In the early morning of October 8, John. Terry announced to the public on his own ins to hang up his boots. This ended his 23-year career as a professional player. During his long sporting career, Terry has contributed all his strength to Chelsea, except for being loaned to Nottingham Forest for half a season and joining Villa in the final season.
The central axis of the Blues, composed of Terry, Lampard and Drogba, is the common Premier League memory of the post-80s and post-90s generations.
In 2004, Desailly retired and Mourinho joined Chelsea, promoting Terry to captain. Since then, Terry has been thoroughly shaped into the defensive core and has become a symbol of Stamford Bridge. In the days that followed, Terry lifted 1 Champions League, 1 Europa League, 1 European Super Cup, 5 Premier League, 4 FA Cups, 3 League Cups and 2 Community Shield titles as captain.
Among them, the most gold-rich and legendary is the Champions League winner in the 2011-2012 season. With early fall in the Premier League and repeated changes of coaches, Terry led Chelsea to the Champions League final, and in the absence of anyone's favor, he withstood the opponent Bayern's 120-minute onslaught and killed the opponent in a penalty shootout. Although Terry did not play in the final due to suspension, his fighting spirit and will always inspired his teammates.
So, where are the old boys who were in the Champions League finals now? With the footage of Terry retiring, we turn our eyes to them.
【Goalkeeper - Peter Cech】
He played for Chelsea until the summer of 15 years, when Cech had to find another way to make a living thanks to the addition of the anti-bone boy Thibaut Courtois.
The owner Abu took great care of selling him to Arsenal for a low price of 15 million. In the three years since, Cech has become Arsenal's natural choice for many years of faltering goalkeeper positions, until this year's National Day, the 36-year-old Czech Republic international still firmly occupies the starting position, pressing the team's high-priced German international Leno on the bench, if it were not for the hamstring injury, Leno's days of watching the water may be longer.
Modern football is increasingly demanding on the range of movement and foot technology of the goalkeeper, and the slightly retro Petr Cech may no longer be able to follow the trend, but his experience and goal line skills are still indispensable.
[Left-back - Ashley Cole]
In the summer of 2014, Chelsea bought Brazilian Felipe from Atletico to replace Ashley, who had declined in form that year. Cole. Cole traveled to Rome and became a member of the Red Wolf Legion. The good times were short-lived, and at Roma, he also had few chances to play, and after two seasons on the bench, Cole decided to try his luck in the United States.
In the three seasons of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Cole has demonstrated a higher level of competition and become the main force of the game, even at the age of 37, he has almost started in the game, and contributed 7 assists last season.
If you ask Arsenal fans, what was their worst deal? They will surely grit their teeth and tell you that Wenger was unwilling to satisfy Cole's salary and actually exchanged him for Gala. The former moved to Chelsea and became one of the best left-backs in the world, while the latter became the most quarrelsome player in arsenal's dressing room. Chelsea lost Cole and did not have a dominant left-back until Alonso played a full-time left-back this season.
This is not something I made up, it was said by the second son of an Arsenal fan
[Centre-back – David. Ruiz & Gary. Cahill]
The two played their remaining heat at Chelsea.
The difference is that Gary. Cahill never left and remained the first choice in Chelsea's defence until sarri came in this season and began to sit on the bench; david. Ruiz was sold to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 14 years, and was bought by Chelsea at a discount in the summer of 16 years to enter the palace, his trajectory is also completely opposite to Cahill, the Brazilian whose state, mood, injury, IQ are not stable, often because of some atypical reasons are put on the bench, so that later we even have difficulty judging whether he is injured, heart injured or brain traumatized.
Cahill has been unhappy lately, and Ruiz is often brainless
After Sarri came to the team this season, Cahill was put on the bench because of his poor athleticism and ability to play the ball, and he also came out a while ago to express the ambition of the old Ji Futuo; while Ruiz, who was on the right side of the ball, was quite important, and his ability to hold the ball to advance, grab and pass forward was an indispensable component of Sarri's high-handed running football.
[Right-back – Jose. Bosingwa]
The benevolent brother, who only has one eyebrow, once killed four sides in his first season with Chelsea, but after being seriously injured, he was in no form. The 11-12 season was his final season at Chelsea and the Champions League final was his debut at the Bridge.
I'm not wrong about the number of eyebrows...
In the second season of the Champions League, Bosingwa turned to qpr, and the harvest was also a big fool x.
Queens Park Rangers, who bought a pile of hawky excrement, were relegated in a cacophony of squabbles, and the spat-outs between Bohinva and coach Redknapp were The last images That Bohingwa left for the Premier League.
A picture flow proves that Bosingwa is not only powerful in mouth cannons, but also has a look like a Portuguese stream Foshan shadowless foot.
[Midfielder – Frank. Lampard]
In the Champions League final, he replaced Terry as the captain of the team.
