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CARABAO CUP:CHELSEA VS SOUTHAMPTON

CARABAO CUP:CHELSEA VS SOUTHAMPTON

The English League cup reaches the third round stage. European Champs Chelsea faced a potential banana skin in the Saints at the Bridge. The EFL Cup has a lowly status amongst the big teams in England because if its paltry prize money but it is an important barometer to measure squad depth. Chelsea were given a real scare by the Saints who refused to play dead in the second half. This was despite…

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CARABAO CUP:CHELSEA VS ASTON VILLA

It has taken a team fielding some of their youth team players to finally give Chelsea a run for their money. Archer was a constant threat for the Chelsea defense giving Chalobah in particular a torrid time. Two great headed goals in this match, but the best was scored by Archer. The penalty shoot out selection for Villa was questionable. Why did Nakamba end up being one of the takers when he…

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CARABAO CUP:FULHAM VS LEEDS UNITED

The penalty shootout was really a mixed bag of horrendous and sublime kicks. At the end Meslier got the plaudits for the match winning save although it wasn’t a bad kick at all,only that the Leeds keeper guesses the correct side. Another thing I noticed is that almost every shootout someone always aims for the middle of the goal. Does it mean you have to stand right dead at the middle of you are…

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