++ [ originally posted by Andy
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Well, before the night of the match i found out what hotel Chelsea was staying at, the Mandarin in DC, and we decided to call the hotel up. We contacted the front desk and asked "is there a Jose Mourinho staying at the hotel?" Of course after looking the attendant said yes and I left a message saying I was Freddy Adu's agent and gave my cell number. Burke called and asked if there was a Joe Cole staying at the hotel, and after first replying no the attendant said "oh yes we have both a Joe and Charlton Cole staying at the hotel. Burke was patched through to Joe Cole's room and left a very threatening message..."If you touch Freddy Adu, I will slit your throat" among other things about catching him in bed with Glen Johnson.
After the match we found where the Chelsea bus was located and were one of the first to stand around the gates protecting the bus. First Carlo Cudicini came out of the locker room and was nice enough to sign autographs. Both Burke and I got his. Then Didier Drogba came out to sign, then Gudjohnson and SWP, and finally we saw Joe Cole walk up. While Joey was signing autographs, Burke yelled out "Hey Joe, did you receive a threatening voice mail last night?" Just as Burke ended his question Joey looked over right at him and quickly said "was that you mate?" Burke replied with a smile "I don't know, was it?" and then Joey walked up to both of us. I got his signature and shook his hand, Burke was seemingly afraid and only shook his hand. But to think they actually received our messages is just crucial.
Then the big two Lampard and Terry walked up and we got their autographs and shook there hands. I said good luck to both of them unless they face Juventus.
Kinda funny that a Juventus and a Bayern supporter were hoarding all the signatures instead of the Chelsea fans behind us, but oh well.
Piss balloon would have been nice for Mourinho though