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...Following the departures of the former chair Bruce Buck, ex-director Marina Granovskaia and technical adviser Petr Čech, Tuchel’s exit marks a final severing of ties with the Abramovich era....
...But patience paid off — a perfect cross from Iniesta in the 87th minute was met by Gerard Piqué, who headed past Petr Cech for the win. It is now 12 years since Spain lost a Euro finals game....
...For example, [goalkeeper Petr] Cech said, ‘You have to control the space behind, to avoid the counter-attack.’ That season we played 60 games, and 60 times I made the strategy....
...José Mourinho has always built his teams from the back, starting with the keeper (Porto – Vítor Baía; Chelsea – Petr Cech; Inter – César; and now Iker Casillas at Real Madrid), and, after all, he was the...
...Admittedly Kevin-Prince Boateng missed his penalty for Portsmouth in the match, but then he had ignored Palacios-Huerta’s advice to kick left of keeper Petr Cech....
...Little wonder their goalkeeper Petr Cech, who had made two excellent saves just before the equaliser, spoke of feeling a sense of destiny behind Chelsea....
...Cristiano Ronaldo had seen his kick saved by Petr Cech, but then John Terry, the Chelsea captain, with the chance to win it, slipped as he took his penalty, and skewed it wide....
...Even though he made one stunning save, pushing Steven Reid’s 33rd-minute snapshot against the bar, Petr Cech was far from the beacon of confidence he usually is....
...Already without goalkeeper Petr Cech and centre-back and captain John Terry because of injury, on Sunday they lost defender Ricardo Carvalho, who in his intelligence and reading of the game may be the least...
...Dimitar Berbatov’s expression of perpetual disinterest can raise hackles when things are going wrong but, when it allows him coolly to roll his penalty into the empty side of the net after Petr Cech had...
...A bigger contributory factor, though, was Petr Cech’s misjudgment, the Chelsea goalkeeper coming for and missing Fabregas’s corner....
...The first of those fixtures comes on Sunday and, just to add to the significance of the weekend, goalkeeper Petr Cech is likely to return for Chelsea away to Liverpool on Saturday afternoon....
...In Petr Cech, they have arguably the best goalkeeper in the world. Poland Leo Beenhakker continues to work miracles....
...Had goalkeeper Petr Cech – or even reserve Carlo Cudicini – been there, dominating the box, Chelsea probably would have coped, but Hilario looks what he is: a third choice who was expected only to have to...
...And even then he almost failed to finish the job of rounding goalkeeper Petr Cech and side-footing home. Manager Marcello Lippi’s expression was one of exasperated relief rather than delight....
...In between, a Claudio Reyna shot that thudded against Petr Cech’s right-hand post was the only US effort of note....
...Cech for his foul on Milan Baros in the build-up....
...Milan Baros ran on and poked the ball past Petr Cech only to be caught by the raised arm of the keeper....
...James Beattie, 1st min, Chelsea 2 Southampton 1, Aug 28 Seizing on a dreadful Joe Cole back-pass, Beattie hit a sumptuous 25-yard half-volley that dipped beyond the dive of Petr Cech....
...Only goalkeeper Petr Cech and suspended Dutch winger Arjen Robben were missing from his line-up....
...With José Mourinho, at least if Petr Cech's comments on Friday are to be believed, the fun comes in the training. If only Chelsea provided some fun on the pitch....
...* Chelsea, the team of the season, are set to dominate the Professional Footballers' Association player of the year award, with three players nominated - Frank Lampard, John Terry and Petr Cech....
...Mourinho said on Friday he would bring back Petr Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Frank Lampard and possibly Eidur Gudjohnsen and William Gallas for Saturday's game, but there was no sense on Tuesday night that Chelsea...
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