Petr Cech has backed the decision of the Chelsea owners to sack the manager Roberto De Matteo and has said that the owners shouldn’t be criticized for their decision.

Because of Chelsea’s poor performance in the last few matches, the manager of the Club, Roberto De Matteo was sacked by the owners a couple of days back. This decision was a bit surprising as Chelsea won a lot of matches under De Matteo and nobody has expected him to be sacked. Many players are criticizing the Chelsea owners for taking this strange decision.

When asked about the termination of De Matteo, Cech said, “Look, he has done a lot for us in the past; that’s for sure, but, what happened to him is not bizarre. He is not the first manager to be sacked. The managers have been sacked on numerous occasions before. It happens in football world and there is nothing new in it. I just don’t understanding why people are criticizing the owners.”

“I respect him a lot both as a player and as a manager. He changed the whole attitude of the team after his arrival at the club. He was one of the main reasons why we won the Champions League in the last season. But, the team struggled in the last few matches and he had to pay the price. That’s football world for you.”

When asked if this controversy has affected the team in an adverse way, Cech said, “I don’t think so. The players aren’t affected too much by this. We have to work under a new manager now and we are looking forward to it. There are some important matches ahead. Hopefully, we would play better in those matches and would get back at the top of the points table.”

The goalkeeper of Chelsea, Petr Cech, has praised the new signing of the club Oscar who was the stand out performer for Chelsea against Juventus in the Champions League match played on 19th of September. Oscar scored two goals for Chelsea in that match, but, his efforts didn’t take Chelsea to victory. Juventus managed to level the scores in the second half and the match ended in a draw. Oscar was named as the man of the match for his brilliant performance.

Oscar has joined Chelsea this summer. Chelsea paid a huge transfer fee of 25 million pounds for buying Oscar from Internacional. Oscar played his first match for Chelsea against Wigan Athletic on 19th of August. That was Chelsea’s opening match of the season. Oscar substituted Eden Hazard in the 64th minute of the match.

When asked about Oscar, Cech said, “He is certainly a very good buy for us. Some people were surprised when the manager paid such a big amount for buying this youngster, but, now, he is showing the world that why Roberto De Matteo rates him so highly.”

“The club has massive expectations from him and the way he played against Juventus was amazing. That was his first start for the club and it was a high pressure game as well. But, he remained calm and put us on the driving seat. But, he was unlucky not to have ended on the winning side.”

Chelsea had won the Champions League in the last season, but, the team didn’t manage to start the competition on a winning note this time around. When asked about that, Cech said, “It’s a long tournament. We still have to play a lot of games in the competition. It was not an ideal start, but, a decent one for sure. We will definitely play better in the next matches.

The Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has said that the club are making significant changes to the first-team by adding players who are hungry and looking to achieve big in the game. The Czech Republic goalkeeper has said that the situation at the club is very much similar to the one he experienced when he initially arrived at the club back in 2004. The 30-year-old was a £ 7 million signing from the French club Rennes back then. He has said that he can see a lot of similarities to the players Chelsea sign in now. Players like Eden Hazard and Oscar have arrived at the club for a total of play of £ 60 million.

Even though this is pale in comparison with the spending Chelsea had back in 2004 and 2005, they have certainly had a lot of quality. The club has so far brought in six attacking players, while the age of a squad has also been brought down significantly following the departures of players like Didier Drogba and José Bosingwa. Further departures are expected after the manager Roberto di Matteo revealed that the size of the squad is a little too big. Players like Florent Malouda and Michael Essien are expected to leave before the end of the transfer window.

“We still have experienced players, and we have the young, new, positive, hungry, motivated players who are great to have in. And they are here to show that they are not just here by ‘Hazard’ – by accident!. But it’s true that they want to show that they are quality players, that’s why Chelsea brought them in, and want them to be a part of this team. So far everyone is enjoying the moment of being European champions,” said the Chelsea goalkeeper. Chelsea have also signed the 20-year-old goalkeeper Thibault Courtois for £ 9 million.

Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech has said that he is extremely blown away by the talent within the 27-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Czech Republic took on Portugal in the quarter-finals of the Euro 2012 looking to book a place in the semifinals of the competition just as they did back in the 2004 edition. However, they were unable to get past Portugal after they lost the match 1-0. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third goal of the tournament with a bullet header about 10 min from the end of normal time. Prior to that, Ronaldo had numerous chances to open the scoring for Portugal, but was extremely unlucky after he struck the post twice.

Even if the attempt was on target, the Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was immense in front of goal. However, he was finally beaten with a bullet header with only few minutes remaining on the clock. This helped Portugal reached the semifinals of the competition where they are likely to face Spain or France. Following the match, Petr Cech praised Ronaldo by saying that he is definitely one of the best players in the world. The 27-year-old attacker has scored more than 50 goals for both club and country this season.

“This is a not a good feeling for us tonight. We lost, they were better and deserved to win. Ronaldo is one of the two best players in the world, and he proved it with that header. He is truly hard to stop,” said Petr Cech after the match. This is certainly not the first time Petr Cech has come up against Cristiano Ronaldo. The two players have met each other on numerous occasions in the past when Cristiano Ronaldo played for Premier league club Manchester United. Petr Cech is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

The final round of group games begins on Saturday, with all four teams in Group A still capable of making the quarter finals.

