The Club World Cup final came to an end in Abu Dhabi this morning, and with a Havts extra-time penalty shoot-out, Chelsea narrowly defeated South American champions Palmeiras 2-1 and crowned world champions.
This is the first time in Chelsea's history that they have won the Club World Cup, making up for the regrets of 10 years ago. Chelsea also reached the club world cup final in 2012, but lost 1-0 to Corinthians, and now the Blues finally laughed to the end: "We are world champions!" ”
Winning the Club World Cup also means that Chelsea has completed the Grand Slam of the club trophy, whether it is a domestic champion, a European champion, or an intercontinental champion, Chelsea's honor room has everything.
According to the data website Squawka, since boss Romain Abramovich joined Chelsea in 2003, the Chelsea first team has won 21 titles in 19 years, winning titles in all categories in which they have participated.
The winners are --
1 Club World Cup (2021)
5 Premier League titles (2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17)
2 Champions League winners (2011-12, 2020-21)
2 Europa League titles (2012-13, 2018-19)
5 FA Cups (2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2017–18)
3 League Cup winners (2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15)
1 European Super League (2021)
2 Community Shield Champions (2005, 2009)
The Club World Cup title is not the end, and half a month later (28 February), Chelsea and Liverpool will meet in the league cup final of this season, and the Blues will hit the 22nd title trophy of the Abu era.
Under Abu, there are 8 coaches who have written their names into the trophy. Among them, Mourinho has coached the Blues twice, won 8 titles in nearly 6 seasons, and is still the most successful coach of the Blues. Tuchel and Ancelotti each got three, Di Matteo and Conte each had two, and Benitez, Hiddink and Sarri also had one title each.
At the coaching level, the only one who can challenge the status of the Magic Bird at Chelsea is Tuchel. Since taking over Lampard's coaching in the middle of January last year, Tuchel has led the team to win three titles for Chelsea in 382 days, and all of them are foreign champions: Champions League champions, UEFA Super League champions and Club World Cup champions.
Infected with COVID-19 at the beginning of the month, Tuchel narrowly missed the Club World Cup final. "I almost didn't get a chance, and several times I drove to the airport and had to drive home again because my COVID-19 test was still not negative and I wasn't released until the 11th. As a coach you want to be able to stand on the sidelines and direct the game, it's hard to make a decision alone in the office. ”
Tuchel and Abu hugged in the final after the match, and Tuchel said the title was dedicated to the boss. 'We met after the game and he congratulated me and I said: 'It should be me congratulating you, this is your club, it's your dedication and passion that makes this a reality and I'm happy to be a part of it.'" So it's clear that this championship trophy is for him. ”
There is no doubt that Chelsea have achieved trophy grand slams in less than 20 years, and the most important reason is Abu, the Blues have the best boss in the Premier League.
However, when the Russian giants joined Chelsea in the summer of 2003, the most optimistic Blue Lions fans probably did not dare to expect the Blues to win everything.
At that time, in the domestic arena, Chelsea faced traditional families such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, etc., and the international arena was filled with European giants such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Milan Anderson, Juventus.
In the first few years, when Abu brandished a check to collect elite soldiers from all over the world and directly cut off the favorite players of the Red Devil Gunners, the outside world used to call Chelsea an "upstart" and the initiator of the "golden dollar football", and public opinion criticized them a lot.
But in order to gain a foothold in Europe's top circles and catch up with a number of giants, Chelsea can only gradually narrow the gap and eventually become one of them if they continue to invest high capital in the latecomers.
In fact, in addition to signing big stars and coaches, Abu has made many changes to Chelsea. For example, funds were allocated to renovate Chelsea's training facilities and form a sound youth training system. In the past 10 years, Chelsea's strength has not only relied on simple "buying, buying and buying", their youth training has begun to blossom and talents have emerged.
Taking the current Chelsea first team as an example, Young talents such as Mount, Rees James, Hudson, Christensen, Charloba, Cheek and other young talents are all youth training products, and they are their own children who have watched drogba, Terry, Lampard, Cech and other legends play football.
The heartbreak of the rainy night at the Luzhniki Stadium in 2008, the angry roar of the Stamford Bridge massacre in 2009, and the miraculous reversal of Bayern to the top in 2012... The road to success is never easy, just look at Manchester City and Greater Paris. After generations of hard work, Chelsea have crossed the shackles of class solidification and become a member of the top ranks. Now, who else would dare to say they are upstarts?