The English Football Association has handed down a 3 match ban to Chelsea striker Didier Drogba after he was found guilty of Admitted to a charge of Violent Conduct / Throwing a Missile into the Away Crowd following their investigation over the Coin Throwing Incident.
UPDATE - A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ‘I can confirm we are investigating the incident. An inquiry is being conducted by the Football Unit at Fulham police station. No-one has been arrested.’
An FA spokesman added: ‘We are investigating. That’s all I can say until we have had a chance to look into it further.’
Not only were Chelsea booted from the Carling Cup after losing out to Championship side Burnley 5 - 4 in Pk’s, but Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba might find himself in some incredibly hot water with the Football Association and maybe even the police.
After opening the scoring with an incredible first goal in six months after having come back from injury, Drogba ran to celebrate his goal when Burnley supporters started throwing objects at him.
While I’m still not sold on these boots based on sheer sturdiness alone, if C-Ron and Drogba rock them day in and day out, then they must be good.
Just damn expensive.
AC Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani has told SkySports News that Milan has been allowed to open talks with Chelsea and Ivory Coast hit man Dider Drogba, but not Andrei Schevchenko.
Galliani has also admitted that he was able to convince Barcelona to allow personal negotiations with Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o.
Makes it pretty obvious that once the OG Ronaldo is back (healthy and fit), his time will be officially over.
And what will happen to Pato and his continuing development? With Kaka moving deeper into the midfield, who’s the odd man out? Flamini, Gattuso, Seedorf, Pirlo?
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Chelsea’s (for now) Didier Drogba has officially made himself available for the Ivory Coast Olympic Team.
Salomon Kalou, both Toure brothers (Kolo and Yaya) and Didier Zokora have all made themselves available as well.
Throw in Constance Djakpa and Sekou Cisse from their 2008 Toulon Tournament team and you’ve got yourself a nice little starting 11 for your Group A match ups against Argentina, Australia and Serbia.
I was thinking about Drogba’s Red Card during my flight from Dallas to LAX on Sunday and it got my thinking.
We see so many times during huge matches (Zidane anyone) players lose their cool in a split second. Hell, even I got a Red Card for retaliation during the 2000 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Hershey.
Why though? Is it because the players want it so badly? What do you think?
Did Drogba deserve to be sent off?
It took only two days for Didier Drogba to declare that he and John Terry would be fit for the Champions League Final in Moscow next Wednesday.
Drogba’s knee injury during the latter stages of Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Bolton was a cause for concern while Terry had to leave the match with a dislocated elbow, but was seen on the pitch afterwards with his left arm in a sling.
Did anyone really think that either one of these players were going to miss the second biggest match in football?
After being very vocal about wanting to explore other European options (Think Barcelona), the price on Didier Drogba’s head has been set at 35 Million Euro by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. With the Cote d’Ivoire hitman about to hit 30 years old in March, is there a club willing to pay that much when he was bought for only 23.8 Million Euro in 2004?
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