After its leaving from the group
stage of the UEFA Champions League football last season, Chelsea succeeded in
compensation and it got the European Cup-winning clubs in the current season
the team on track to reach the last 16 in the first European championship for
clubs.
Chelsea beat Benfica in the final
of the European Cup in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands after its
victory in the previous season, the Champions League, but many are skeptical
about the ability of the club, led by Coach Jose Mourinho to go on and win the
European title for the third time in a row this season.
Chelsea won 3 - zero to Schalke
on Wednesday to come top of Group E in the Champions League two rounds before
the end of the group stage and became in need just one point to ensure
continuity.
In the next round, Chelsea will
meet with Basel on the Swiss club land in Nov. 26 and then hosts Steaua
Bucharest on 11 December.
This will mean ensuring that the
transition to compete in the European Cup, but the team looks like fully
qualified to compete with the powerful European clubs after that lingered a bit
in scoring in yesterday's match despite winning on the same team in their own
home 3 - zero too.
But Mourinho knows all about the
win in the big leagues and has already win the Champions League with Porto in
2004 and then with Inter Milan in 2010 and is still possible for him to become
the first coach to lift the trophy with three different teams.
But despite the win yesterday,
Mourinho faced some problems as missed Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard (22 years)
for the game because of disciplinary problems and Mourinho said in response to
a question, “We have won without him and will return on Saturday."
Chelsea will need to continue to
win more power if it wants to crown the European title this season.
Chelsea had lost 2 - zero against
Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday.
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