Chapter 1240: Chapter 1240
Capítulo 1240: Chapter 375: More Than Just a Club
Because the UEFA Champions League final is on May 27th.
The English Football Association announced that the FA Cup final originally scheduled for May 30th will be postponed to June 4th, giving Chelsea a week’s rest after the UEFA Champions League.
On May 17th, in the home match against Blackburn, the entire Blackburn team lined up to welcome the early champions, Chelsea.
After receiving applause with his teammates, Huang Kaiwen returned to the bench.
With two finals approaching, Mourinho dared not let Huang Kaiwen play against a team like Blackburn, known for its violence.
Even as early champions, Chelsea did not relax and easily defeated their opponents at home by 2 goals.
A week later, they won 2-3 away against Sunderland, finishing their league and League Cup undefeated.
Because of the venue for the UEFA Champions League final, the other team that also reached the final, Barcelona, was frantically protesting.
They didn’t want to play the UEFA Champions League final in Rome.
Rome has two teams, Roma and Lazio.
This is an unresolved deadly rivalry because they represent two different classes.
But even the extreme fans of Lazio support Huang Kaiwen.
What’s the difference between playing in Rome and at Stamford Bridge?
Because of this issue, Cruyff and Laporta frequently criticized UEFA in the newspapers.
Meanwhile, the entire Chelsea team boarded a flight to Italy again.
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The Chelsea team felt what it means to be treated like honored guests.
Totti even brought the entire Roma team to serve as training partners for Chelsea.
This kind of treatment has never been given to any other team.
UEFA also rejected Barça’s protest, after all, the venue was chosen in advance, not picked on the spot. If Stamford Bridge really hosted the final, wouldn’t Chelsea be allowed to play at home?
It’s not a tournament year, and the UEFA Champions League final is the most attention-grabbing match.
All kinds of football legends came to make appearances.
Chelsea lacks some history, but the UK football scene is quite united now.
Except for Fulham, support for Chelsea is almost unanimous.
The victory in the final also concerns the ranking of European competition points, which has a significant impact on Premier League teams.
Ferguson said in an interview: “I don’t like the idea of Chelsea avenging Manchester United, but Chelsea does have the ability to beat Barcelona. They always keep passing, passing, and passing, finding the opponent’s mistakes, finding gaps, and then sending the ball into the box, but Kevin can do all these things by himself. There’s no need to complicate it.”
Arsenal boss Wenger expressed a similar view, saying: “I had told Henry before that moving to La Liga was competing for second place. Kevin left La Liga, but in the UEFA Champions League he still can’t beat Kevin. Although Kevin’s teammates have changed, Kevin hasn’t lost to Barcelona in the past five years, that’s where my confidence comes from.”
Real Madrid legends like Stefano and Gento also voiced similar opinions.
When Paolo Maldini was asked which team would be the champion during an interview with 7Gold, he unhesitatingly answered Chelsea.
Ibrahimovic, who was on vacation, also gave the same answer.
Before the UEFA Champions League final even began, most of Europe already saw Chelsea as the new champions.
In this atmosphere, the date finally arrived, May 27th, the day of the UEFA Champions League final.
Without leaving his hotel room, Huang Kaiwen looked at his anticipation level, which had reached 100, and decided to draw a prize.
[Ding, received a 24-hour experience card for the 1997-1998 Brazilian Football Championship Round 22 match, Sao Paulo vs. Palmeiras, Denilson de Oliveira Araujo, acquired Kevin Hoefler (King of Street Skating)]