Herbie oh how things have changed (atleast until conte got involved) drogba come back!
Yeah I was at all those games you mentioned mate, sickening, just sickening. Only salvation I take from that is our record through the 00s against you, and that even your record against us was outshadowed by ours against spurs.
1990 was the last time they beat us at home. It's got to the point where it's the most nervous I get about a home game, 28 years!
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I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
- 2006 CL final vs Barca. The sending off was a killer.
- 1999 FA cup semi final. Once the penalty was given, I thought the trophy will be ours. But of all the people, never ever thought DB10 will miss it.
- 2015 -16. After Welbeck scored the winner in the dying minutes vs Leicester and the whole Emirates started to rock, I thought maybe, just maybe this was our year. NOPE!
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posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
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no chance. Inter just outplayed us.
Although it's was easier to get over Inter because we were too early in to think about winning it plus getting eliminated probably aided our title bid (remember when we played at OT with United lethargic from a CL game?)
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posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
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no chance. Inter just outplayed us.
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They outplayed us but we had serious decisions wrongly go against us.
Walter Samuel took down Kalou as the last man, assuming we scored that penalty we would have been 1-1 away from home with 45 minutes vs ten men. Samuel then went on to produce one of the best defensive performances i have ever seen in the return leg, a game he should have been suspended from playing.
Then at The Bridge we had three (i think) clear penalties turned down ( i remember Lucio's manhandling Drogba like it was yesterday), all of which (if converted) would have seen us take the lead in the tie.
I do remember the samuel one, but the barca game is the worst refereeing performance i've ever seen.
Inter was bad, but I felt that Ancellotti was actually out-manoeuvred by Mourinho tactically, whereas the Barcelona game was just bent IMO.
Perm any one from 4 penalties and it probably would have been enough.
MANCHESTEER UNITED 2001-02.
We were once again crowned champions in the earlier campaign. Cruising to the PL title at a cantor. But once again the season was largely defined by another disappointing showing in the later stages of the CL by getting knocked out ,over 2 legs ,against German powerhouse Bayern Munich. I remember the response after the defeat quite vividly. And no more was the disappointing defeat underlined by the apparent anger from our great captain Roy Keane who, in his blunt assertive tone, bolted out the opinion that ’ we just aren’t good enough at this level’ . Very few would argue, not least BBC’s 5live commentator Alan Green who clearly took great enjoyment in announcing our poor showing in the tournament. Suggesting the club was even in ‘decline’ and couldn’t compete ‘technically’ at this level.
For a team that had once again sown up the PL title being deemed ‘not good enough’ may on the face of it seem abit over the top in critiscm, but there was a underlining sense, especially from Ferguson, that the club were indeed lacking a technical advantage against the major clubs once the later stages of the CL came about.
So in the summer of 2001 United/Ferguson set about in trying to change up United’s offensive, a offence that was renowned throughout, not only in Europe, but the world. The outstanding solid base of Beckham, Keane, Scholes and (when fit) Giggs was the envy of most of the clubs in the world. Yet for all their blatant talent their was a sense of a creative genius lacking. For all of the talent the 4 midfield men had there was a glowing sense of predictability in them, and the major clubs were getting wind of that.
So Ferguson, in what was deemed as his last year at the club, went out to rectify our possible predictability and brought in Juan Sebastian Veron for the creative spark , and had in not been due to a unfortunate injury earlier in 2000 where United and PSV came to a agreement, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and alongside the two attacking players , and due to Ferguson’s questionable views regarding Jaap Stam, United brought in veteran French defender Laurent Blanc as Stam‘s replacement.
This was my first season as a United fan where I witnessed the strength of the club’s financial power. Beforehand there was very little need to improve upon. Though fans were questioning United’s transfer dealing after the treble. A sense that United needed to continue to make bold moves in the transfer window. But with a the team/squad such as theirs ,for the time being, how could you improve upon it ?
So 2001 kicked off and I was full of optimism, especially in Europe.
As the campaign wore on the evident issues in the balance of the side were becoming apperant.
Veron wasn’t settling into the hustle and bustle of the (English) premier league. Blanc getting pulled left, right and centre at the back. Scholes ,now having been pushed up top to support RVN due to the record signing of Veron, was clearly looking out of sorts. Keane starting to decline in his mobility ,all summed up by the continuing question marks placed on the bald shiny scalp of Barthez in goal, who seemed to be making howler after howler.
