The Chelsea has become one of the four semifinalists from Champions League 2020/2021 in a season that has been somewhat turbulent in Stamford Bridge. The results did not accompany the team in the first part of the season, especially in the Premier where he got off the hook for the title fight very early on.
And although the blue team finished the group stage as group winners, they finally decided to dismiss their coach Frank Lampard and took over the team a Thomas Tuchel that had been ceased from PSG.
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The union between the German and the English team is giving good results and they can be even better since a change of manager in the middle of the season is synonymous with success at the London club.
The first to verify it were José Mourinho and Avram Grant. After having won the Champions League with Porto, Mourinho landed at Stamford Bridge in 2004. As of his arrival, Chelsea made a qualitative leap both in the Premier and in Europe and together they lived a successful stage in which the team won two times the Premier, among other titles.
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But everything that goes up comes down. The start of the 2007/2008 season was not as good as in previous years and in September to everyone’s surprise, the Portuguese left his position on the bench by mutual agreement with the club for reasons that were not disclosed. His replacement was Avram Grant who unloaded the position of technical director.
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With the Israeli, Chelsea reached the long-awaited final of the Champions League but lost in the penalty shoot-out against him Manchester United leaving the blue team after the defeat.
History repeated itself in the 2011/2012 season. In June André Villas-Boas signed for Chelsea after winning the Europa League with Porto. But the Portuguese adventure at Stamford Bridge was neither lasting nor successful. In the month of March, after running out of options practically and after having lost the first leg of the round of 16 3-1 against the Naples, the club decides to dispense with the services of Villas-Boas.
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His position was filled by the Italian Roberto Di Matteo who arrived as an interim and ended up leading the club to achieve the greatest success in its history. Chelsea managed to turn the tie against Napoli and would end up becoming European champion after defeating the Bavaria de Munich in the penalty shootout.
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Di Matteo renewed his contract for two years but was fired earlier in the season due to poor results.
This season the script is being repeated and for now Tuchel has already managed to get the team into the semifinals while in the Premier he struggles to get into the top four and qualify for the next edition of the Champions League. Although he may get his ticket if he is a European champion. At the moment the blue team awaits rival, Liverpool O Real Madrid it will be your next obstacle towards the final of the Champions League.
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