Edson-Mario

There is never a time in world football where Chelsea was the Best team in the world. But you see KO competitions? Once you mistakenly let them get to the final and you still view them as the underdogs, they will win. It’s like a spirit that enters some of the players once they step into Stamford bridge. The 2012 UCL vs Bayern in Bayerns own backyard against a stacked Bayern team after beating the best version of Barcelona in history with a Lionel Messi that scored 91 calendar goals, a man down after 37 minutes, 2 goals down and the Chelsea underdog spirit came to life and Ramirez and Fernando Torres (who had been bad all season btw) scored knocking Barcelona out 🥹 Lionel Messi even said "There are players here who hate Chelsea more than Real Madrid. I never thought I would hear myself say that. I also never thought I would see something worse than the Boca and River Plate rivalry or Brazil vs Argentina - but this is. We would rather play Arsenal, Manchester United or anyone else than be on the pitch with Chelsea. It's not so easy for us when we play teams who have a different mindset, like Chelsea… Chelsea got to the UCL final and Petr Cech was so out of the world that night in Munich that he had to be taken to do doping test and missed the entire team celebration. Drogba, Mata an injured David Luiz and even Mikel Obi played their lives depended on it. Then 2021 UCL final against Manchester City, same underdogs with a forward line of 4 seasons 11G/A Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner against 115 charges cheating Manchester City. And Chelsea still won. Then the Club World Cup final. Everyone laughed saying Chelsea will be smashed by sextuple winning PSG 😭 but Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro had other plans. Embarrassing PSG 3-0 and went home like it was nothing. Inspiring club. Never the best but always grinding hard and making it work.