Though the season wasn’t without some joy for some players. Beckham was arguably having his finest season for United after the treble campaign.
Ruud took to the league like a duck to water.
And Solskjaer importance to the team was becoming more and more apparent, with most suggesting he really should have been a consistent first team starter.
Concerning the team/squad as a whole though, for all of our inconsistencies in the league I was thoroughly convinced that in Europe ,again, we finally had ‘the right stuff’. And we almost did.
We progressed from the second group (yes, this was the time when the CL had two groups) top alongside Bayern Munich and we also produced 2 fantastic balanced displays against Deportivo in the quarters, who earlier in the first group beat us twice in two exciting end-to-end games.
There was only one team in Europe who I thought could have our number,though and that was Real Madrid and even they were to be got at defensively, plus Zidane was seemingly taking just as long as Veron in adapting to his new Spanish climate.
Unfortunately we never got the tie I was dreaming with against Madrid. In the semi’s we were drawn against a confident and dominant Bayern Leverkusen, with a young Michael Ballack starting to earn his stars.
A disappointing defensive showing again at Old Trafford in the first tie, which ended 2-2, gave us a lot of work to do in the second tie away in Germany and it evidently became the case, even with Keane’s opener. United whittled under the constant flow of Leverkusen’s powerful attacks, with the nifty Oliver Neuville continuing to be a thorn. The match ended one apiece, though Leverkusen could and should’ve added more on the scoresheet and it was another disappointing performance yet again from United in a big European game.
Leverkusen ,having gone through, in the end were comfortably beaten by a Madrid side that finally found their mojo.
With regards to us, questions again were put at the feet of the players and management.
Ferguson, not one to go out on a whimper, signed onto manage United for another few years in the hope to finally haul back the CL crown for a 2nd time in his managerial reign and he did, though he had to go through just as many disappoints as he had done after the famous treble campaign, in 2008.
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 11 minutes ago
Herbie oh how things have changed (atleast until conte got involved)drogba come back!
Yeah I was at all those games you mentioned mate, sickening, just sickening. Only salvation I take from that is our record through the 00s against you, and that even your record against us was outshadowed by ours against spurs.
1990 was the last time they beat us at home. It's got to the point where it's the most nervous I get about a home game, 28 years!
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Yeah, Drogba. Just writing the name is still enough to give Gooners nightmares.
That record against Spurs is ridiculous. Wasn’t it 17 years before they beat you anywhere? (That 2-1 defeat at the lane when Makalele got his one and onkynopen play goal for you guys). I’ve akways found hoodoos like that comical and no less so the one you’ve had over spurs. I imagine you’re not exactly looking forward to this season’s meeting at the bridge given the relative form!
Genius
I remember us being very unlucky in 2002 againsy Leverkusen
In the second leg Forlan missed a huge chance to win it. If I remember correctly SAF was slated for going with just one up top that night
The record against Spurs was ridiculous at the time. In the league it was a 19 year unbeaten run at the Lane and as Nick says it's currently standing at 28 at the Bridge.
Every year I think that this'll be the year that it goes and I've got that feeling again now.
comment by Robbelu Lukaku 🇦🇺🇪🇸 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
Genius
I remember us being very unlucky in 2002 againsy Leverkusen
In the second leg Forlan missed a huge chance to win it. If I remember correctly SAF was slated for going with just one up top that night
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See I remember it as Leverkusen being comfortably dominant,with and without the ball,in the away game.
Yes we had that one moment with Forlan,who he himself took a while to get going when he signed on in January,off the line but overal Leverkusen over the two games were the stronger team.Emphasis on the word : team.
2 stick out, CL 08 final defo, fancied us to win it as we'd been so close in previous years, just didn't happen and thought 2009 would be revenge before Overbo.
Dunno how we ended up trophyless in 08 came 2nd in like everything yet played so well under Grant surprisingly
Funnily enough imagine we all won the CL in the one year we didn't expect to win it in a million years
Chelsea deserved to win Champions League in 2004-2005 season and 2008-2009 season but were knocked out in the semis v Liverpool and Barcelona respectively in extremely controversial circumstances.
1999/00 (winning the Champions League)
Was 9 y/o at the time, only really started my fandom for Chelsea a couple of years before. Was something about the magic of watching United win it how they did the previous year + how well we'd been coming on as a team between 96-99, I was just convinced (like the naive child I was) that we'd win it.
