Like thousands of you, we are looking forward to Saturday, 19 May 2012 when we face Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League Finals.
Its the holy grail for us, its what we grave most as supporters, players and management. Hell, it is what we want, what we demand and have to win now after we certainly will not be in the top four of the English Premier League for the first time after 8 years.
As you all know in football nothing is a fait accompli and we will have to play the same game against a resilient opponent as we so masterfully did against the defending champions Barcelona. No-one is again giving us a chance, no-one is thinking that we can pull it off. They do not know this team the way we do and have come to love. Hell, this is Chelsea FC, our team, our hero’s, our galant and courageous players. One team, one supporters, one management.
Yes, we face a Bayern team without several key players like Terry, Ivanovic, Mereiles and Ramires due to suspensions. We could also be without Cahill and David Luiz through injury, but the latest reports from Cobham suggests that the latter two should be ready do battle next week Saturday.
Our final game against Blackburn should be used as a training match to get some combinations going and to get players puttin gup their hand to play in the final.
We salute our hero’s for playing the last 17 games since Di Matteo took over in 53 days. It has been a monumental ask for them, we have lost only 3 games in this period and drawn 4 and winning 10 games in all competitions. What an achievement after our disastrous start to the season. Ha la la Di Matteo, our main man along with his back room staff. They deserve as much credit to the way we have clawed our way back into contention for fourth spot and appearing in two finals. One of these have already been won, the FA CUP. Another awaits us, the Champions League Cup.
Is it our year to win the Champions League? Time will tell. Where were you when we won this title - will some of us ask you over the next few years. We would definitely retort back saying we were right here watching and celebrating our victory, sweet victory.
Send us your photographs of your night out on Saturday, 19 May 2012, and tell us where you are watching the finals.
We have to believe our team will win this. We have endured that miserable evening in 2008 in Russia and we shall overcome this brilliant German team. We have to.
Keep the Faith.
