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Tval:
Rui looking for trouble. See him mocking qpr's interim manager with his celebration.

casig:
You can download CALD from blackmart. That's where I got it.

A40:
No Eden '3rd best player in the world' Azadus? I don't believe it


Awon omo oro! E kii n gba

Roma defended strongly in the first half but three goals in nine minutes after the restart ensured Adi Viveash’s side progressed.

Charlie Colkett’s deflected shot opened the scoring in the 47th minute before a brace from Dominic Solanke put the young Blues in control of the tie. Substitute Tammy Abraham added a late fourth to reward a performance in which we had created plenty and controlled throughout.

The young Blues will now face Shakhtar Donetsk in Monday’s final after the Ukrainians beat Anderlecht 3-1 in the day’s earlier semi-final. That game will again held at the Colvoray Stadium in Nyon opposite UEFA headquarters, with kick-off at 3pm UK time.

TEAM NEWS

There were two changes from the side that started the quarter-final win over Atletico Madrid a month previously, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Charly Musonda coming into the team.

Christensen, who started in midfield that day, partnered Jake Clarke-Salter in central defence, with Ola Aina and Jay Dasilva at right-back and left-back respectively.

Loftus-Cheek was joined in midfield by Charlie Colkett and Musonda, the latter operating in the no.10 role. Dominic Solanke led the line up front supported from out wide by Jeremie Boga and captain Izzy Brown.

Roma’s team featured two starters with first team experience in striker Toni Sanabria and wideman Daniele Verde.

FIRST HALF

The tie started in a cagey fashion although the Blues made much of the early progress, with Brown’s low effort winning a third-minute corner that was defended well by the Italians. Then Colkett’s drive from distance tested the handling of Gabriele Marchegiani in the Roma goal.

Sanabria’s header following Francesco Di Mariano’s corner might have caused a problem were it directed either side of Collins, and the Chelsea keeper was needed once more to punch away an in-swinging free-kick from Verde.

Brown then forced two low saves in quick succession as Viveash’s side continued to probe for the breakthrough. In the 35th minute, a move inspired by Boga ought to have resulted in a Chelsea penalty. The Frenchman burst into the box and exchanged passes with Brown before beating Marchegiani to the return and being felled by the goalkeeper. The Spanish referee, however, waved away the appeals.

Loftus-Cheek’s deflected shot flew over and Musonda’s arrowing free-kick was well held by Marchegiani before Colkett’s strike whistled past the far post. Roma gave a reminder of their threat as skipper Lorenzo Pellegrini struck a low effort just wide and Clarke-Salter (pictured below) executed a perfectly-timed sliding challenge in the box in the late moments of the half.

SECOND HALF

The young Blues had shown patience with much of their attacking play in the opening half and their efforts were rewarded with two goals within four minutes of the restart. The first was fashioned by persistent work from Brown, the ball falling to Colkett after the captain’s run into the box, and the midfielder’s low strike deflected off a defender to wrong-foot the goalkeeper.

The lead was swiftly doubled as Chelsea grabbed a stranglehold on the semi-final tie. Christensen’s long ball forward had Solanke chasing and the striker beat Marchegiani to the bouncing ball before rolling it confidently into the empty net.

Viveash’s men had added a more ruthless final product to their play in the second half and they soon grabbed a third goal. Colkett found space in the box and his header from Boga’s left-sided centre was spilled by the goalkeeper, who was punished as Solanke prodded in the loose ball. It was an 11th UEFA Youth League goal of the season for the 17-year-old, the competition’s leading goalscorer.

Roma’s threat was largely restricted to set-pieces and Verde forced a good save from Collins with a stinging free-kick from the edge of the box after 66 minutes. Chelsea had generally controlled the game though and continued to look dangerous, with Musonda’s left-footed drive whistling inches wide and Loftus-Cheek’s rising effort flying over the bar.

Substitutes Abraham and Kasey Palmer combined to fashion a chance for the latter, whose shot into the ground was pushed away by Marchegiani and narrowly evaded the alert Solanke in the six-yard box. The two did craft a goal moments later as Abraham (pictured below) turned in the midfielder’s cross from the left at the near post. It rounded off an emphatic performance and sends them into Monday’s final full of confidence.

