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Cartoon of the Day: Villas-Boas's Chelsea future is hanging by a thread
Goal.com cartoonist Omar Momani gives us his unique take on the football news of the day ...
Feb 22, 2012 8:00:00 PM
Andre Villas-Boas is walking the proverbial tightrope after goals from Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani condemned his error-prone Chelsea side to a damaging defeat at Napoli that leaves their Champions League hopes hanging in the balance. The former Porto coach, whose tactics and team selection in Naples have come under intense criticism, now looks to have exactly 90 minutes of the return leg at Stamford Bridge to salvage his "project" and avoid getting the sack from notoriously impatient owner Roman Abramovich.
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