Throwback to when Chelsea won the Champions leage against all odds!(Video)

Tokeo la picha la chelsea win champions league

Sometimes, what is yours and truly meant to be your will somehow find it’s way to the rightful owner,YOU! This was the case in Chelsea’s historic Champions League title winning campaign seven years ago. The Blues wee seemingly done and dusted when they lost their round 16 first leg match to Napoli and immediately fired the then manager Andre Villas Boas.

In came Roberto Di Matteo as a caretaker manager and he immediately changed Chelsea’s fortunes. He immediately adopted a defensive approach that would see Chelsea make a remarkable recovery that started with Napoli’s humiliation at Stamford Bridge.

Tokeo la picha la chelsea beat Napoli

What followed next borders a miracle, after making light work of Benfica in the quarter finals, Chelsea would be drawn against Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering Barcelona with the likes of Xavi and Iniesta still at their peak. They would go on to beat the Catalans 1-0 at Stamford Bridge for a famous victory courtesy of the ever reliable Didier Drogba.

In the second leg, trailing 1-0 John Terry inexplicably got himself sent off for an off the ball foul on Alexis Sanchez to make Chelsea already difficult task even more unreachable but they were having none of that. Brazilian midielder Ramires with a delicious chip over Victor Valdes to send Chelsea fans into ecstasy but the drama was not done yet.

Tokeo la picha la chelsea beat barcelona

Barcelona were awarded a penalty in the second half after Drogba fouled Cesc Fabregas and up stepped the Best player in the World Lionel Messi. HE MISSED! Chelsea defended for their and in stoppage time Fernando Torres broke on a one man counter to score and send Chelsea into only their second Champions League final.

The opponents for the final were Bayern Munich and the final was to be played in their home stadium, the Allianz Arena. To retract back to my opening statement, what is yours will always be yours, refer to the following video..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDWgTW87W5I

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