year ago
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas reacts on the touchline during the Premier League match against West Brom. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Andre Villas-Boas admitted he is unsure if he will still be in charge when Chelsea travel Birmingham City in the FA...
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Football Premier League
| 1 year ago
David Luiz of Chelsea gestures during the match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images The tap-dancing around the Chelsea grave of Andre Villas-Boas continues. This defeat from a Gareth McAuley 82nd-...