In the summer of 2014, Lampard left Chelsea, who had been playing for 13 years, and crossed the Atlantic to join New York FC. Just when everyone thought Lampard was starting his retirement career, a shocking news came: Manchester City boss Chief Mansour is also the majority shareholder of New York FC, Lampard was left-handed and right-handed in the same summer - loaned to Manchester City, which means that he has to wear another blue shirt against Chelsea.
On September 23, Lampard, who had only been away from the Blue Bridge for more than 2 months, told his old colleagues with a goal that he was still alive.
After 1 season, Lampard finally returned to New York FC to play officially for the team until February 2017, when he officially hung up his boots.
The Lantern has just become the manager of Championship side Derby County this summer, which is currently 8th in the Championship and is just one point away from the promotion zone. It is worth mentioning that on September 26, the third round of the League Cup, Lampard led Derby County to eliminate manchester United from his former mentor Jose Mourinho on penalties. A new England coach looks like he's on the rise.
[Midfielder — John. Obi. Mikel]
The gifted Nigerian was Abu who snatched food from mann. Originally a front-waist, he was transformed into a black and hard midfielder according to his appearance.
Mikel drying black feet
In the 11-12 season, he has been reduced to a rotational player. In the final, Mellers could not play, and in order to ensure the hardness of the midfield, he received a starting qualification.
In the seasons that followed, his position at Chelsea declined. In the first half of the 16-17 season, due to state and injury, the number of appearances in the Premier League was 0. During the winter break, he came to Tianjin TEDA to pan for gold, and is still the team's thigh.
[Midfielder – Juan. Mata]
A young man who likes to write weekly notes and has an Iberian literary temperament.
Because of his poor physical confrontation, mourinho sold to himself three years later in the winter of 2014. In the first few years of Manchester United, Mata dominated the main force and maintained a stable efficiency of 10 Premier League assists + goals >. When Mourinho came to Manchester United, his status, role and efficiency were reduced. However, United urgently need players who run diligently to solve the weakness of the squad with more than enough confrontation and insufficient running, so Uncle Mata still has a place. In the match against Newcastle, Juan Mata contributed a wonderful direct free-kick to save Mourinho from fire and water.
Knock on the blackboard: Mata used his influence to launch a charity project called the "Common Project": he called on successful people in football to donate 1% of their salaries to sponsor disabled children who aspire to play football. So far, many stars, including Schmeichel Jr., Chiellini, Shinji Kagawa and other stars, have participated in the project, and UEFA president Ceferin has also joined them. Let's applaud Uncle Mata.
[Left and right wing forwards – Kallu & Bertrand]
As Drogba's Ivorian hometown, Kalu became famous much younger – at the age of 21 he was purchased by Chelsea from Feyenoord.
While he had a good start at Chelsea, overall he wasn't all that indispensable. It wasn't until the 10-11 season that he played 10 goals and 4 assists in the Premier League, most of which were icing on the cake... His overly direct style of play cost him completely out of place in the 11-12 season, and in that Champions League final, he focused more on defense as a winger.
After that, he left Ligue 1 and returned to the furnace in Lille. After two consecutive seasons of outstanding performances, he moved to Hertha Berlin, where he is now the elder of the Bundesliga team and remains an indispensable main force this season.
Bertrand, on the other hand, made a splash in the Champions League. With few appearances in the league, he was used by Di Matteo as a surprise soldier to limit Robben on the left side. His and Cole's bilateral defender configuration has allowed Bayern's attack on the right to not take much advantage.
Bertrand has since been thoroughly qualified as a full-back and is now the first choice for left-back in Southampton and can occasionally be selected for the national team.
[Center - Didier. Drogba]
After winning a Grand Slam, Drogba was run by Shanghai football sinner Zhu Jun in the summer of 12 years, briefly joined Shenhua, and finally left in a hurry half a year later to join Galatasaray because of unpaid wages. In his 1 and a half years in Istanbul, he was still able to guarantee good efficiency of 1 goal in 2 games.
Flicker, then flicker...
In the following 14-15 season, Drogba joined Chelsea for the second time under the call of his mentor Jose Mourinho, and once again won the Premier League title, achieving a good story. After helping the old masters win the title, Drogba embarked on a gold rush in the United States, and he was able to maintain an efficient goal score, whether it was in Montreal or the rebirth of the phoenix in the second level. The 40-year-old doesn't seem to want to return to Africa for the time being.
Drogba left a message for the retired Terry on the Instagram, to the effect of blessing and asking him when he would pay it back. It seems that it is also necessary for everyone to make a small black account, and wait until the person who owes money retires to find him to settle the account
【Others and Epilogues】
That year, Chelsea shone in despair, relying on more than just the above main team. Among the substitutes, Maruda, who was later sent to the reserve team, Torres, who was nicknamed the Iron Guard, and Meireles, a fancy man who rubbed off the Champions League, including Ramirez, Essien and Ivan, are all worth remembering for a while, but due to space limitations, they will not be expanded.
Terry's retirement has taken away the memories of a generation of predatory blues, compared to Sarri's beautiful football now, Chelsea can be said to be a rebirth, but it always makes people feel that something is missing.
Perhaps, this is the plot.