Sheva verso Kiev.
[SportsIsland.net] I centro giorni di Shevchenko: così la vede il quotidiano britannico "The Sun" sul futuro al Chelsea del centravanti ucraino, ormai sempre più bollato come bidone della Premier League. Alla riapertura del mercato invernale, sempre secondo il tabloid in questione, la società londinese sarebbe propensa a favorire il ritorno di Sheva alla Dinamo Kiev, pronta a riaccogliere il suo campione dopo quasi dieci anni. Il matrimonio Chelsea-Shevchenko non è mai decollato, a parte qualche sporadica eccezzione, come l'esordio con gol nella Supercoppa contro il Liverpool nell'Agosto del 2006: poi l'oblio, la panchina, le incomprensioni con Mourinho, compagni e stampa. E una nostalgia, non tanto velata, per il Milan. L'ultima gara dell'ex Pallone d'oro ucraino in campionato contro il Blackburn (match finito 0-0), è stata l'ennesima prestazione deludente, tanto da far nuovamente infuriare Mourinho, che non le ha mandate a dire.
Più vicino il suo addio a gennaio?
[It.Eurosport.com] Andriy Shevchenko non ha ben impressionato il tecnico José Mourinho, che già non sembra amare molto l'attaccante ucraino, nella gara contro il Blackburn. Per questo motivo il tabloid inglese "The Sun" ritiene che i giorni di Shevchenko al Chelsea siano 'contati'. Dopo le voci su un suo possibile ritorno in Ucraina alla Dinamo Kiev, si riaprono anche le porte del Milan?
18 settembre, 2007
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JOSE'S LAST ATTEMPT TO EGG SHEVA ON
18th September 2007, Should Roman Abramovich need proof Jose Mourinho has changed his style this season he need only study the head coach's public handling of Andriy Shevchenko.
His hopes for an attractive winning formula may still be a work in progress on the pitch but the head coach is providing some new colour off it. Where once Mourinho would have revealed his feelings about Shevchenko with a sharp public put-down, today he is letting the Ukrainian suffer with a bizarre analogy. The Portuguese was loath to talk about the striker directly, instead choosing to compare the quality of his second choice players to low quality eggs. But nobody was left in any doubt that the striker's prospects under this management regime remain dim.
Mourinho brought Shevchenko back against Blackburn last weekend after leaving the striker out completely for the start of the season when he ran out of other options. Three good chances missed and a goalless draw later and Mourinho's response to an upbeat TV interviewer trying to draw praise for Shevchenko's efforts was: "Yes, he nearly scored."
When asked about the Ukrainian's performance ahead of tonight's Champions League group B opening game against Rosenborg at Stamford Bridge, he said: "You saw the same game that I saw and can write what you think. You don't need me to give my opinion."
Shevchenko plays tonight because injuries to Didier Drogba's knee and Claudio Pizarro's calf have not cleared up, but the significance of his runout should not be overegged. His return against Blackburn was billed as a last chance to impress but in reality that, along with far too many scoring opportunities at Chelsea, had already been missed.
At the end of last season Mourinho warned the striker he would only welcome him back for a second campaign if he showed an eagerness to adapt. On the pre-season training camp in Los Angeles he remarked: "He is still the same Shevchenko", and the striker's body language has been downcast since.
If the striker had not cost £30.8 million when he joined from AC Milan last year he would probably have left by now, and as a goalscorer who has failed to prosper under Mourinho at Chelsea he is in good company. Mateja Kezman, Hernan Crespo and Eidur Gudjohnsen have all failed to fit the bill up front.
But Blackburn's Benni McCarthy, who played under Mourinho at Porto, ticks the right boxes for the sort of powerful, mobile, targetman's characteristics the coach likes in his strikers. He said: "He expects you to deliver and if you don't, no matter how big a name you are, he puts you on the bench and you will be out of his team until you prove you are worthy of another chance."
Shevchenko would have to go more than the extra mile to earn another genuine chance of a long run at Chelsea. Mourinho said: "Pizarro is the second target man on the team, so he should be the direct replacement for Didier Drogba." Shevchenko may have to gamble on outlasting Mourinho if he is to properly find his feet at Chelsea but as he turns 31 years old this month he cannot afford to wait too long.
There are still those among the club's fans and mystified pundits still waiting and willing him to come good short-term. Marcel Desailly, who played for Chelsea and AC Milan like Shevchenko, is among them. He said: "It is very difficult to leave AC Milan because it is a family club. You need time to set up psychologically and he had a lot of problems to adapt himself to the English game and a new club. "For the moment, he is not performing. Let's wait and I'm sure he will help Chelsea win the Champions League."
Shevchenko's fall from grace as one of the game's greatest strikers has been spectacular. But the tactics of Rosenborg's Knut Torum explain why Mourinho will not put him on a pedestal. The Norwegians' coach thinks the way to stop Chelsea is to prevent them using their main characteristics of strength, speed and power. It is what Mourinho's side are founded on and what Shevchenko has failed to show at Stamford Bridge.
That the head coach has always wanted him to play second fiddle to Drogba has not helped either after being treated like a king in Italy. Even Desailly admitted: "He likes to be the one that everyone is focused on." Tonight, a temporary spotlight is there for the striker to take.
da: www.dailymail.co.uk
SHEVCHENKO WILL REMAIN SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF
Tony Cascarino: Analysis
September 19, 2007 - We are all waiting for the Andriy Shevchenko we admired so much at AC Milan, but we are going to be waiting forever. The sad truth is that he is not going to show up. The player at Chelsea is Shevchenko the shadow. There will be a few highlights, some decent moments, but he is not the player he was and it is sad to see one of the greats playing merely with hope and looking nothing more than decent, as he did last night.
