Chelsea FC - So Near, So Far gold

Chelsea FC - So Near, So Far gold

Five of the Champions League semifinals in the last six years. As Chelsea, this is the new director, Carlo Ancelotti, said in her first interview, which is a wonderful implementation. However, it is apparently not quite good enough. The fact that these five have a miserable semifinal appearance should be a source of incredible frustration for billionaire owner of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich, the club and fans - even if some of them might.

The reason that long-standing Chelsea fans perhaps a little philosophical about "only" reached the finals in five attempts is that many of them are probably even more difficult to become accustomed to a challenge for all the honor. Until 1997, when Chelsea won the FA Cup, the club won nothing, for 26 years - unless the admission of the former second title. Chelsea's wealth in the 1980s, after the takeover by Ken Bates for the sum of £ 1, fell, as they are in the vicinity of English football the third level.

But what he found in the last decade of the century. Even before the arrival of Abramovich in 2003, restoration began. The operators of the genealogy of Glenn Hoddle, Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli and Claudio Ranieri all helped the club to one of the leading ensembles in England and the FA Cup win was in 1997 and 2000 and the UEFA Cup Cup winner 1998. Chelsea have been ground time of circuit breakers in many ways - from their continent and their managers overseas players in particular - as the first club, the area with a team without a single player from the United Kingdom or Ireland in a template against Southampton the 1999th

And if the Russian oil magnate, in the Champions League winner José Mourinho support the team in 2004, almost everyone believes that "special", a task force.

And it has emerged. The Premier League to win, so the FA Cup once and the League Cup (twice). March 2004, the team has a new record to start 86 games in which they remained unbeaten in their area of Stamford Bridge.

With some of the best players from England - John Terry, Frank Lampard, Ashley and Joe Cole - and with a little tension imports - Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack and Nicolas Anelka - and the world has been waiting for Saturday trophies on. And especially for the "Holy Grail" Abramovich wants so that UEFA Champions League.

And yet, in the last two seasons, Chelsea have flattered to deceive - and their followers as frustrated. There are occasions where they are so powerful that it also has the strongest opponent, almost intimidating because of their physical and mental template superiority. But it seems, has a serious flaw in the club of make-up, no longer with them this last breakthrough.

Some have said that there are some players from overseas are not sufficiently engaged, but they have their passion and commitment after the loss of the controversy in Barcelona in 2009, these players have been criticized for the lack of sportsmanship.

Some leaders accused each other they are not in a position to the "big" players - as if there was never a problem for someone like Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Some have even blamed Abramovich or losing patience with Mourinho too early in the year 2007 seems a part of his enthusiasm for the club a long time.

But now, not been successful from the admirable Guus Hiddink to stay with the club after the rejuvenation of the team in his short stay in, Chelsea has someone with the Champions League trophy twice as a player and two as a manager. While Stamford Bridge - a marvel of air pollution in your football field in comparison to other more "soul-less" to the stadiums - are in a position to something that the most optimistic fans would have thought possible twenty years ago, a team can win the Champions League.

When Carlo Ancelotti can not be the trophy, on earth, where, after the next step?

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