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Donnarumma Is On Chelsea’s Radar – What Should Milan Do?

August 31, 2020 Luke Phelps AC Milan, Chelsea, Italian Football, Serie A, Uncategorized

In a bid to full the goalkeeping void in his Chelsea side, Frank Lampard is reportedly lining up a £50 million bid for Milan's Donnarumma. The goalkeeper is one of Europe's most underrated footballers, let alone goalkeepers. He arrived on the scene five years ago and became Milan's no.1, making his Serie A debut in the 2015/16 where he made 32 first-team appearances.

Bayern Breeze Past Chelsea To Book Barcelona Quarter-Final

August 8, 2020 Luke Phelps Assi di Coppe, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, European Cups

Chelsea went into tonight's Champions League game in Germany with a 3-0 aggregate deficit. Frank Lampard on the back of last week's FA Cup disappointment was hoping for a "miracle" in Munich, but his side produced quite the opposite. Bayern were ahead on 10 minutes already and closed on a 4-1 score to book a Quarter-Final game against Barcelona.

On Her Majesty’s Service: Samuele Dalla Bona’s Desperate Demise

May 30, 2020 Luke Phelps On Her Majesty's Service, Premier League

Whilst the Premier League has seen some great Italians join its shores, very few of them are actually made in England. That is with exception to Samuele Dalla Bona. After he swapped the Atalanta youth academy for the Chelsea one, many believed him to be the next best thing to come out of Italy, but what followed was unprecedented and untimely.

On Her Majesty’s Service: Carlo Cudicini Could Have Been a Star

May 13, 2020 Luke Phelps Chelsea, Italian Football, On Her Majesty's Service, Premier League

Carlo Cudicini lasted 22 years as a professional goalkeeper, with 13 of those being spent in England between Chelsea and Tottenham, making him one of the Premier League’s longest-serving Italian stars. But for all his talent, it seems he was always with the wrong club at the wrong time and somehow forged a reputation as a "back-up" player.

On Her Majesty’s Service: Roberto Di Matteo’s Managerial Greatness

March 23, 2020 Luke Phelps Champions League, Chelsea, England, On Her Majesty's Service

Roberto Di Matteo was an understated player. Through Chelsea’s resurgence in the 1990s, he was at the heart of it. But it is as a manager that he achieved true greatness, leading Chelsea to lift both the Champions League and FA Cup trophies in a few months, in what was possibly one of the greatest managerial turnarounds in modern Premier League history.

On Her Majesty’s Service: Zola’s Inspiring Love Affair With Chelsea

March 17, 2020 Luke Phelps Chelsea, England, On Her Majesty's Service, Premier League 2 comments

The Premier League is home to hundreds of overseas players, but go back twenty years or so and there were much fewer in the English top-flight than there is today. Foreign players were seen as exotic, flamboyant and simply different from what English football fans were used to. One player who was certainly different, but for all the right reasons, was Gianfranco Zola.

Assi di Coppe: Sarri’s Chelsea Triumph In Europa League

May 30, 2019 The Cult of Calcio Staff Arsenal, Assi di Coppe, Chelsea, Europa League, European Cups

Maurizio Sarri came, saw, and won. The former Napoli coach led Chelsea to their first Europa League title, seeing off Arsenal in the Final in Baku with a storming second half. Eden Hazard scored a brace in what was likely his last match with the Blues, and goals by Jean Giroud and Pedro Rodriguez wrapped a comfortable 4-1 success against Unai Emery’s side.

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