Was Chelsea winning the 2012 UCL the best Cup run in history?
It was like something out of a fairy tale. Chelsea looked dead and buried in almost every match but somehow pulled something out of the hat each time.
>Chelsea beating Napoli 4-1 in extra time to go through after a 3-1 defeat in the first leg >Chelsea coming from 2-0 down to 2-2 vs Uefalona to go through to the final >John Terry red card >Messi missing a penalty >TORRES >Chelsea defending the whole match vs Bayern only to score in the 88th minute >Robben getting his penalty saved by Cech in extra time >Beating Bayern in their own back yard
All of this with an interim coach.
Elijah Parker
It was magical.
It was also something the rest of the EPL could probably learn from
Austin Torres
Monaco 2004 was absolutely amazing. Two seasons before, the team was fighting against relegation in France. Team was full of good french league players, not even french NT players. Their star striker gets hurt and ruled out for the season. And then…
>8-3 against Depor in group stage >play galactics' Real Madrid in 1/4, lose 4-2 in madrid, still go through >play Makelele's Chelsea in 1/2, who had spent a historical amount of money in transfers that year, still go through (5 goals in 2 games)
Shame they lost in the final. It was the greatest run I ever saw in the CL.
Gabriel Sullivan
Most definitely, especially Brana in the Napoli game. I miss that team. No passion in our squad now.
Jacob Lopez
Bretty gud. Liverpool's was even better I thought, and United in 99 was also up there. English teams tend to do it this way
Goes to show how intangibles/mojo can take you a long way in this sport
Cooper Garcia
Probabaly was mate, in the last 10-15 years anyway
More importantly it gave us some legendary memes
>hopesanddreams.banner >JTCelebrations.jpeg
Asher Walker
>shitty russian billionaire team winning UCL Football died that day
Aiden Green
Barcelona was unstoppable in 2015
Parker Phillips
>Paris without Ibra and Verratti >Buyern without Alaba, Robben, Ribery and a handicapped Lewandowski
Xavier Thomas
United 99 was better imo
>Finish 2nd in a group with Bayern and Barca >Face Inter, Juve then Bayern in the knockouts >Clutch as fuck all the way through >Won two other trophies while doing it
Bearing in mind English football was not taken seriously in the footballing world back then.
Wyatt Thompson
Nothing magical about an oil money club
Ian Rodriguez
Best cup run in history? They're possibly the worst champions in recent memory
Embarrassing
Kevin Ortiz
>Zlatan "10 goals in 40 cl knockout games" Ibrahimovic He's missing every game it seems
Aiden Mitchell
Every club is an oil money club
Caleb Johnson
As far as comeback runs come Liverpool 2005 is the biggest one by far. No-one expected Liverpool to come back from 3 goals behind against the best team of that decade
As far as the best cup run in history 1993-94 Milan in CL was pretty good hammering Barca in the final 4-0
Also >Best cup run to end with a defeat 1992-93 Milan >Only 2 goals conceded throughout the whole competition >one by Romario vs PSV >one in the finale against those doping cunts Marseille by Boli
Easton Taylor
Every club is about money but not every club is owned by russian oligarchs
Evan James
>this flag >this post
Just go to bed you stupid cunt.
Tyler Young
Liverpool just scraped through the group stage, too.
Nolan Edwards
>Bearing in mind English football was not taken seriously in the footballing world back then.
It is now?
Alexander Anderson
Sour grapes.
Adrian Smith
No just plastic
Jack Anderson
Yes. The fairytale of a poor club, led by a humble Russian coal miner, with local London lads like Drogba and Torres leading the way.
Carson Diaz
Amazingly it was even worse than it is now.
Matthew Williams
Blackburn winning the PL in 95 tells you all you need to know really. The level of competition in top flight English domestic football at the time must have been atrocious. Not to mention England didn't qualify for World Cup '94.
Caleb Scott
>It was like something out of a fairy tale With the fairy godmother being a billionaire russian oil baron.
Landon Torres
No one remembers this niglet diving at every chance he got?
Brandon Wilson
>The level of competition in top flight English domestic football at the time must have been atrocious it was about the same as other leagues at the time
Aiden Miller
Yes it was. Pacenogs and intensity is always fearful to other teams, just that your football is shit and still is.
Joshua Roberts
Yes, I'd only compare it to Jose's wacky run in 2010
Levi Wilson
Red star senpai
Ryan Hughes
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Anthony Moore
>Liverpool's was better Disgusting
Aiden Reyes
The mighty Ajax of the season 1994-1995 was great football.
Also the 1995-1996 when they beat MAdrid was their apex as a team
Christian Sullivan
t. spud
Blake Thomas
Chelsea was one of the greatest runs for sure.
All the legends scoring in the Napoli game, Ramires chip, Torres scoring to kill the game, Drogba header, Cech save, everything.
Joseph Anderson
LCIM was off form and Memebery wasnt even playing that season.
Austin Reyes
Wasn't that the season where he stopped diving and became top-scorer of all time?
Cooper Sanders
Best colony gets it, this is why Chelsea are /ourguys/ >that torres redemption arc probably the best single moment on Sup Forums
Jack Clark
Fuck you João
Elijah Martinez
They had one of the biggest transfer budgets that season you chink
Alexander Watson
Yes. You forgot the best part. >Kept Tottenshits out of the CL for another year even though they finished 4th in the league Absolutely fantastical day.
>realistically, the last chance for the old spine of Terry, Lampard, Cech, Drogba to win it >beat Barca on the way, revenge for the infamous refball match >centreback pairing of David Luiz and some random English lad by the name of Gary Cahill who was signed from Bolton 5 months before the final >no Terry >no Ivanovic >Ryan Bertrand playing on the wing >Bosingwa at RB >Drogba's last ever game (at the time) for Chelsea >Drogba with ANOTHER goal in a final, this time the biggest final ever >Drogba's last ever kick for Chelsea (at that time) was the penalty to win the CL >Drogba takes the 5th penalty like he would've against United had he not been sent off, and >first ever CL trophy for Chelsea >>kek'd London rivals out of the Champions League
All with an interim manager who can't even manage a Championship side.
