It was Chelsea’s Holy Grail, it was the one thing Roman Abramovich had not delivered to Stamford Bridge in his cash-filled nine years of ownership. And yet they did it when they were at their absolute weakest: this is how Chelsea’s Champions League was finally won.____________________________________________________ＨＥＬＰ， ＧＥＴ Ａ ＶＰＮGo to https://piavpn.com/WIF to get 83% off Private Internet Access with 4 months free!____________________________________________________ＭＹ ＬＩＮＫＳCheck out our football quiz channel:https://www.youtube.com/@WhatIfQuiz3417Or our old selection of documentaries and alternate football universes: https://www.youtube.com/@WhatIfArchives3417Oh, and I write about football sometimes here: https://medium.com/@jdoyle9293____________________________________________________ＴＩＭＥＳＴＡＭＰＳ ＆ ＲＥＦＥＲＥＮＣＥＳ00:00 – Introduction00:30 – Holy Grail05:05 – 2011/1224:37 – AftermathReferences:The Blizzard (Issue 19)Chelsea FC: The Official Biography (Rick Glanvill)Out of the Blue (Gary Thacker)Rhapsody in Blue (Neil Fitzsimon)______________________________________________________ＡＢＯＵＴ ＴＨＥ ＣＨＡＮＮＥＬWhat if Football is YouTube's only football magazine, with monthly issues of five videos each month on a topic as far back as the dominant Aston Villa team of the 1890s, as recently as Napoli's stunning 2023 Scudetto winning team, as obvious as Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo and their litany of trophies, as obscure as Dynamo Moscow's passovotchka football of the 40s. We've got it all.______________________________________________________