As the board went up for three added minutes, the Chelsea faithful taunted Barcelona one last time. Tuesday’s Champions League clash was long over as a contest, the Blues 3-0 winners, but there was still fun to be had as fans jeered “olé” at every Chelsea pass, Barça pedestrians.
Chelsea fans had missed this feeling. Lately there is a sense of anticipation around Stamford Bridge. After a bumpy first few years under the Clearlake Capital-Todd Boehly ownership, where Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino and numerous players have come and gone, there is now renewed optimism of a return to the summit of European football and evidence the BlueCo project is working.
