On the face of it Chelsea only need to turn up at Wembley to win, don’t they? Fresh from winning the league, Ancelotti’s men have finished with something of a flourish. They’ve scored seven goals on three occasions this season and rounded off the campaign by putting eight past Wigan last Sunday, although the first goal looked offside to me. History could have been oh so different if that goal was disallowed. Chelsea have already done the double over Pompey this season en route to becoming the first team to surpass scoring 100 goals in the Premier League. Pomepy, er, finished bottom.
When he was with Chelsea, Avram Grant finished second in the Premier League and runner-up in the Champions League but was deemed a failure. This season Pompey have had four owners, late wages, a transfer ban, administration, a nine-point deduction and relegation and he’s hailed as a hero.
Everybody is now pleading with Avram to stay, the players, the chairman, the administrators and the local massage parlour owners.