Premier League round up - Week 28

Real Madrid weren’t the only team due to play in the CL this week who tasted victory over the weekend. On Saturday, their opponents, Manchester United, cruised to a 4-0 victory over Norwich thanks to a hat-trick from Japan international Shinji Kagawa and a last minute goal from Wayne Rooney.

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Rafa Benitez lets it all hang out

Yesterday should have been a celebratory one for Chelsea, as two second half goals from Ramires and Victor Moses against Championship side Middlesbrough were enough to propel the struggling London club into the FA Cup quarter-finals. Despite their good start to the season, they have slipped down to 4th in the league, have been eliminated from the CL in the group stages, and barely scraped by to beat Sparta Prague in the Europa League, so success in the FA Cup is likely the only shot the Blues have at winning any silverware this season.

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So now Demba Ba’s a Chelsea player, where does that leave Fernando Torres?

On Friday, after weeks of speculation, Chelsea completed the signing of Newcastle’s Demba Ba for only £7.5 million. The 27-year-old had scored 13 goals in 20 appearances so far prior to his arrival, and might be just what the Blues need to aid them in their strike-force woes as they attempt to climb back up the PL table.

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The Case of the Blues: Chelsea’s shaky start to the 1st half of the 2012-2013 campaign

Last May, Chelsea surprised both its fans and neutrals alike in winning the Champion’s League for the first time in its 107-year history, defeating favorites Barcelona in the semi-finals and edging out Bayern Munich on penalties to become the first London-based club to win European football’s most prestigious competition.

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Why Juventus’s lack of a world-class striker will cost them on two fronts

Last season, Juventus not only won the Scudetto for the first time in 8 years, but also managed to do so undefeated, the first time since Milan in 1992 and notably, the first team to do so in the new 38-game per season format.

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The curious case of Giampaolo Pazzini and which Milan club got the better end of the swap deal

In football, the summer transfer market is as often as exciting as the season itself, and this past summer was no exception. Whether it was Robin Van Persie’s switch from Arsenal to Manchester United, Luka Modric’s transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid, Jordi Alba’s move from Valencia to Barcelona, fans of the beautiful game weren’t lacking for interesting news taking place in their favorite leagues. And not surprisingly, Serie A had its share of interesting moves

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