2003,AAH! I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY,MY FIRST EXPERIENCE
WITH ENGLISH FOOTBALL,A PLAYER IN BLUE JERSEY WITH ZOLA WRITTEN ON HIS BACK DRIBBLING
PAST 3 PLAYERS,IT WAS A DELIGHT TO WATCH,THE TEAM IN BLUE WAS CHELSEA AND
PLAYER WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE LIVING LEGEND GIANFRANCO ZOLA.CHELSEA AT THAT
TIME WAS UNDER CLAUDIO RAINERI. AFTER A LONG SEASON WITH MANY UP’S AND DOWNS
CHELSEA MANAGED TO END UP BEING 4TH IN THE TABLE,WHAT FURTHER LIED WAS EUROPEAN FOOTBALL AND A RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION. ROMAN ABHRAMOVICH A RUSSIAN BUSINESS MAGNATE TOOK OVER CHELSEA FC AND
WITH A LARGE BANK BALANCE CHELSEA BECAME ONE OF THE RICHEST CLUB IN THE
WORLD......
ARRIVAL OF THE SPECIAL ONE “JOSE MOURINHO”....AFTER WINNING
BACK TO BACK EUROPA LEAGUE(THEN UEFA CUP) AND CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WITH PORTO JOSE
JOINED CHELSEA.....CHELSEA UNDER JOSE WAS OUTSTANDING.IN HIS 3 YEARS TERM WITH
CHELSEA HE WON TWO BACK TO BACK PREMIER LEAGUE,ONE WITH RECORD 95 POINTS,FA
CUP,LEAGUE CUP AND COMMUNITY SHIELD....WHAT WAS MISSING????? THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!!!!!
CHELSEA WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GOING DOWN TO LIVERPOOL
AND BARCELONA...I STILL REMEMBER THAT GHASTLY GOAL BY LUIS GARCIA IN THE SEMI-FINAL,IT JUST MADE
ME CRY....NONETHELESS LIFE MOVES ON ,SO DID CHELSEA FC....IN 2007 AFTER HAVING
SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE CLUB AUTHORITIES JOSE LEFT CHELSEA TO JOIN
INTER....SCHOLARI,HIDDINK,GRANT,ANCELOTTI,VILLAS BOAS FOLLOWED BUT ALL IN
VAIN...CHELSEA WAS WINNING THE LEAGUE AND THE FA CUP BUT THE CURSE OF THE UCL
WAS STILL ON.....THOUGH ONE TIME CHELSEA
CAME CLOSE IN BREAKING THE JINX, BUT WENT DOWN TO MANCHESTER UTD. ON PENALTIES ON
A VERY COLD NIGHT IN MOSCOW......
ROBERTO DI MATTEO OR “RDM”.... AFTER CHELSEA’S BIZARRE RUN
UNDER VILLAS BOAS,CHELSEA TOOK NO TIME IN SACKING HIM,RDM TOOK OVER AS AN
INTERIM COACH.A FORMER CHELSEA PLAYER ,DI MATTEO FINALLY BROKE THE JINX........MAY
19,2012... YES ,CHELSEA WERE CROWNED AS “THE KINGS OF EUROPE “ FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME....THOUGH FINISHING 6TH THAT SEASON,CHELSEA QUALIFIED FOR THE
UCL AS THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS......DROGBA!!!!!!! THE CHELSEA LEGEND WHO JOINED
CHELSEA UNDER JOSE LEFT THE CLUB AFTER WINNING THE UCL..
AFTER CRASHING OUT OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THE FOLLOWING
SEASON,DESPITE BEING THE DEFENDING
CHAMPIONS SAW ANOTHER MANAGERIAL CHANGE... TO THE DISMAY OF MOST OF THE CHELSEA
FAN RDM WAS SACKED AND AN OLD ENEMY THE FORMER LIVERPOOL MANAGER RAFAEL BENITEZ
WAS APPOINTED AS THE INTERIM COACH.....UNDER BENITEZ CHELSEA WAS JUST ANOTHER
MEDIOCRE SIDE,AFTER A TIGHT RACE CHELSEA MANAGED TO FINISH 3RD IN THE LEAGUE....
ULTIMATE FAREWELL.....RAFA BID GOODBYE TO CHELSEA AFTER
DEFEATING BENFICA IN THE FINALS OF THE UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE.....CHELSEA CREATED
HISTORY BY THEN BY BECOMING THE 3RD TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN
FOOTBALL TO WIN BOTH THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND THE EUROPA LEAGUE AND THE FIRST
TEAM TO HOLD BOTH YHE TITLES SIMULTANEOUSLY......
AFTER RAFA,WHOSE NEXT??? THIS WAS THE QUESTION WHICH NOT
ONLY THE CHELSEA FAN BUT ALMOST EVERY
FOOTBALL FANS WERE ASKING TO EACH OTHER....
TO THE JOY OF ALL THE CHELSEA FAN IT WAS THE SECOND
HOMECOMING OF SPECIAL ONE.UNDER JOSE, THE PUNDITS ARE AGAIN BACKING BLUES
TO RISE AGAIN TO ITS PEAK AND BECOME THE TEAM TO BET ON....
KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING HIGH AND ITS CHELSEA TILL I DIE...
