Chelsea- Kings of Europe 2011-2012 !

The sheer restlessness of Abramovich’s ambition has often seemed to undermine his efforts to make Chelsea the best team in Europe since he first purchased The Blues back in 2003, despite splashing out billions.  Claudio Ranieri first came close in 2004 but got beaten by then resilient Monaco side in the semis. Jose Mourinho, who won Champions League with Porto that year, was then called onboard by Roman to manage Chelsea and also came close but got rebuffed in the semis by Liverpool, the famous ghost goal of Luis Garcia coming into mind. Then Barcelona stopped them in the semis again the following year- with the help of the referee for the match who infamously denied no less than 4 penalty appeals from Chelsea in the match. Mourinho then got sacked despite winning two EPL titles during his three short years at Stamford Bridge but Roman's intentions couldn't be clearer ; He craved for the glory of Champions League. Avram Grant then was chosen the interim manager and almost but ALMOST tasted the final win Roman craved so much, being only a John Terry penalty kick away. But alas it was not to be, as John Terry forgot to replace his skates for boots and calamitously slipped on the Moscow pitch, handing the title to us, Manchester United. God knows what the poor poor soul did to deserve that and all the other slippings which came after. Naturally, Avram got the kick. After a string of other managers who didn't do any better, if not worse, next victim-to-be, Carlo Ancelotti came into the fray immediately. He won the EPL title but got his ass kicked by Barcelona in the semis yet again. Phew! Depressing isn't it? Going through all that misery for a club which tries so hard yet failes when it comes to the biggest stage of all. Well not anymore.

Pretty much how he always appeared all those years before.

Back to this season now. The sacking of Villas-Boas and disrupting the team with the purchase of Torres seemed to have backfired spectacularly this season. As recently as March, disaffection and mutiny was sweeping through the first team. Elimination from this season’s Champions League at the hands of Napoli beckoned; a finish outside the top four looked highly likely, which would have accounted for next season’s European competition, too. And they were in charge of an interim manager, Roberto Di Matteo, who got sacked by West Brom years before. Overall, Chelsea were down in dumps pretty much there quarters of the season. And I wouldn't have blamed them if they decided to throw in the towel and called it a season. Their morale shattered, team spirit gone, unity buried and pretty much the form of every players in the squad in tatters, who would have thought just 3 months later, Di Matteo would be guiding them to a cup double. If anyone had told me Chelsea would end the season winning the Fa Cup and Champions League then, I swear I would have thrown them in my car and drove them to the hospital to get their brains examined!!! After the edgy, fidgety reign of Villas-Boas, Di Matteo's calm head acted as a healing balm in the Stamford Bridge dressing room. Tension lifted, fractured morale repaired itself, and suddenly it was fun again to pull on a blue shirt!
Together with the core of experience in the side, it has carried Chelsea from a point of apparent internal self-destruction already to the point of lifting two trophy's this season. It was fated I tell you. Destiny as some would call it. Such was their route to the Champions League triumph from the day they beat Napoli. Barca couldn't break them despite being unimaginably dominant over the two legs. Neither could suspensions, including John Terry's; Nor playing Bayern on their own backyard; nor going behind with seven minutes left on clock. Having somehow dug out an equalizer to force extra-time through who else but Didier Droba, Chelsea could not be shaken by a further trauma: when they conceded penalty. And it was Lionel Messi mishap all over again but in this case, Petr Cech plunged magnificently to stop old boy Robben's spot-kick. The 30 minutes of extra-time were like the 90 minutes preceding them: Bayern in cruise control but Chelsea- with Gary Cahill making an extraordinary diving block to thwart Mario (Tap In) Gomez- somehow still on terms. Then came that old enemy, the penalty shootout. Blues don't win those and the Germans never lose them. Except there has been something other-worldly about this campaign in general and Chelsea in the Champions League particularly. And they brought down the curtains on the surprising night, with cup held safely in their's hands. "How on earth did that happen"!?, you may ask. I won't blame you. The partisan home crowd of Allianz Arena certainly wondered what hit them too. One simple explanation- Logic was not among the participants this season obviously. And yes, it's DESTINY.

The guy on the left spoiled it for the Blues at Moscow and almost
did it again this season with his sending off at Barca. What a
silly boy. The guy on the right, well he's now a Chelsea legend, diver or not.

Surely Didier Drogba worth a new contract now, isn't he Mr. Abramovich? That beast of a man had already won the FA Cup for and came to rescue and won the Champions League for you guys. Few words really sum up the player. Brilliant, a beast, moody, awesome, incredible. What more can you ask more from a striker with so much quality such as him? Yet by all accounts the Drog is on a slow boat to China this summer as the Russian billionaire does not think he is worth the two-year deal he wants. You're asking for it Roman. Also what's with the stalling over the whole Di Matteo situation? Give him the seat already. He's already done what EVERY SINGLE of his predecessors failed to do, and in just 3 friggin months. If you let him go, there won't be anyone more foolish than you in this planet, Roman old boy. Yes you finally won the cup but remember these two chaps, without whom, you'd still be looking like a sad spoilt brat who never ever learns from mistakes.

Bitch high as fuck winning two cups in 3 months and shit lol.

They're gonna miss you when you're gone.

First time winners.

Congratulations to Chelsea!! They certainly deserved the win ever since that win over Barca and the way they completely turned around their season despite the ageing squad. Given the way in which Di Matteo's men defied the reigning champions - without even the need for away goals after Torres's clinical finish - over two legs and 186 minutes of play, not even the most ardent Barcelona fan could justifiably suggest they do not deserve their place in the final. For a remarkably unconvincing season, The Blues have ended it well, with that elusive Champions League trophy finally in the cabinet for the first time after all those years and years of waiting. And this time they have earned it, unlike years before when they tried to buy it. :)


Sincerely, a Red Devil.