Premier League Match Report – Stoke City vs Chelsea – Part 1
Chelsea travelled to the Britannia Stadium to take on Stoke City in what was both the teams first game of the Premier League season.
Chelsea were looking to prove themselves under new manager, Andre Villas-Boas, while Stoke City were determined to prove that they had what it took to compete for a spot in Europe.
What was interesting about the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 and was starting, while the Ivorian was on the bench.
In the 9th minute of the game, Bosingwa mis-hit a cross and it went on to test Begovic, who had to rush to parry the ball behind for a corner and avoid a freak goal from being scored.
In the 10th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Shawcross-c31996 was shown a yellow card, for pulling off a rather ridiculous trip on Torres.
As the match progressed, Chelsea dominated possession, while Stoke tried to break at their opponents on the counter. Unfortunately for both teams, neither side was being creative in the opposing half and failed to really test the opposing keepers.
In the 38th minute, there was a massive shout for a handball from Stoke City, as they looked to the referee for a penalty. Walters struck a ball, which hit John Terry’s upper arm. The defender had nowhere to go and didn’t deliberately put his
hand in the way and hence the referee waved the game to go on.
In stoppage time of the first half, Torres showed signs of his former self. The striker went on to dance his way into the Stoke area, after beating two defenders. However, just as he was about to get his final shot away, a Stoke City defender managed to
get his foot to the ball and forced the striker to miss his shot.
The first half ended with both sides heading into the half time break with the score card reading nil all. Both the managers were bound to have some interesting words to share with their players during the break.
Tags: