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  1. 1. Who is going to win?

    • Olympiakos
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    • Chelsea
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Everybody knows about this game,the biggest game of the season and after the last unlucky results from our other teams in Europe, a must win for our country having any hope of 13th place in europe.

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Chelsea LOSE Carling Cup Final 2-1 to Tottenham.

Tottenham is the 11th ranked team in the EPL. There was some speculation that Chelsea didn't play to full force vs. Oly because of the upcoming Cup Final. So much for that plan.

I didn't get to watch the game, as it has been difficult to find highlights of the match for some reason. From what I've heard, they were outplayed by the Spurs, and Avram Grant has been clueless in his decision making. I hope we've caught this football giant at a vulnerable period and can take advantage.

Something like a Cup final is the time to play balls to the wall football, and they still lost. I have to believe that this team is beatable next Wednesday. :)

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Galletti ruled out of Chelsea rematch

Winger Luciano Galletti will miss Olympiakos CFP's UEFA Champions League visit to Chelsea FC next week after injuring his left thigh during Saturday's 1-1 draw away to PAOK FC.

Three-week absence

The 27-year-old Argentinian international will be sidelined for two to three weeks according to the Greek title-holders, ruling him out of the second leg of the first knockout round tie in London on 5 March. Galletti has featured in all seven of Olympiakos's UEFA Champions League matches this term while missing just two games in the Super League. Olympiakos, who drew 0-0 with Chelsea last week, dropped to second in their top flight, one point behind Panathinaikos FC, following Saturday's PAOK result.

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Chelsea squad unhappy with coaching staff

LONDON (AP) - Chelsea's squad of highly paid international stars is reportedly being split by jealousies and unhappiness over manager Avram Grant's preparations for the League Cup final defeat to Tottenham.

Defending champion Chelsea was beaten 2-1 in extra time Sunday by its less favored London rival, and British papers reported Tuesday that players are blaming Grant and his assistant Henk Ten Cate.

Captain John Terry fought with Ten Cate in training on Saturday, according to The Sun and The Mirror, riled by not knowing whether he would be in the team - even though Grant has not announced his lineup until the same day of every match since he succeeded Jose Mourinho in September.

Billionaire club owner Roman Abramovich watched the fight, which ended when other players intervened, and his attendance at the session led to rumors that he may be interfering in team matters. That was supposedly one of the reasons that Mourinho left.

The final was marked by several strange team selections, with Frank Lampard picked ahead of in-form Germany midfielder Michael Ballack even though he had just recovered from injury, and striker Nicolas Anelka stationed on the left wing in place of the dropped Joe Cole.

Neither Lampard or Anelka played well.

"You start to think why you don't win, and it's like that now with us," Ballack said on Chelsea's Web site. "We have to think about our performance."

Chelsea struggled at Wembley, despite being eight places above its rival in the Premier League.

Although Didier Drogba scored from a first-half free kick, Dimitar Berbatov equalized and Jonathan Woodgate scored a 94th-minute winning goal to give Spurs their first trophy for nine years.

During the break in extra time, when Juande Ramos was instructing his Tottenham players on their roles for the remaining moments, Grant scratched his head and looked distracted while Terry pumped his fist at his teammates and assistant coach Steve Clarke appeared to give out tactical advice.

Mourinho, who managed to control his squad of high-profile stars by maintaining discipline and publicly admonishing those who displeased him, won all three of his finals.

His record with his previous clubs, authoritarian approach and instant success in winning the Blues the League Cup and Premier League forced the players to trust him.

But Grant had never managed a Champions League club before replacing Mourinho and, although he has lost just two league games since taking over, Chelsea's poorest displays have come in its biggest matches.

It lost to Manchester United and Arsenal, and drew at Liverpool before losing to Spurs.

Grant further encouraged disharmony within the squad by refusing to let those players not involved in the match to stay at the team hotel on Saturday night, according to The Independent, which said Ashley Cole, Andriy Shevchenko and Florent Malouda were among those told on Friday they could travel to Wembley independently.

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