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Mon 08 Aug 2008Samba time at the Bridge
FA PREMIER LEAGUE: Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 0:THIS IS the sort of boredom they have been crying out for at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea were much too clever and effective for the opposition, ensuring that the uninteresting second half was just a statutory requirement.
Even then there was still a twinge of pain for Portsmouth as Deco, on his competitive debut, rattled a 30-yarder that David James could only help into the net a minute from the close.
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