As former Atlético Madrid, Liverpool and Chelsea ahead Fernando Torres broadcasts his retirement, we replicate on the seminal aim towards Germany within the UEFA EURO 2008 that ended 44 years of harm for Spain.What made it particular? Torres was arguably the world's finest striker going into the event. He had simply loved an explosive debut season with Liverpool, netting 24 instances within the Premier League, and his electrical tempo, contact and eye for aim have been the stuff of nightmares for defenders. This was a aim that epitomised Spain; ravenous the opposition of possession, a neat via ball from Xavi Herná... UEFA.com -
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Seven for Napoli, two each for Torres and Falcao
FRIDAY Hamburg 1-0 Leverkusen (Papadopoulos 76)Kyriakos Papadopoulos's header and some resolute home defending were enough to ensure Leverkusen suffered consecutive defeats and failed to score away from home for the first time since March.SATURDAYChelsea 3-1 Arsenal (Alonso 13, Hazard 53, Fàbregas 85; Giroud 90+1)A second defeat of the week left Arsenal 12 points adrift of their London rivals at the top of the table. Héctor Bellerín was injured in the move that led to Chelsea's opener, while Petr Čech's misplaced clearance... UEFA.com - News
Gower: Fernando Torres tackle ‘needless’
Swansea City midfielder Mark Gower feels that Chelsea striker Fernando Torres deserved the red card he received at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. GettyImagesFernando Torres gets his marching orders after a two footed challenge Torres opened scoring for Chelsea in their 4-1 win over Swansea but was sent off in the first half of the Premier League match for a two-footed tackle on Gower, who has branded the challenge as "needless". "It was not a nice tackle and it was definitely a red card," Gower said. "Thankfully, I have managed to get most of my body out of the way. He has caught my ankle but you'll have to ask him why he has done it. "It seemed like a needless tackle at the time.
Torres may miss Blues opener
Chelsea may be without £50 million striker Fernando Torres for the start of the Premier League season after he suffered a head injury in Spain's 2-1 defeat by Italy on Wednesday night.PA PhotosFernando Torres was taken to hospital• Torres injured in Spain slump• PLAY Premier League fantasyTorres lasted just 14 minutes of the international friendly in Bari before leaving the field with suspected concussion and being taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.A scan reported no major problems and Torres rejoined Spain's squad to return to Madrid but it is doubtful he will be ready for Chelsea's first game of the season - a testing trip to a physical Stoke City side on Sunday - with the forward due to undergo further
Great news, Liverpool fans, Fernando Torres isn’t leaving!
Torres - staying put? News just in - Torres is staying at Liverpool. Or is he? The Spoiler shan’t be spooning any egg from the communal face just yet, after a summer of insisting that he’s definitely off to Chelsea. But, in the event that we have been wrong all along, worry not, disgruntled masses, the necessary steps shall be taken - humble pie will be ate, and the secret squirrel that delivered the information with unflappable confidence will be in that pie. (more…)