From Stamford to Stanford, Chelsea is still a winner!

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

From Stamford to Stanford, Chelsea is still a winner!

On July 14, I went to Stanford University to watch the friendly game between Chelsea and Club America. This game is one of Chelsea's three games in the States in order to prepare themselves for the 2007-08 season. Their opponent in this game is one of the top club in Mexico.

Players entered Stanford Stadium

Players lined up

Chelsea's starting eleven

Terry, Sidwell, Shevchenko, J COle, Robben

Petr Cech still in his head gear

Joe Cole readied to kick off the game

Frank Lampard

Chelsea won 2:1, John Terry was the man of the match

The game was fantastic. Although it was quite obvious that Chelsea was not at their best (this was the first game after their summer vacation), it was still very entertaining to watch. Joe Cole amazed me the most with his spectacular footwork and speed (he is one of my favourite players in Winning Eleven and the England squad). John Terry's defense skill is for sure one of the best in the world. Lampard and Shevchenko was still in holiday mood. Well, Club America scored 3 mins after the game started.

Ten of the eleven players were changed in the beginning of the second half. Terry was the only player who played 90 mins. The new signed Malouda debuted in this game and scored his first goal for Chelsea. Chelsea was controlling the game in second half and John Terry headed the second goal from Malouda's corner kick.

Watching a football game live is a much better experience than watching on TV. The players are a lot closer than I expect. I can clearly see how Joe Cole flicked the ball or how the players interact with each other. Television broadcast can only give me a bird-eye view with little detail of the movements of the players. I am glad that I managed to watch this game live before I head back to Hong Kong. I doubt I can get tickets for Chelsea (or other teams from England) if they play in Hong Kong since football is such a popular sport there. And in United States, no one really watch and care about it (except for the Beckham-mania).

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