Chapter 750: Past Life and This Life

Chelsea, also known as the Blue Lions, was founded on 14 March 1905 and is based at Stamford Bridge near the River Thames in the Hammersmith Fulham borough of London. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

The origin of this team is also quite legendary, it is said that a local tycoon took a fancy to the football market in London, so he funded the establishment of Stamford Bridge, but after the stadium was built, he did not know how to lease the stadium to other teams, Fulham and Tottenham successively rejected his request, in desperation he had a sudden inspiration, based on this stadium to build a team, this is the origin of Chelsea.

In the establishment of the team, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur, who refused enough of them, gave huge and selfless help, which also led to the fact that in the subsequent games, Chelsea never regarded these two teams as derby rivals, and in any case they did not promote the game against these two teams as a derby.

It wasn't until the thirties that Chelsea had their first booming period, but Arsenal were so strong at the time that it was difficult for Chelsea to emerge from the shadow of their rivals, and then they were in danger of relegation, but at this time the Second World War began.

London was almost reduced to rubble after the end of the Second World War, but miraculously Stamford Bridge was unharmed, and after a period of lying on the back burner, Chelsea enjoyed a second boom when they won their first league title.

In the seventies they became Europe's feared cup superteam and won the European Cup Winners' Cup, but then they quickly fell into the slump again and were on the verge of collapse for a long time, but it was only with the acquisition of the team by Bates that the Blues finally settled their ground, but since then they have also become a cautious and calculating team, and this change has also transformed Chelsea from a Premier League quasi-powerhouse into a mediocre team, and they have not produced any impressive results for a long time。

It wasn't until the 90s that Chelsea ushered in a third boom after a series of operations, and this time it was also Chelsea who finally really entered the ranks of the Premier League's powerhouses, and over the years they recruited a large number of foreign big-name players, such as Vialli, Di Matteo, Leboeuf and others, and then Zola, the small Italian who was later voted the best player in Chelsea history by Blues fans.

It was the arrival of a number of big-name players that boosted Chelsea's prestige and the team's results. With the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup on the horizon, Chelsea began to become a major force in England. After Ruud Gullitt and Maker Vialli became head coach, the pace of internationalisation of the Blues' squad continued to move forward, with their first Champions League qualification in a period under which Bates' painstaking management finally brought Chelsea back to the top of the list.

However, the successive purchases of big names also led to problems in the team's management, and in the 21st century, Chelsea fell into a slump again, but this time it was not results but debts, and huge debts even brought them to the brink of bankruptcy, and it was at this time that Abu appeared.

When this man came out, it meant that European football was about to shake up like never before, and since then all clubs in Europe have felt the power of money, and Chelsea have been on the road to becoming the best in Europe.

Mourinho, the madman in his second year in charge, took up the whip of Chelsea, and then Chelsea was like a rocket that had been ignited, and the speed of its rise surprised the world.

Chelsea, who are majestic in the UK, did not achieve good results in the European arena, which eventually led to the breakup of Abu and Mourinho, and such a successful precedent also gave many people confidence, so more super-rich entered the football world and made it a place for them to fight for wealth, so Chelsea did not have the original crazy momentum even in the league.

Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotivan are all famous figures in the Chelsea dugout, some of them performed well and were a little worse in the end, but they did not get the big ears cup that Abou wanted most, which also made Chelsea's pace of changing managers non-stop.

Before the start of this season, Chelsea officials announced the signing of Porto manager and former Chelsea scout Villas-Boas, who had a good performance last season, and was known as a bird because of his relationship with Mourinho.

Unfortunately, the high defensive pitch championed by Porto's imposing Villas-Boas did not suit the fitness and tactical adaptation of the team's veterans, who had not kept consecutive clean sheets in the league until December after losing 1-3 at home to Manchester United and Arsenal at home to Manchester United and Arsenal respectively. And in the Champions League group stage, there was no away win, and in the last round of the home game, Drogba scored twice and defeated Valencia 3-0 to ensure the group qualification.

However, the good times were short-lived, shortly after the Christmas Devils suffered an unexpected three-game draw, in the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, several veterans who tried to start a palace change sat on the bench, and Chelsea finally lost 3-1 to Napoli.

So on 4 March 2012, Chelsea officially announced that they would split up with manager Villas-Boas, and the birdies finally left after eight months at the Bridge. Chelsea assistant coach Robert Di Matteo has been appointed as Chelsea head coach on an interim basis.

At this time, the difference between Chelsea City's fifth league ranking and the first-ranked Manchester City is 20 points, and the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals under the command of Chelsea Di Matteo, who has a back-to-back fight, burst out with great energy, and completed a shocking reversal through a 120-minute battle, defeating Napoli 4-1, and successfully turning the tables into the Champions League quarterfinals, and Di Matteo also established his position in one fell swoop with this battle.

Then Chelsea in the FA Cup and the Champions League, Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals defeated Benfica, and finally entered the Champions League semi-finals again, and this time they faced Schalke with Fantasy, and this time the original world-class star Di Matteo also expressed his respect for Schalke early, he even praised Fantasy in an interview, and said with certainty that it would be difficult for him to beat such a team.