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<title><![CDATA[Mourinho's expected Chelsea return raises as many questions as answers]]></title>
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After the kind of season that Chelsea have just experienced, it would usually be the time to sit back, relax and breathe deeply knowing that there are...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 22, 2013 09:54:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[An entertaining goodbye]]></title>
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Wigan Athletic said goodbye to the Premier League through an entertaining 2-2 draw with Aston Villa. Latics' display had the hallmarks of what we have...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 20, 2013 18:14:04 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chelsea need to maintain love affair with Old Trafford]]></title>
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Whenever Chelsea and Manchester United have met in the Premier League era it has been a huge fixture. Before the Roman Abramovich reign began and even...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 04, 2013 04:46:40 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chelsea would be wise to bring Jose Mourinho back]]></title>
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Jose Mourinho has finally admitted what we have long suspected. All he ever wanted was to be loved.   The Italians, apart from the ones who follow I...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 12:52:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Benitez leads Chelsea towards European history]]></title>
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And so to Amsterdam. Chelsea's most gruelling season in their history could end up in silverware after all, the Europa League they probably never cons...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 02, 2013 11:20:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho's tenure at Real Madrid has, overall, been a failure]]></title>
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Jose Mourinho's time at Real Madrid hasn't come to an end. He has five Liga matches to go, plus the Copa del Rey final this season. And, while right n...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 01, 2013 04:14:49 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dortmund weather storm to sail into uncharted waters]]></title>
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Wembley 2013! When the season started back in August it was beyond Dortmund's dreams. Wembley. The home of football, now hosting a club that has given...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 30, 2013 13:45:47 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gundogan, Weidenfeller close to contract extensions]]></title>
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<pubDate>April 29, 2013 22:54:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Benitez and the John Terry conundrum]]></title>
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Almost four months after Roman Abramovich made the extraordinary decision to replace Roberto Di Matteo with Rafael Benitez, the upturn in fortunes tha...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 12, 2013 12:12:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wigan have nothing to lose against Everton]]></title>
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Only the brightest of optimists could expect a second string Wigan Athletic team to go to Goodison Park for the FA Cup tie on Saturday and get a good ...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 07, 2013 23:16:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Forget Rafa. Why not appoint John Terry as player/manager?]]></title>
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Rafa Benitez is finished. He knows it, Roman Abramovich knows it and the players know it. While Chelsea insisted on Thursday morning that it was "busi...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 28, 2013 13:12:57 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At last, Bayern's Dortmund curse is over]]></title>
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Juergen Klopp's bemused expression after Arjen Robben blasted the lone goal of the evening just before the half said it all: He knew his squad had fin...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 27, 2013 12:45:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The men who could replace Benitez at Chelsea]]></title>
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It's almost ten years since Roman Abramovich swept into Stamford Bridge and permanently changed the history of Chelsea FC, and with it the landscape o...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 19, 2013 09:19:50 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FA Cup win can lift Wigan spirits in Premier League]]></title>
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Wigan Athletic have reached the sixth round of the FA Cup only once before. That was in the 1986-1987 season, when they were unluckily beaten by Leeds...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 14, 2013 23:26:32 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lampard talks make perfect sense for Chelsea]]></title>
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The rumours that Chelsea are willing to open talks with Frank Lampard has seen social media platforms ablaze with discussion over the veteran potentia...]]></description>
<pubDate>February 07, 2013 12:49:53 PST</pubDate>
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