They had a 4-2 aggregate lead over an Arsenal side reduced to ten men by the dismissal of Patrick Vieira.Then Dennis Bergkamp won and converted a penalty and Vialli, who had been all-action on the field, was reduced to helplessly biting his nails, watching and waiting as his team sought to hang on.Chelsea, who had overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit through well-taken goals from Mark Hughes, Roberto Di Matteo and Dan Petrescu, survived.As their celebrating fans then filed out, talking excitedly of a Wembley date against Middlesbrough on 29 March, “I’m a Believer” came over the public address. Chelsea 3 Arsenal 1 Chelsea win 4-2 on aggregate

FOR FOURTEEN minutes last night Gianluca Vialli found out what management was all about. Then Graham Poll finally blew the final whistle on last night’s Coca-Cola Cup semi-final second leg and he was in fantasyland again.
Vialli had left the field to a standing ovation with 10 minutes of normal time remaining and Chelsea Wembley-bound. The chief editor of De Volkskrant has said the newspaper stands by its report, though its ombudsman wrote in a commentary that “in an unguarded moment through the publication of a few words, the newspaper went too far.”Huibregtsen, who reportedly was incensed by Willem-Alexander’s decision to accept an invitation to join the IOC, will be replaced by the Dutch Olympic Committee vice-chairman, Jan Loorbach, until a new chairman can be officially elected at a meeting on 12 May..

“But the rest of the world sees a nasty little bunch of flowers.”In the IOC spat, in a letter to members of the Dutch committee, Wouter Huibregtsen – who wanted an IOC posting himself – denied using pejorative terms to describe the sports-loving heir to the Dutch throne.In public appearances at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, Willem- Alexander appears to have been untroubled by the remarks. He beamed on Tuesday as he hung gold, silver and bronze medals on Dutch speed skaters Gianni Romme, Bob de Jong and Rintje Ritsma for their medal sweep in the 10,000m men’s race.The respected Dutch daily De Volkskrant had quoted Huibregtsen last week as harshly criticising Willem-Alexander, who is also a member of the Dutch committee, during a telephone interview with one of its reporters.In yesterday’s letter to his colleagues, faxed to journalists by the Dutch Olympic Committee, Huibregtsen claimed that De Volkskrant “paraphrased my input and sometimes totally invented” comments.Huibregtsen added that he was considering legal steps against the newspaper. More consistently bad than consistently good.”That’s not having a go at anyone who has been here. Stipulations of agreement with Middlesbrough were that he would not be required to attend board meetings on a regular basis or be denied time for recreation. “The problem is that what they are doing, for Japanese standards, is out of this world,” he said. Japanese officials organising the Games politely refused.”Probably to protect their own flower industry,” De Vroe said with a sigh.Dutch growers even developed a yellow and white “Nagano” tulip for the Games, but so far it has only been seen inside Holland House, a centre for Dutch athletes and media at the Winter Olympics.The Dutch are not used to floral snubs; last year, their exports of cut flowers totalled 5.3 billion guilders (pounds 1.63bn).The heart of the matter, De Vroe conceded, might be a clash of Western and Eastern tastes.

It’s as simple as that,” Warren de Vroe, of the International Flower Bulb Centre, said yesterday.”I was very happy that they were there, all three of them, but it would have been an even nicer picture if they had had proper Dutch bouquets,” De Vroe added.De Vroe’s organisation, which represents hundreds of Dutch flower growers and exporters, had offered to provide bouquets to all medallists for free. The gold medallist Gianni Romme, silver medallist Bob de Jong and bronze winner Rintje Ritsma was given a small bunch of red, pink and yellow flowers bound with a pink ribbon.
Though their victories sparked wild celebrations across the Netherlands, the choice of flowers prompted some pouting in the land of the tulip.”Those bouquets are poor. Dutch speed skaters, who dominated the awards podium again on Tuesday with an unprecedented medals sweep in the men’s 10,000 metres, are not getting fitting floral tributes, flower executives grumble. Then yesterday, the chairman of the Dutch Olympic Committee resigned, a week after reportedly calling Crown Prince Willem-Alexander a “Judas” and “saboteur” for joining the International Olympic Committee. First, the nation’s florists are fulminating about the floral displays at the medal ceremonies in Nagano, suspecting an Oriental plot to do down their industry. It’s a massive job for someone but it will take a long, long time to get it right.”.

THE DUTCH are getting all worked up about the Winter Olympics. His back-room team of Alan Hill, Richard Money and Peter Edwards have also been sacked “But the club has done what it sees fit I don’t want to make any excuses It has been a very difficult season, no two ways about it. “I feel disappointed for myself, my staff and the supporters for the way it has happened,” he said. It was my first break from football for 30 years, I’ve been away on holiday, got to know the wife again, but I have started wanting to be back in the game.”Clark was upset by the method of his departure.

I have got a lot of admiration and affection for Frank Clark It’s unfortunate. I am not having a go at anyone, I just have to cope with these next 15 games.”Royle has been out of work for 11 months, and said: “I’ve had a rest following what happened at Everton, and initially I have enjoyed the rest. “My feelings are mixed – I saw them win at Forest when they were excellent. But I have seen them on days when they have not been so good. That sums them up: they are underachievers, they have been inconsistent. I doubt there is any money.”That is not the issue at the moment.

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