League Match: Real Madrid 0-1 Chelsea; Didier Drogba silenced the fans at the Bernabeu in Real Madrid’s season opener.
The Chelsea offense dominated most of the game, but the strong Real Madrid defense held the Blues to only 3 shots. Real Madrid also sported a strong 22 tackles resulting in 2 yellow cards.
Several breaks by Van Nistelrooy and Rafael Van Der Vaart were the only hopes for Real’s offense, but Petr Cech earned the clean sheet-having 3 break away saves.
Preseason clash: Chelsea v Milan 6-0; Salomon Kalou had a hat trick in this brutal battering of the most trophied team in sports history. Milan faced a turn for the worst when defender Paolo Maldini was booked twice and sent off. Chelsea striker Kalou took advantage of his first start over the usual Nicolas Anelka by booting two and heading one for his best performance of his career. Milan looked empty and disorganized in comparison to yesterday’s Lyon match. Chelsea’s Petr Cech had 9 saves in the shutout.
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