Hello everyone, good to be back again on this beautiful and sport educating platform after a short break due to my examinations. The 2019 calender year is about to round up now and various leagues and clubs has been taking a reflection of their performance for the past ten years to see which player has really done so well in his role to make the list, some people also refers to it as the Decade Challenge. For the past 4-5 days now, it has been everywhere with different captions in respect to various clubs. 10 years i must confess is not an easy journey and it is really good that football fans, pundits, managers and players are now giving account of their team of the decade. As the challenge is about to end today, Chelsea fans nation wide has finally released their own team of the decade which was released not quite long on the club official website and it was a 4-3-3 formation list.
Honestly as a Chelsea fan, I don't have any list of players contrary to this because the list was a conclusion made by the fans and looking at the list, there is no doubt that these are players that has written their names in the history of the club over the last ten years with their impressive performance and it is good to see that some of them are still working with the club as a player, sporting director and as a manager.
Peter Cech
It wasn't a mistake to see Peter Cech occupying the no 1 role looking back to some of his contribution and achievement with the club in the last ten years despite leaving the club for Arsenal some years back, he finally returned back to the club as a sporting director which shows the club has so much respect for him. Cech has won lots of trophy with Chelsea but the one that will always put his name in the history of the club is the 2012 UEFA Champions League won in Munich.
Branislav Ivanovic
The player who make the right back is Ivanovic who face some competition with the club current captain Cesar Azpilicueta but was finally choosing ahead of the Spanish man with the Serbian defender having some trophies, medals and individual awards to his name and what i think really earn him this spot is the way he get into the opposition box and create lots of havoc there which in most cases always rescue the maximum points for the club.
Gary Cahill
Having signed for the club in 2012, the England defender enjoyed seven and half year of the decade with the Blues and was so consistent, forming a good combination with John Terry in the heart of the defense and was also part of the team that won the UEFA champions league in Munich after joining the club that very year and also won the double by adding the FA cup trophy with it.
John Terry
John look like the most successful player in this team after giving all his best to the club and would have also be included in the team of the decade before this recent one, winning all the major trophies with the club and the most important of it is the night at Munich and it was also voted as the team captain of the decade. He will always be remembered at the club with lots of goals and awards.
Ashley Cole
The fans has identified the former England defender as the left back of the decade. Ashley Cole was part of the team that won the first trophy of the decade when the Blues defeated Wigan 8-0 and it was Cole who netted the last goal and will also be remembered for that brilliant penalty in Munich. He has won many trophies with club and was described as the best Left back that the Three Lions will ever have.
Essien
The former Ghana star and Chelsea man won the fans choice in the midfield of 3 players of the decade. Although, he was battling with injury in the start of the decade but won himself the role with his tireless effort against Napoli which provided the road to Munich and the way he seal the midfield. He was popularly called by some Chelsea fans as 3310 due to his ability while Jose always refers to him as the Train.
Ngolo Kante
Another player in the 3 man midfield is Ngolo Kante who is still playing for the club. Kante joined from Leicester City and easily integrate himself in the team first XI ever since joining the club and if there is any player that will be selected in the Chelsea midfield now, it will definitely be Kante with the way he control the midfield and also work tirelessly in the team. He also won the league title with the blues and the Europa league.
Frank Lampard
The current manager at the club was selected by the fans to partner Kante and Essien in the midfield of the decade. Lampard was the club all time goal scorer and that is one of the reasons why the fans has decided to honour him with this and more also, the number of trophies he has won with the club in the past decade and assist in every game.
Willian
The Brazilian was selected by the fans to be in the team due to his contribution ever since joining the club and he is already in his 7th year already at the club but his recent performance at the club look like his best ever for the club having handed the no 10 jersey and was tipped to replace Hazard who left the club for Real Madrid, Willian has proved to the fans so far this season why they can always count on him.
Eden Hazard
If there is any player i personally enjoyed watching in the past 10 years at Chelsea, definitely it is Hazard and so it is to many Chelsea fans out there. Hazard performance for Chelsea before leaving for Real Madrid was really an exceptional one. He won so many individual award in the league and in the club and was always instrumental in every of the Blues outing. As a Chelsea fan, it is very hard for me to see him leaving the club.
Drogba
Drogba is actually a striker so many young strikers look up to and was another Africa player that make the list of the Chelsea team of the decade by the club fans. He is also another player that won every thing with the club including the UEFA champions league. His late equalizer was all Chelsea need to force the game against Bayern Munich in the 2012 champions league final to extra time and his last penalty was the goal that included the club name in the history of the competition.
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