Does his goal last night change anything? We will see, but I doubt it. Finishing? For the past year, he could not finish his dinner. His goal against Rosenborg is not even an appetiser. One header is not enough to transform a player who looks physically gone and mentally scarred. The goal will buy him some time with the Chelsea fans, who were losing patience, but Shevchenko still has so much to prove. Yes, he tries, but you do not spend £30 million on workrate. He has never been a battering ram, but I have been shocked by how lightweight he looks.
I was prepared to make allowances for Shevchenko’s lack of sharpness last season because I thought he was suffering from a post-World Cup hangover, looked injured and needed time to adjust to the English game, but those excuses do not wash any more. Whenever he has half a yard on a defender, they catch him. At 31, is his body faltering? He is obviously not getting any quicker, but I have not seen such a downward spiral in players of his age unless they are injured. Besides, if your legs go but your mind stays strong, you can cope. I know from experience that the reverse is not true.
Look at Shevchenko and the worry is etched on his face. If yesterday’s goal is not followed by a few more in the coming months, do Chelsea cut their losses in January? Easier said than done. Back to Italy would be the logical move, but it would surely be another Hernàn Crespo-type deal: a loan, with Chelsea paying a chunk of his wages. That would be a financial disaster, but the sadness of seeing such a great player decline and fall would cut far deeper.
da: www.timesonline.co.uk
SHUT UP!
(...) Sheva is not a target man and never will be, and the lack of a target man up front to hold the ball up is why JT went up there for the last fifteen minutes. Shevchenko took his header well and probably also should have had a hattrick. I thought he played excellently considering the pressure he is under from everyone. Good movement, good pace, good awareness, and always made a nuisance of himself on the shoulder of the last man. He is still short on confidence but looked good last night and with a couple more goals under his belt he should find things a little easier.
da: www.chelsea.vitalfootball.co.uk
LA RIVINCITA DI SHEVA
19 set 2007, Andriy Shevchenko salva il Chelsea di Mourinho da una figuraccia contro il modesto Rosenborg nel match d'esordio in Champions League. L'ex Pallone d'Oro, grazie al gol del pareggio e a una buona prestazione, si prende una prima rivincita contro i propri critici: Mourinho in testa.
Un gol, tante buone giocate, una condizione fisica finalmente accettabile e la soddisfazione di aver salvato il Chelsea da una clamorosa sconfitta in casa contro il Rosenborg. Shevchenko, così, esce a testa alta da Stamford Bridge, ed è forse l'unico o quasi.
Già nella sfida contro l'Italia di una settimana fa lo si era capito. Un gol a Buffon, una traversa e altre buone iniziative nel match disputato con la sua Ucraina contro gli azzurri. Ora è arrivata anche la conferma. Sheva è tornato ad essere quel giocatore decisivo ammirato negli anni rossoneri in Italia ma che nell'ultima stagione inglese era stato messo spesso in discussione, soprattutto dal proprio nuovo tecnico.
Già, quel Josè Mourinho che non lo ha mai voluto e mai amato, che lo ha spesso criticato relegandolo in molte occasioni sia in panchina che in tribuna. Ora Sheva può finalmente togliersi qualche sassolino dalle scarpette. Senza il suo gol, infatti, Mourinho avrebbe rischiato una clamorosa sconfitta che, probabilmente, gli sarebbe costata la panchina, già traballante dalla scorsa stagione. Non possono bastare le assenze di Lampard e Drogba per giustificare il deludente pareggio contro il modesto Rosenborg. Abramovich pretende spettacolo e vittorie, ma soprattutto vuole il Chelsea in finale di Champions che si giocherà a Mosca.
Al termine della sfida contro il Rosenborg il pubblico di Stamford Bridge ha fischiato i propri beniamini e, soprattutto, il tecnico portoghese. Sheva è stato uno dei pochi a "salvarsi", forse il pubblico si è accorto dell'impegno del giocatore ucraino, del fatto che sta tornando quel campione pagato a peso d'oro da Abramovich solo un anno fa. Sheva è tornato: Abramovich, il pubblico e gli avversari se ne sono accorti. E Mourinho?
da: it.eurosport.yahoo.com
Sheva-Mourinho è l'eterna storia del giocatore cocco del padrone su cui il trainer sfoga le sue frustrazioni ed il suo ego smisurato.Non ci sarà prova maiuscola dell'ucraino che possa cambiare il suo destino. Mourinho gliel'ha giurata perche così pensa di ferire il suo boss. Non c'è altra soluzione che cercare altri lidi che l'allenatore nella sua congenita perfidia ha già disegnato fuori delle coppe, dopo la comparsata di ieri sera.
danielone
Tutto sta a capire quanto potrà durare ancora questo braccio di ferro fra il portoghese e il russo. Chiaro che la Champions League sia l'ultima chiamata per lo Specialone. Vedo tre scenari: 1. a breve salta Mou e Sheva resta; 2. Mou vince la coppa e Sheva salta; 3. Mou non vince la coppa e il russo fa saltare lui e Sheva, lo rivende al Milan e si porta Testaquadra a Londra... ok, la 3 è solo un sogno. Ma come disse Big Luciano a Oriali, sognare è gratis.
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