Congratulations Chelsea, Or Perhaps More, Mr. Ancelotti

By Andy Jones, writing from London

A league and FA Cup in Carlo Ancelotti’s first season and Chelsea’s first league and Cup double is something truly special, for any team. Some say the game was a thrilling encounter, the woodwork keeping it down to a low scoring game, despite being hit five times. Perhaps the highlight of all of them was Kalou missing from a couple of yards out and hitting the bar! All this put together with with one saved penalty, Cech not letting Kevin Prince Boateng put Pompey ahead and one put wide by a certain Lamps, lead to a game that could have had a historic scoreline!

Portsmouth could of defied the odds today; a second cup FA cup in 3 years for a team about to drop down into the Championship and with a team full of players who could all be shipped and sold off this summer. It’s a testament to Grant that, with a little bit more luck, Pompey could of won.

Perhaps one of the most vicious tackles of a game, which was on the known traditionally bad Wembley pitch, was Boateng’s lunge on Ballack. The former German youth international clattered Ballack badly, right into the ankle, forcing him to go off at half time and considering Boateng has just switched his alligence from Germany to Ghana, who are in the same group as each other in the World Cup, it won’t go too well back “home” in Berlin. Then again, it will go very well in his father’s homeland, Ghana.

At the end of the day, we have to congratulate Chelsea on their win and Ancelotti for a remarkable feat in his first season, even if he did have perhaps the best squad in the league already there for him.