๐จ๐ฃHakimi: "After eliminating Chelsea in the round of 16 of the Champions League, our manager (Luis Enrique) told us in the dressing room that we were the favourites to win the competition, because we had just knocked out one of best team in the competition and the same team that beat us in the Club World Cup final".
"The win against Chelsea boosted our hope and belief that we could win the Champions League for the second time in a row. Another big motivation was when the final was set against Arsenal โ we started seeing so many football fans begging us to win the trophy no matter what. And yeah, we did it. Football is safe for now, according to what fans are saying online. Haha."
On this day in 2001, Chelsea signed Frank Lampard for ยฃ11m from West Ham.
๐ 648 Games
โฝ 211 Goals
๐ ฐ๏ธ 150 Assists
๐๐๐ Premier League
๐๐๐๐ FA Cup
๐๐ League Cup
๐ Champions League
๐ Europa League
The greatest Chelsea player and all time top scorer.
Rival fans: "Chelsea won't be playing in Europe next season."
Chelsea fans: "And?"
We've already won the Champions League, Europa League, conference league, Super Cup, Cup Winners' Cup,Club World Cup,we've completed Europe.
At this point, FIFA and UEFA need to invent a new trophy because we've already collected the available ones.๐๐
Some clubs are still chasing European history thatโs running away from them.While weโre busy looking for the next level.
The most shameless thing to do is to try and banter Chelsea with ball possession % against Barcelona in 2012 UCL S/F game.
Are you sure you've really been watching football before 2012 or you just went to pick the stats to use as banter material?
That Barcelona's team was the greatest at that time in the world with players like Lionel Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Dani Alves, etc.
It was in their home with John Terry picking up a Red Card โฆ๏ธ against Alexis Sanchez in the 37 minutes.
They went on to lead Chelsea with 2 goals but a baby fan like you wouldn't know the legendary stuff Lampard, Mikel Obi, Ramires, Juan Mata, Petr Cech, Fernando Torres and co pulled off to bring the game back to 2-2 and knock Barcelona out.
It was recorded as the greatest comeback in UCL history.
Arsenal have never in their history pulled off such a comeback in UCL.
Dear in UCL, Chelsea is not your faacking mate.
#UCL #PSGASR
๐จInterviewer: What's your biggest final game in your career as a manager?
Luis Enrique: that's a tough question but I will be honest with u, the biggest so far was against Chelsea.
"That game thought me a real lesson that in finals there are no favourites it was a big surprise.
"Against Arsenal it was easy because of the Chelsea game, we just considered ourselves the least favorite.
"Arsenal are good team but Chelsea was more difficult, Chelsea didn't sit back like Arsenal did, they really dominated us from start to finish."