Chelsea F.C.: Can't Buy Me LoveThe most unlikely of Cinderellas makes her runBy Brian Phillips on May 24, 2012If you take the long view with Chelsea — the view that starts on the day Roman Abramovich first wrote his name on the club in 2003 — the amazing thing isn't that they won the Champions League but that they won it the way they did — as underdogs, riding on luck and drama. Consider: 1. Chelsea became the champions of Europe while finishing in sixth place in their own country, the worst domestic-league finish of any team since the European Champion Clubs' Cup became the Champions League in 1992. If they hadn't won the tournament, they wouldn't have qualified to play in it next year. ... Continue reading →