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Deco joins Chelsea for £7.9 million.

Chelsea have completed the signing of Barcelona playmaker Deco for an estimated fee of £7.9million.

Deco has signed a two year deal and Chelsea hope he will be the key to unlocking the premiership this season.

The 30-year-old is  Luiz Felipe Scolari’s first signing, despite the fact that the Brazilian does not  take over at Stamford Bridge until Tuesday.

A statement on Chelsea’s official website said: “Chelsea football club is delighted to confirm the signing of Deco from FC Barcelona.”

Scolari reunion

Summer speculation consistently linked Deco with a move to Chelsea and Scolari’s arrival at Chelsea fuelled the rumours to fever pitch.

Former Portugal boss Scolari coached Deco,  and it was thought that both he and Scolari were keen to work together again. 

Having now completed the deal, the Chelsae could see Deco as a possible replacement for Frank Lampard, who is being  linked with a move to Internazionale.

Deco must be praying that Chelsea will win trophies this season or he and Scolari may find themselves on the back burner !

“I am sure I have come at the right time to do great things and be able to help Chelsea go back to the way it was,” Deco told Chelsea TV.

“The Premier League is a great league and it is getting better and you can see that with the Champions League final, where you had two English teams.

“It is great that we have so many great players here at Chelsea and it is great that there is the competition which is healthy for everybody and this just makes the team better.

“To have great players in any position of the club just enhances the club. I know it is a new challenge but I am looking forward to it.

“I know I need a little bit of time to adapt, but I am sure I will adapt quite well and quite fast and do my best for the team.”

So what next for Chelsea- success? 

Deco will certainly hope so.

Kansas City Wizards 1 - 0 Real Salt Lake

The Kansas City Wizards defeated real Salt Lake 1-0 thanks to a last minute own goal by Beltran the Real Salt Lake defender. This was the first goal that Kansas City wizards had scored for over 2 months, since the 20th April in fact.

Kansas are now 12th in the MLS table, while Real Salt Lake drop to 8th place counting with only 3 points more than Kansas City.

Watch the highlights here.

DC United 4 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy

DC United won their home MLS game against David Beckham’s Los Angeles Galaxy comfortably during extremely hot weather conditions.

Moreno opened the scoring for the home side in the 5th minute from the penalty spot. Edson Buddle equalized LA galaxy in the 26th minute.

DC United completed an easy win after Emilio twice and Gallardo scored.

 In the MLS league Los Angeles Galaxy are 5th nine points behind the leaders whike by virtue of this game DC United climb to 3rd.

Spain 1 Germany 0: European Championship final

Germany were completely outplayed in the European Championship final of 2008 by a more exciting and skilful Spanish team. Torres put Spain ahead in the 33rd minute but there should have been at least 2 more as the Germans were rarely in the game.

Spain were deserved winners of the tournament and have installed themselves as one of the favourites for the World cup in 2010.

Congratulations Spain !

Colombus Crew 2 Colarado Rapids 1

Columbus won 2-1 against  Colorado Rapids and climbed to 2nd spot of the MLS table. Schelotto Barros opened the score from the penalty spot  in the 53rd minute. Nick LaBrocca equalized for the visitors in the 59th minute, with a low , fast shot from the edge of the box.

Emmanuel Ekpo’s run won the match. for Colombus.  The Columbus player  scored with a low shot from around 18 meters.
Colorado are now a lowly 13th in the table only 4 spots clear of  bottom place.

New England Revolution 2 Toronto Fc 1

New England Revolution extended their MLS lead after a 2-1 home win versusToronto FC.  Steve Ralston was the hero for the home side. He scored both goals, each time after the ball rebounded from a post.

The first goal came in the 12th minute as Ralston put the ball into the empty goal from close in. The second goal came just before the  hour . This time Ralston got the rebound from the post  before putting the ball into the back of the net with the help of the same post.

Toronto FC managed to pull one back in the 78th minute and had another huge scoring chance towards the end of the game. The match ended with a 2-1 home win and New England are 6 points clear of second placed Columbus Crew, but count also two matches more played as the rest of the top placed squads.

CD Chivas USA 1- New York Red Bulls 1

In a closely fought game in the MLS league CD Chivas drew 1-1 with New York Red Bulls. New York Red Bulls took the lead but CD Chivas equalized just before half time.

CD Chivas are currently10th in the league whilst the Red Bulls are 6th.

Spain-the first final in decades

The Spanish football team have won nothing for years. They start as favourites but my view is that the Germans will win.

Watch the higlights of their progress to the final.

Germany their route to the final

Watch this great video with Germany’s goals en route to the European Football Championship final on June 29th in Basle,Switzerland.

Germany are the first side that qualified for the EURO 2008 final with a dramatic 3-2 semi-final win against Turkey.  Low’s squad gained 4 wins but also lost against Croatia in the group stages.It all started with a 2-0 win over Poland. The second match was a 1-2 defeat against the Group B winners, Croatia. The  1-0 win against Austria was decisive for qualifying to the quarter-finals.
Then a quarter-final 3-2 win against Portugal, the  favourites of the competition at that stage.

Then Turkey and now the final.

Germany versus Spain European Championship Final 2008

So at last its the final of the European football Championship 2008, to be held in Basle, Switzerland on Sunday evening. Is it the one you expected or hoped for ?

Maybe not but its certainly going to be fun. The German team have veered between playing exquisite football occasionally (!) to being totally and completely incompetent. Germany should really have been beaten by Turkey but a combination of poor finishing, bad luck and German resilience kept them in the game until the final minute when Germany,as they so often do, destroyed the hopes of the underdog. You have to give it to the Germans- they never give up and have the right psychological attitude to winning tournaments. The German team always believe that they are going to win and that more importantly they deserve to win AND you can’t argue with their tournament record. Along with the Brazilians they are probably the most successful international football teams of the last 30 to 40 years. This,however, is not one of their best teams. With the exception of Ballack and possibly Klose they lack any real class. Ballack is shining on the international stage more than he did at Chelsea in the English football league last season and he could be the key to Germany’s winning or losing on Sunday.

While the Germans lack real quality Spain have plenty. With Torres and Fabregas they have young players of genuine quality while Silva, Villa and Iniesta have a a significant role to play. The Spaniards demolished Russia 3-0 in their semi-final playing football with energy, creativity and flair. They simply swept the Russians aside as they did Holland, many people’s favourites,in the quarter finals.

While they may have a better team the Spaniards have a problem.  

. The problem is attitude. Germany always have the right mental attitude;the Spaniards lack the same confidence, the same belief in their abilities. In Torres, Fabregas, Silva, Villa they have great players but they often lack consistency. The Germans are the kings of tournament play, the Spaniards,like England have nil point when it comes to big championship success.

My verdict- my head says Germany, my heart says Spain. Whatever the result this championship has been full of good football. Roll on the World Cup!

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