If You Know Your History

Last update 18/3/07

Seriously where has the days and time gone too!!!

I can't believe that it has been almost a month since I last entered a post. And what an exciting time we as fans of Chelsea Football Club have had!!!

Reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup
Reached the semi-finals of the Champions League
ONLY three points behind the Ure of ManUre

and there is a distinct possibility of THREE, yes THREE meaningful meetings with ManUre in the space of 14 days which could see the Premiership title decided and two major Cup-Finals contested - one at Wembley and one in Athens.

So lets recap and get back up to date.

March 18th I posted goals of our victory of Sheff Utd at the Bridge, then on Monday 19th March we went to Tottenham and won 2-1 with two fantastic strikes by the Shev and SWP.

After International break we played Watford at Vicarage Road and won 1-0 with a last gasp Salomon Kalou goal, then on the following Wednesday we played our first leg at home to Valencia in the Champions League and drew 1-1, then just a few days after, on Saturday at home beat Tottenham AGAIN in the Premiership 1-0 and with ManUre losing later on that afternoon, Chelsea's deficit at the top of the Premiership was cut to just THREE points.

Then Tuesday just gone. Probably Chelsea's finest performance under Jose Mourinho, especially in the second-half saw us defeat a Valencia side 2-1, who hadn't been beaten at home in the Mestalla by an English team for 40 years. (As long as I have been a Chelsea fan).

And that is about it at the moment.

Sunday I am off to Old Trafford for the FA Cup semi-final against Blackburn, but before then I am sure there is lots to write about, especially now we have to play Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final to which the title of this blog is dedicated too!!!

More later

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Should Chelsea overcome Tottenham in next Monday's replay then Blackburn will be our semi-final opponents.

It is highly unlikely that the venues for the semi-finals will be decided before the semi-final replays have been decided.

If you saw the game yesterday as a neutral you must have felt that you were in football heaven - what a game, what a classic - two teams showing the world what English FA Cup football is all about. Who says the FA Cup is dead!!!

As a Tottenham fan, you must be gutted that your team threw away a two goal, but judging the pre-match comments that I had read, you were going to Stamford Bridge in more expectation than hope.

As a Chelsea fan, you are wondering what the hell happened for the Blues to be 3-1 down at half-time. 3 goals conceded in the first half at Stamford Bridge!!! It was a complete nightmare without taking anything away from Tottenham and their fans. All 6,000 + packed into The Shed!!!

But we witnessed it, we saw it and come the half-time whistle - it was a relief to hear it!!!

But credit where credit is due. Jose swung it around and did it his OWN way. A Kalou equaliser four minutes from time gave Chelsea a deserved draw more for their fightback in the second half than for their performance in the first half.

Either The Shev could have won it for Chelsea or Defoe for Tottenham in the very last minutes but the game ended a draw and we all have to go through the emotions all over again on Monday (19th March), for the right to face Blackburn Rovers in the semi-final.

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