We score three goals in 10 minutes against Barcelona in the Q/F and I'm like 'oh this is just destined to happen', and then Barcelona completely destroy us in the Nou Camp. The night I lost my football innocence
2006 Champions League.
Beating Madrid and Juventus over 2 legs, semi-final heroics from Lehmann with a makeshift defence throughout and then going 1-0 up in the final I thought everything had lined up perfectly for us.
Then the final 15 minutes happened
Ronaldinho claimed that Barcelona deliberately scored no more goals in that game so that Belletti could say he scored the winner
I feel your pain Cech mate.
comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 1 day, 14 hours ago
Chelsea deserved to win Champions League in 2004-2005 season and 2008-2009 season but were knocked out in the semis v Liverpool and Barcelona respectively in extremely controversial circumstances.
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Never forget gudjohnsen blasting over the bar clean through on goal in the last few minutes at anfield. Carragher says it was a miracle they won that night, was the much better team. But it was their destiny that year.
Has to be the 2001 FA Cup Final Ars v Pool. Absolutely dominated them only to lose to 2 Owen breakaway goals in final few minutes.
We robbed Utd though in 2005 Final so swings n roundabouts
I know Nick but on paper,Chelsea team in 2004-2005 season was fully capable of winning Champions League that season.
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 2 days, 11 hours ago
Ronaldinho claimed that Barcelona deliberately scored no more goals in that game so that Belletti could say he scored the winner
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Don't mean to be pedantic but providing Arsenal didn't score a late consolation even later, Belleti's goal would be the winner even if Barca scored another 10.
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posted on 20/3/18
Herbie oh how things have changed (atleast until conte got involved) drogba come back!
Yeah I was at all those games you mentioned mate, sickening, just sickening. Only salvation I take from that is our record through the 00s against you, and that even your record against us was outshadowed by ours against spurs.
1990 was the last time they beat us at home. It's got to the point where it's the most nervous I get about a home game, 28 years!
posted on 20/3/18
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
posted on 20/3/18
comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
posted on 20/3/18
- 2006 CL final vs Barca. The sending off was a killer.
- 1999 FA cup semi final. Once the penalty was given, I thought the trophy will be ours. But of all the people, never ever thought DB10 will miss it.
- 2015 -16. After Welbeck scored the winner in the dying minutes vs Leicester and the whole Emirates started to rock, I thought maybe, just maybe this was our year. NOPE!
posted on 20/3/18
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
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no chance. Inter just outplayed us.
posted on 20/3/18
Although it's was easier to get over Inter because we were too early in to think about winning it plus getting eliminated probably aided our title bid (remember when we played at OT with United lethargic from a CL game?)
posted on 20/3/18
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 15 seconds ago
comment by ------- (U21614)
posted 6 minutes ago
I was also convinced 2009 was our time in the CL, as i alluded to in my article the other week Hiddink was getting literally everything right at the time and i think that plus the sheer motivation to avenge Moscow would have seen us over the line in Rome.
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That semi was scandalous. Even people who don't normally like Chelsea were absolutely disgusted with what that referee did (or didn't do) that night.
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Inter the following year was just as bad.
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no chance. Inter just outplayed us.
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They outplayed us but we had serious decisions wrongly go against us.
Walter Samuel took down Kalou as the last man, assuming we scored that penalty we would have been 1-1 away from home with 45 minutes vs ten men. Samuel then went on to produce one of the best defensive performances i have ever seen in the return leg, a game he should have been suspended from playing.
Then at The Bridge we had three (i think) clear penalties turned down ( i remember Lucio's manhandling Drogba like it was yesterday), all of which (if converted) would have seen us take the lead in the tie.
posted on 20/3/18
I do remember the samuel one, but the barca game is the worst refereeing performance i've ever seen.
posted on 20/3/18
Inter was bad, but I felt that Ancellotti was actually out-manoeuvred by Mourinho tactically, whereas the Barcelona game was just bent IMO.
Perm any one from 4 penalties and it probably would have been enough.
posted on 20/3/18
MANCHESTEER UNITED 2001-02.
