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EPISODE 5 : BACK TO THE FUTURE : REVISIT CHELSEA SEASON 1999 2000 ( TOP 8 IN EUROPE AND A TROPHY IN THE BAG ! )

SYNOPSIS OF THE YEAR 1999 2000

ABOUT CHELSEA HISTORY

the 1999 2000 season

Summary for season 1999 - 2000

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( TOP 8 IN THE EUROPE AND TROPHY IN THE BOOT ! )

manager : Gianluca Vialli

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Achievement :

FA Premier League NO. 5

FA Cup WINNERS

League Cup THIRD-ROUND

UEFA Champions League - QUATER FINALS

FRITZ THE FLOOD: FA Cup 1999 2000 Chelsea Aston Villa

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NEW SIGNINGS/FACE :

Didier Deschamps – from Juventus , £3,000,000

Mario Melchiot – from Ajax, free

Chris Sutton – from Blackburn Rovers £10,000,000

Gabriele Ambrosetti – from Vicenza £3,500,000

Emerson Thome – from Sheffield Wednesday £2,500,000

George Weah – from Milan Loan

DEPARTURE :

Brian Laudrup - to Ajax £2,000,000

Dmitri Kharine – to Celtic free

Eddie Newton – to Birmingham City free

Michael Duberry – to Leeds United £4,500,000

Top goalscorer League:(EPL )

Tore André Flo 10 goals

Gus Poyet 10 goals

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All:

TORE ANDRE FLO 19 GOALS IN 57 games

GUS POYET 18 GOALS IN 53 GAMES

DENNIS WISE 9 GOALS IN 50 GAMES

GIANFRANCO ZOLA 8 GOALS IN 53 GAMES

GEORGE WEAH 5 GOALS IN 15 GAMES

DAN PETRESCU 5 GOALS IN 47 GAMES

FRANK LEBOUF 4 GOALS IN 46 GAMES

Chelsea Fc 1999

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- after ending last season at 3rd place , Chelsea hoped to end the long trophy drought in the league.

- Big signings were made, Didier Deschamps , France's captain and Chris Sutton arrived for a club record signing £10 million . Deschamps 's signing made our midfield moved up a notch complimenting Dennis Wise, Gus Poyet and DiMatteo.

- However, first big signing flop happened as Sutton failed to justify his price tag by scoring only 1 goal in the league and only 3 goals in 39 matches and was quickly sold in the next summer

**deja vu as we in the future suffered repeated big money signing failures ( sheva, torres , morata ) and misfortune signing in case of Casiraghi last season.

- the biggest news this season was our maiden season in Champions League, we started of first season in this elite competition by dominating group stage with 11 points that included AC Milan, Hertha BSC and Galatasary. Milan in this period was european giant ! However, our foray in our debut season was ended at quarter finals as we lost on aggregate 4-6 to Barcelona.

- Despite of this, we ended our season with another trophy by winning FA Cup as we beat Aston Villa at the final.

*** (OUR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH TROPHIES SINCE 1997 STARTED BY GULLIT ) - OUR 5TH TROPHIES IN 4 YEARS )

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- Ed de Goey( GK )

- Albert Ferrer ( RB ) , Frank LeBoeuf ( CB ), Marcel Desailly ( CB ), Celestine Babayaro (LB )

, Dennis Wise ( MID ) , Gustavo Poyet ( MID ) , Didier Deschamps ( MID )

- DiMatteo ( Attack MID ) , Gianfranco Zola ( Attack Mid )

- Tore André Flo ( Striker )

- Subs : Dan Petrescu, Jody Morris, Chris Sutton, Graeme Le Saux, George Weah

key player 1999/2000

- Poyet , Wise ,Zola, Tore Andre Flo,

- As we lost Mark Hughes last season, this season we missed another prolific striker as Vialli himself retired as a player to focus his managing career.

- as we failed to replace Hughes's goals due to misfortune of Casiraghi 's career ending injury last season after just 10 games into his Chelsea's career.Sutton was unable to replicate his previous goal scoring prowess at Blackburn and proved to be consecutive failure in replacing potent striker. George Weah who was signed on loan was already 34 years old and not being given extensive matches to prove his ability.

10 Players Who Stole A Living From Chelsea – Page 8

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- Despite of this set back, our existing striker Flo flourished in carrying the burden as main striker by striking 19 goals , and midfielders like Poyet contributing 18 goals !, dennis wise with 9 goals and zola with 8 goals .

- This line was actually one of the strongest line up with all positions consisted with world class players !

NEW SIGNING

Chelsea players that have won the World Cup- Blues with a FIFA medal

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1) Didier Deschamps –

(FRANCE WORLD CUP 1998 WINNER CAPTAIN )

1999-2000

- before Kante, his current national team manager used to don no.7 at the back as a defensive midfielder at Chelsea !

- Deschamps joined Chelsea at 31 years old but only stayed for 1 season only .

- and he was the french captain that won 1998 World Cup recently before joining Chelsea.

- he was sold to Valencia on the next season.

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2) Mario Melchiot from Ajax

(DUTCH YOUNG RIGHT BACK)

1999-2004

- joined from Ajax at 23 years of age.

- Mario was actually our first choice Right Back from 1999 till the arrival of Jose Mourinho in 2004 when he signed Paulo Ferreira to replace Melchiot.

- scored twice against Man Utd and 5 goals in total

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3) Chris Sutton –from Blackburn Rovers £10,000,00

( FLOP STRIKER )

1999-2000

- Bought at prime age ( 26 years old ) as the club record signing. proved to be a second successive failure for chelsea to find a new prolific striker after losing hughes and vialli as Casiraghi's setback last season

unlike torres who was given time to prove himself, Sutton was quickly sold on the next summer

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4) George Weah

ON LOAN FROM AC MILAN

- was signed on loan from AC Milan at 34 years old veteran, Weah was a Ballon D'Or winner in 1995

- despite of his age, Weah still was considered a relative success at Chelsea, scoring on his Blue debut against bitter rival Spurs and he was used as main striker on our quest to win the FA Cup in 2000.

- in total he managed 5 goals in 15 games for Chelsea

- ** after retirement,Weah ended up as Liberian President till now

( this purchase had similarities with Samuel Eto'o purchase in 2013 when he was at his advanced age but still contributing fairly to Chelsea ),






VIDEO 01 - FA CUP FINAL WINNERS !!




VIDEO 1 - DESCHAMPS TRIBUTE


Deschamps and Ferrer for Chelsea Vs Hertha Berlin in 99/00.

ONLY GOL BY DESCHAMPS

VIDEO 2 - SUTTON ONLY LEAGUE GOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g78rENTzq
CHELSEA TRASHED M.U 5-0 SEASON 1999/2000
GOL 1 - POYET assist by Petrescu
GOL 2 - SUTTON assist by Ferrer
GOL 3 - POYET assist by LeBoeuf
GOL 4 - OG berg assist by Zola
GOL 5 - JODY MORRIS !! assist by LeSaux


VIDEO 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egOgvkpHgF


VIDEO 4


TRIBUTE VIDEO TO WEAH !


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