http://cl.theoffside.com News from the European Champions League Fri, 16 May 2008 18:48:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wouldn't it be awful if Europe's premier showdown got ruined by rain, and just turned into a long-ball defensive fest? Well Russian scientists clearly agree, and in a move that shatters any Cold-War sterotype about Russian Science has devoloped a technique which will guarentee it won't rain on the Luzhniki ... http://cl.theoffside.com/final/russian-scientists-guarentee-there-will-be-no-rain-for-the-cl-final.html Midfielder Michael Ballack has been the centrepiece to the Chelsea revival. At the begining of the season, Chelsea looked lethargic, and had two players considered by many to be the best in the world, sat on the bench on the whim of the manager. That manager was Jose and he ... http://cl.theoffside.com/final/michael-ballack-on-jose-making-it-into-the-chelsea-team-and-always-coming-second.html So all week, you've been voting for the players you want to make up your CL XI. There have been some fun, interesting and insightful results all of which you will see soon. But first we need you to choose the manager to lead this team, by voting for who ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/the-final-choice-who-will-manage-your-cl-xi.html So here we are. All week you've been picking your favourite players to make up the Readers Annual Offside XI. Today you get the chance to vote for the striker who you want to lead the line. You can do that here. So, will SuperPippo breaking Gerd Muller's European Cup goals ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/choose-the-best-strikers-for-you-2008-cl-xi.html With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he's wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea's general unwillingness to play Andriy Shevchenko, they need a striker. Apparently Roman Abramovich has decided that Fernando Torres is the answer, and has reportedly tabled a £40m offer ... http://cl.theoffside.com/transfer-news/chelsea-try-cheeky-torres-bid.html We're begining to get to the buisness end now. If you haven't been paying attention, at the CL Offside, we've been offering you the chance to vote for players in each position to decide who will make up the Offside.com's first annual offical Champions League 11. We've gone through various ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/the-readers-cl-xi-central-midfielders.html All wekk we've been giving you the chance to vote in your CL team of the season. On paper this might be the most one (well two) sided battle of all time (fittingly perhaps for wingers). With two of the best players in the world playing on the wings, maybe ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/day-4-of-the-readers-cl-xi-wingers.html I'll let you re-read that title. It seems that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally snapped. Annoyed at the potential exodus at the Emirates, starting with Matthieu Flamini and heavily rumoured to include Hleb, Fabregas, Gallas, Lehman, Giberto Silva and Theo Wallcott, the frenchman has decided he'd rather sue Hleb ... http://cl.theoffside.com/transfer-news/wenger-to-sue-hleb.html All week here on the Champions League Offside, we've been giving you the chance to vote in the players you want to appear in the first ever Offical Offside Champions League Readers Team Of The Season (snappier name needed.) Two days ago it was keepers (currently a dead heat between ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/day-3-of-voting-for-your-champions-league-xi-today-wingbacks.html Yesterday, we gave you the chance to vote for who you think has been the best Goalkeeper in this season's Champions League. That poll is still open HERE. Now you have to chance to pick the best Centre-Halves of the tounament so far, by clicking HERE. You get to chose ... http://cl.theoffside.com/team-of-the-season/pick-the-centre-halves-for-the-first-offside-readers-cl-xi.html