We were once again crowned champions in the earlier campaign. Cruising to the PL title at a cantor. But once again the season was largely defined by another disappointing showing in the later stages of the CL by getting knocked out ,over 2 legs ,against German powerhouse Bayern Munich. I remember the response after the defeat quite vividly. And no more was the disappointing defeat underlined by the apparent anger from our great captain Roy Keane who, in his blunt assertive tone, bolted out the opinion that ’ we just aren’t good enough at this level’ . Very few would argue, not least BBC’s 5live commentator Alan Green who clearly took great enjoyment in announcing our poor showing in the tournament. Suggesting the club was even in ‘decline’ and couldn’t compete ‘technically’ at this level.
For a team that had once again sown up the PL title being deemed ‘not good enough’ may on the face of it seem abit over the top in critiscm, but there was a underlining sense, especially from Ferguson, that the club were indeed lacking a technical advantage against the major clubs once the later stages of the CL came about.
So in the summer of 2001 United/Ferguson set about in trying to change up United’s offensive, a offence that was renowned throughout, not only in Europe, but the world. The outstanding solid base of Beckham, Keane, Scholes and (when fit) Giggs was the envy of most of the clubs in the world. Yet for all their blatant talent their was a sense of a creative genius lacking. For all of the talent the 4 midfield men had there was a glowing sense of predictability in them, and the major clubs were getting wind of that.
So Ferguson, in what was deemed as his last year at the club, went out to rectify our possible predictability and brought in Juan Sebastian Veron for the creative spark , and had in not been due to a unfortunate injury earlier in 2000 where United and PSV came to a agreement, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and alongside the two attacking players , and due to Ferguson’s questionable views regarding Jaap Stam, United brought in veteran French defender Laurent Blanc as Stam‘s replacement.
This was my first season as a United fan where I witnessed the strength of the club’s financial power. Beforehand there was very little need to improve upon. Though fans were questioning United’s transfer dealing after the treble. A sense that United needed to continue to make bold moves in the transfer window. But with a the team/squad such as theirs ,for the time being, how could you improve upon it ?
So 2001 kicked off and I was full of optimism, especially in Europe.
As the campaign wore on the evident issues in the balance of the side were becoming apperant.
Veron wasn’t settling into the hustle and bustle of the (English) premier league. Blanc getting pulled left, right and centre at the back. Scholes ,now having been pushed up top to support RVN due to the record signing of Veron, was clearly looking out of sorts. Keane starting to decline in his mobility ,all summed up by the continuing question marks placed on the bald shiny scalp of Barthez in goal, who seemed to be making howler after howler.
Though the season wasn’t without some joy for some players. Beckham was arguably having his finest season for United after the treble campaign.
Ruud took to the league like a duck to water.
And Solskjaer importance to the team was becoming more and more apparent, with most suggesting he really should have been a consistent first team starter.
Concerning the team/squad as a whole though, for all of our inconsistencies in the league I was thoroughly convinced that in Europe ,again, we finally had ‘the right stuff’. And we almost did.
We progressed from the second group (yes, this was the time when the CL had two groups) top alongside Bayern Munich and we also produced 2 fantastic balanced displays against Deportivo in the quarters, who earlier in the first group beat us twice in two exciting end-to-end games.
There was only one team in Europe who I thought could have our number,though and that was Real Madrid and even they were to be got at defensively, plus Zidane was seemingly taking just as long as Veron in adapting to his new Spanish climate.
Unfortunately we never got the tie I was dreaming with against Madrid. In the semi’s we were drawn against a confident and dominant Bayern Leverkusen, with a young Michael Ballack starting to earn his stars.
A disappointing defensive showing again at Old Trafford in the first tie, which ended 2-2, gave us a lot of work to do in the second tie away in Germany and it evidently became the case, even with Keane’s opener. United whittled under the constant flow of Leverkusen’s powerful attacks, with the nifty Oliver Neuville continuing to be a thorn. The match ended one apiece, though Leverkusen could and should’ve added more on the scoresheet and it was another disappointing performance yet again from United in a big European game.
Leverkusen ,having gone through, in the end were comfortably beaten by a Madrid side that finally found their mojo.
With regards to us, questions again were put at the feet of the players and management.
Ferguson, not one to go out on a whimper, signed onto manage United for another few years in the hope to finally haul back the CL crown for a 2nd time in his managerial reign and he did, though he had to go through just as many disappoints as he had done after the famous treble campaign, in 2008.
posted on 20/3/18
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 11 minutes ago
Herbie oh how things have changed (atleast until conte got involved)drogba come back!
