| Didier Drogba and Chelsea FC post 7/2 odds to win Champions League |
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| Written by Diego Valderrama | |||||||
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Friday, 26 January 2007
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They play at Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West London, where they have played since foundation. Despite their name, the club is based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. In 2003, the club was bought by Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich. Bet on Chelsea FC at 7/2 odds ($100 wager wins $350) to win the Champions League at Bodog.com! One of Abramovich’s first moves was to sign Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba. Signing for Chelsea in July 2004, Drogba adapted well to the FA Premier League, scoring in his third game for the club with a thunderous header against Crystal Palace. Bet on the Champions League at Bodog and receive instant cash bonuses!
His season was interrupted when he pulled a stomach muscle against Liverpool, which kept him out of action for over two months. Despite this he enjoyed the second best goals to minute ratio in the Premier League, prolific Frenchman Thierry Henry being the only player to better him in this respect. He scored 16 goals in 40 games for Chelsea in his first season, but was criticized for being inconsistent. The season proved very successful for Chelsea as they won the Premiership, only their second English top flight championship and their first in 50 years, and the Carling Cup, with Drogba scoring in extra time in a 3-2 final win against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium. He played an important part in his team's run to the semi finals of the Champions League, where he scored a brace against ex club Marseille's arch rivals Paris Saint Germain and another two goals in both legs of the quarter final against Bayern Munich. Bet on soccer, play poker and blackjack at Bodog and receive instant cash bonuses! His rich vein of form continued in the Champions League, against Bulgarian side Levski Sofia when he gave Chelsea their first 2006 away win in Europe by scoring his first Chelsea hat trick, Chelsea’s first UEFA Champions League hat trick, and the first European hat trick by a Chelsea player since Gianluca Vialli's in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997. On October 18th in the 46 minute Drogba received a pass from Ashley Cole and scored the winning goal against FC Barcelona in their group match at Stamford Bridge. In the reverse fixture on October 31, 2006, Drogba scored a 93rd minute equalizer which started from a Michael Essien cross directed to Chelsea FC skipper John Terry who in turn headed it back to Drogba at the Nou Camp to earn Chelsea a 2-2 draw against Barcelona. UEFA Club Competition Honors for Chelsea FC Winners UEFA Winners’ Cup 1970/71 and 1997/98 UEFA Super Cup 1998                        |
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