On May 19, 2022, Chelsea will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their momentous Champions League triumph at the Allianz Arena; where Roberto Di Matteo's plucky underdogs toppled Bayern Munich in their own backyard to become kings of Europe against all odds.
Up until that point the famous trophy with the big ears eluded Roman Abramovich in his nine-year reign as Blues owner. Seven different managers had been and gone along the way, some of them departing after messy divorces, as he embarked on a relentless, cold-blooded pursuit of the European Cup.
Yet on that historic night in the Bavarian capital, when the west London club were confronted with adversity like never before, the stars well and truly aligned for both Abramovich and a tight-knit group of senior players who had accompanied him on this obsessive quest to lift the Champions League.