Yeah I was at all those games you mentioned mate, sickening, just sickening. Only salvation I take from that is our record through the 00s against you, and that even your record against us was outshadowed by ours against spurs.
1990 was the last time they beat us at home. It's got to the point where it's the most nervous I get about a home game, 28 years!
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Yeah, Drogba. Just writing the name is still enough to give Gooners nightmares.
That record against Spurs is ridiculous. Wasn’t it 17 years before they beat you anywhere? (That 2-1 defeat at the lane when Makalele got his one and onkynopen play goal for you guys). I’ve akways found hoodoos like that comical and no less so the one you’ve had over spurs. I imagine you’re not exactly looking forward to this season’s meeting at the bridge given the relative form!
posted on 20/3/18
Genius
I remember us being very unlucky in 2002 againsy Leverkusen
In the second leg Forlan missed a huge chance to win it. If I remember correctly SAF was slated for going with just one up top that night
posted on 20/3/18
The record against Spurs was ridiculous at the time. In the league it was a 19 year unbeaten run at the Lane and as Nick says it's currently standing at 28 at the Bridge.
Every year I think that this'll be the year that it goes and I've got that feeling again now.
posted on 20/3/18
comment by Robbelu Lukaku 🇦🇺🇪🇸 (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
Genius
I remember us being very unlucky in 2002 againsy Leverkusen
In the second leg Forlan missed a huge chance to win it. If I remember correctly SAF was slated for going with just one up top that night
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See I remember it as Leverkusen being comfortably dominant,with and without the ball,in the away game.
Yes we had that one moment with Forlan,who he himself took a while to get going when he signed on in January,off the line but overal Leverkusen over the two games were the stronger team.Emphasis on the word : team.
posted on 20/3/18
2 stick out, CL 08 final defo, fancied us to win it as we'd been so close in previous years, just didn't happen and thought 2009 would be revenge before Overbo.
Dunno how we ended up trophyless in 08 came 2nd in like everything yet played so well under Grant surprisingly
Funnily enough imagine we all won the CL in the one year we didn't expect to win it in a million years
posted on 20/3/18
Chelsea deserved to win Champions League in 2004-2005 season and 2008-2009 season but were knocked out in the semis v Liverpool and Barcelona respectively in extremely controversial circumstances.
posted on 20/3/18
1999/00 (winning the Champions League)
Was 9 y/o at the time, only really started my fandom for Chelsea a couple of years before. Was something about the magic of watching United win it how they did the previous year + how well we'd been coming on as a team between 96-99, I was just convinced (like the naive child I was) that we'd win it.
We score three goals in 10 minutes against Barcelona in the Q/F and I'm like 'oh this is just destined to happen', and then Barcelona completely destroy us in the Nou Camp. The night I lost my football innocence
posted on 21/3/18
2006 Champions League.
Beating Madrid and Juventus over 2 legs, semi-final heroics from Lehmann with a makeshift defence throughout and then going 1-0 up in the final I thought everything had lined up perfectly for us.
Then the final 15 minutes happened
posted on 21/3/18
Ronaldinho claimed that Barcelona deliberately scored no more goals in that game so that Belletti could say he scored the winner
posted on 21/3/18
I feel your pain Cech mate.
posted on 22/3/18
comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 1 day, 14 hours ago
Chelsea deserved to win Champions League in 2004-2005 season and 2008-2009 season but were knocked out in the semis v Liverpool and Barcelona respectively in extremely controversial circumstances.
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Never forget gudjohnsen blasting over the bar clean through on goal in the last few minutes at anfield. Carragher says it was a miracle they won that night, was the much better team. But it was their destiny that year.
posted on 22/3/18
Has to be the 2001 FA Cup Final Ars v Pool. Absolutely dominated them only to lose to 2 Owen breakaway goals in final few minutes.
We robbed Utd though in 2005 Final so swings n roundabouts
posted on 23/3/18
I know Nick but on paper,Chelsea team in 2004-2005 season was fully capable of winning Champions League that season.
posted on 24/3/18
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 2 days, 11 hours ago
Ronaldinho claimed that Barcelona deliberately scored no more goals in that game so that Belletti could say he scored the winner
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Don't mean to be pedantic but providing Arsenal didn't score a late consolation even later, Belleti's goal would be the winner even if Barca scored another 10.
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