Monday, December 5, 2011

Chelsea!!?

What's going on with my team!? They are barely beating teams and losing to teams that they should be blowing out of the water, giving up leads...I can barely watch them sometimes. I have to say that I think that they are finally turning the season around. We currently sit fourth in the table and our next game is a tough one against Valencia in the Champions League. We should definitely come out on top. I'll still be rooting for the Blues to win it all. Especially since teams like Man Utd and City are having tough times of their own. Updated after Champions League Final in Munich, Germany... Chelsea pulled off the most miraculous upset I have ever seen in football. Didier Drogba came through in spectacular fashion as he pulled a goal back to even up the score after the young Mueller grabbed a goal after some sloppy defending. It came from a corner, which Chelsea haven't been able to convert too many this year. Chelsea did show great spirit in the fight back to get things even again. I think that after Drogba bagged the equalizer the entire team knew that they could win. Then, the heart-attacks began. Drogba brought down Ribery in the penalty area and Arjen Robben stepped up to take the penalty kick. I held my breath for what felt like 5 minutes. Somewhere deep down inside, I knew that he would miss. Cech guessed right, down to his left, and saved the kick. After that only about 10 minutes were left in the game and it went to extra time. No change in score. Then it went to the inevitable spot kicks. Again, deep down inside I knew we would win these kicks. During the short break I chatted with an English patron at the bar I was at. He had it in his mind that ALL English teams that made it to spot kicks would fail miserably and miss all of their kicks. I reasoned with him that it was only the national England squad that would fall victim to that. He figured I was right and I think I gained a follower. The kicks started...to save you the drama of each kick, it came down to the same player that even up the score during regular time. Drogba. With great calm, he dispatched his kick into the lower left corner and put Chelsea in complete control of the Champions League trophy. They became the first team from London to hold the trophy and everybody went hysterical. It was a great time in Chelsea history and I was glad to be apart of it, even though I was only watching. Next year should hold even more excitement.

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