Chelsea Bradley Collins; Ola Aina (Fikayo Tomori 89), Andreas Christensen, Jake Clarke-Salter, Jay Dasilva; Charlie Colkett, Ruben Loftus-Cheek; Izzy Brown (c), Charly Musonda (Tammy Abraham 75), Jeremie Boga (Kasey Palmer 71), Dominic Solanke.
Unused subs Jared Thompson, Ali Suljic, Kyle Scott, Ike Ugbo
Scorers Colkett 47; Solanke 49, 56; Abraham 83
Booked Clarke-Salter

Roma Gabriele Marchegiani, Silvio Anocic (Stefano Ciavattini 89), Arturo Calabresi, Daniele Verde, Lorenzo Pellegrini (c), Toni Sanabria (Tomas Vestenicky h/t), Francesco Di Mariano (Emanuele Ndoj 77), Andrea Paolelli, Riccardo Marchizza, Christian D’Urso, Jose Machin
Unused subs Ionut Pop, Eros De Santis, Matteo Adamo, Stefano Ciavattini, Edoardo Soleri
Booked Pellegrini, Di Mariano, Anocic

funkyjms:
I only hope you know that the size of the online version would be so small compare to the offline version. I will be happy if you let me know the size of the offline version once you get it. OK sir

funkyjms:
You want CALD; oh, it even has audio feature? And you think the size won't be as big as the OALD? Don't you know that it's the audio feature that makes it big in size?

Man, I think you're not ready.

JayKayMaybachz:
Tim ah had that Dictionary on this thread already.... Secondly it's an over priced dic


Why not get Websters or OALD naaa

timbros:
Please I need link to Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary pro.

The one I downloaded from blackmart is online version.

I need it in offline mode please.

Cc JayKayMaybach

Stancity:
That is; 4096mb-4055mb= 41mb as against 27mb.. Its still double charges.. Those ppl will never repent.. They are just like satan, they give u something with one hand and take it back with the other hand..

SMH

Stancity:
Dnt mind that data check on phone cus most times it miscalculate.. I saw ur data acc before download but i didnt see the balance after download.

Adefaze:
I've activated it already but anytime i call it just
ring ring..without reaching d recipient

lanre316:
Can you kindly shed more light on how to go about this partitioning, please.

lanre316:
About the battery. I have no complaints. It's still working fine. I ensure I never use generator set power to charge it and I use original power bank and original blackberry charger . If I must use generator at all, I'll use it to charge my powerbank and later use powerbank to charge my phone. Even Samsung phone will deteriorate with time if it's not maintained.

About memory space. You're right. The 4gb ROM only allow about 1gb for apps. What I do to cope Is ensure that I only install useful apps and remove the ones I don't use regularly. Moreso, I rooted my device and through titanium backup I ensure almost all my apps are moved to SD card leaving more space available. Currently I have over 75 apps installed on it

Africa reacted angrily when English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke announced new measures intended to boost England's national team.

This is because the rules regarding the granting of work permits to players from outside the European Union were fundamentally changing.

From 1 May, footballers from countries outside Fifa's top 50-ranked sides will find it harder to play in English football - whereas the previous rule covered countries in the top 70.
At a stroke, footballers from eight African nations sitting in the 50-70 belt - Mali, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, South Africa, Egypt, Zambia, Rwanda and Burkina Faso - found any Premier League dreams shattered.

Former Nigeria captain Sunday Oliseh called the changes
"unnecessary warfare", and legitimately asked why England can't do more to improve its coaching standards.

Meanwhile Zambia Football Association President Kalusha Bwalya said his career "would not even have started if these proposals were in place" when he was a player.

He labelled the system "unfair" and said talent should be rewarded no matter when you are from, citing George Weah - the only African to ever be crowned Fifa Footballer of the Year (in 1995) - as an example.

The striker, who made his name at Monaco and Milan before joining Chelsea, hails from Liberia, who are currently 117th in the world and who have never been higher than 66th.

The good news though is that the rules have been misunderstood to a certain degree and that if a player from an African nation outside Fifa's top 50 is good enough - and that is the key, being good enough - he is still likely to make it to England.

The new proposals are planned to increase the chances for quality players to come in, and both the size of the transfer fee and wage will be factored in when considering whether to import a player who fails the new work permit rules.

In short, the higher the price, the better chance for a non-EU player to gain entry, especially if he is already proven in Europe.

The key difference is that routine players who have contributed little to the game, perhaps even having fallen through the divisions, are being targeted for exclusion, with the obvious hope that English players can make the most of the places that will have been freed up for them.

So Emmanuel Mayuka may not have made it to Southampton, for example, while a host of Africans would never have made it to the championship.

In fact, the English FA says 33% of players who earned work permits under the old system in the last five years would not have been granted a visa under the new rules.

It all means countless African footballers will try their luck elsewhere - with perhaps more finding their way to Spain's La Liga or German's thundering Bundesliga or the riches on offer in Russia.

Many pathways are still open - it is just that the quality of players from the continent arriving in the Premier League is set to be the creme de la creme - adding to the riches already provided by Didier Drogba, Yaya Toure and Michael Essien among others.

Given the pride Africans take in seeing their own light up the Premier League, this should not be too damaging - unless you are an agent of course.