Czech Republic meet co-hosts Poland in Wroclaw, with both sides knowing victory will send them through to the knockout stage of the competition. A draw may also be good enough for the Czech’s should Russia beat Greece in Warsaw.

Both of Poland’s group games so far have finished 1-1, with captain Jakub Blaszczykowski scoring a thunderous equaliser in their last game against Russia on Tuesday.

Head coach Franciszek Smuda has three injury worries ahead of the game, with defender Damien Perquis and midfielder Dariusz Dudka set to miss out. Eugene Polanski may recover from a bruised knee in time to feature, whilst goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny returns following a one-match ban.

Most bookmakers have Poland 2.25 (5/4) favourites to get the three points they need, whilst the Czech’s are 3.40 (12/5) for the win. The draw is priced at 3.5 (5/2) with Paddy Power.

Czech Republic currently sit second in Group A, with the three points the picked up in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Greece. Two goals in the first six minutes, from Petr Jiracek and Vaclav Pilar were enough to give Michel Bilak’s men victory, with Fanis Gekas pulling one back for the Greeks in the second half.

Captain Tomas Rosicky is the Czech’s only doubt ahead of the game, with a slight Achilles injury.

With the assistance of home support, you might be tempted to back a strong start for Poland. Ladbrokes are offering 6.0 (5/1) for the co-hosts to be leading after 15 minutes. Alternatively, you can get the same price from a variety of bookmakers for talisman Robert Lewandowski to open the scoring.

The Borussia Dortmund striker, who got the first goal of this summer’s championships, is a massive 66/1 with Bwin to finish the tournament as top scorer.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has said that the experience of the club when it comes to playing in the top level will certainly help them qualify for the Champions League next season by finishing in the top four ahead of Arsenal, Tottenham, and Newcastle United.

Chelsea are in a race against the aforementioned clubs to finish in the top four of the Premier league, which will ensure them guaranteed Champions League participation for next season. Chelsea can also go to the Champions League next season automatically by winning the competition itself, which were close to doing so.

However, Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo recently said that finishing in the top four if the biggest priority for the club this season and they will not be taking any chances with regard to winning the final in Munich.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech also echoed this sentiment ahead of the crucial match with Newcastle at Stamford Bridge. Petr Cech reckons that the experience Chelsea have had over the past decade when it comes to playing in the top games will come to their rescue when they take on inform Newcastle United. Newcastle come on the back of the crushing 4-0 defeat at the hands of relegation threatened Wigan.

“I think our greater experience will be really important on Wednesday because Newcastle are in a position they haven’t been in for a long time, only once maybe, and we have been there many times. It could be the decisive factor but they and we have everything to play for. It will be an exciting game but our experience will help. We want to go to Munich and have the sense that the job is done and we can then easily concentrate only on the final,” Cech told reporters ahead of the Newcastle game.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has said that he is very much looking forward to winning the Champions League with Chelsea this season.

After a lot of troubles earlier in the campaign, Chelsea have regained their composure and hit a good run of form just at the right time. They have just progressed into the semifinals of the Champions League after beating Benfica 3-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. They have been drawn against Barcelona, who are the firm favourites to win the Champions League this season, in the semifinals, which will take place in the middle and last weeks of April.

Cech played in the Champions League final of 2008 with Chelsea, but ended up losing side after Manchester United won the trophy on penalties. Now, the goalkeeper wants to go better than being the runner-up by finishing as the winner in this year’s competition final, which will be held in the Allianz arena – the home of Bayern Munich. Many have written off the chances of Chelsea beating Barcelona in the semifinals, as Barcelona showed there is no signs of slowing down. However, Cech believes that past results between the two clubs have always shown that the games have been the toughest, and he expects the same this time around as well.

“You dream that you win the Champions League once in your life. We just progressed through to the next round and still have a chance to fight for the trophy. Now we are facing the world’s best football club but it was almost a certainty that if we got far we would probably play against them. You cannot look to the left or to the right at this stage,” Cech said in his biography column on his personal website. Chelsea will be facing Wigan during the weekend.

The recent performance of Chelsea has been quite disturbing and has put all the members to shame. They have lost most of their respect from the fans since their terrible defeat to Napoli.

The match which ended in a 3-1 loss was quite a sad piece of news for the entire team and since then there has been a number of allegations thrown forth at the Chelsea boss Andre Villas Boas about his inability to manage the team and make them perform.

However, this has been shunned away by the Chelsea goal keeper Petr Cech as well as some of the other eminent players who go on to support Andre Villas Boas and make sure to mention that Andre should not be blamed entirely for each individual player’s mistakes. Petr Cech supports Andre whole heartedly and says that he has put it a lot of effort to ensure that each of the players are coached well and are mentally and physically fit for the game.

However, at times, there might be certain issues which rise out of the blue which might not have been anticipated by anyone. The game did have a lot of attacks and counter attacks and it was a fun game to watch, but the opponent team was quite strong in their attack and did not spare any loose or vacant end in the defense. It was a game where each player had to be on their toes in alert position throughout to prevent any form of entry through the defense line.

Petr Cech hopes that Chelsea manages to improve t=in the future matches and build up their name again and manage to get their fans back to rejoicing for their team rather than sulking around at their loss.