Hampus Silverholt
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Going into our FA Cup semi-final against Rotherham, who were in the Championship relegation zone, I expected nothing but a comfortable win. But no.
They almost took our rotated team to extra time and I felt a bit bad when Mike Smith scored a winner in injury time.
An incredible stat is that we had conceded 2 goals in our last 14 games before that, yet Championship strugglers Rotherham were the team to score 3 against us!
We will face Manchester United in the final. I’ll need to make a decision about whether to go with the team who got us to the final, or whether to put out our full-strength squad.
After that Rotherham match, we faced Aston Villa at home. A win would seal the Premier League title.
We breezed past them to confirm our second Premier League title in a row!
With 89 points, we have 5 more points than we did in the entirety of last season and could still finish the season with 100 points if we win our last 4 games.
It was down to the goalscoring of Thiago Ryan, the defensive prowess of Hector Pozos and the creativity of new signings Alfredo Jose and Johnson, but we’ll cover the players individually at the end of the season.
For now we have a Champions League semi-final tie against Borussia Dortmund to concentrate on.
Their best player is Romeu Firmino, who spent a season on loan with Altrincham and scored twice in the FA Cup final for us.
He was then part of the Chelsea side that knocked us out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage two seasons ago.
But we have a much better squad than we did 2 seasons ago. Only 3 players who started in the semi-final 2 years ago are starting this time around. (Bondarenko, Claveria and Adjetey)
With no injuries and no suspensions, we’re favourites for the first leg even though we're the away team.
Can we get to our first ever Champions League final?
They almost took our rotated team to extra time and I felt a bit bad when Mike Smith scored a winner in injury time.
An incredible stat is that we had conceded 2 goals in our last 14 games before that, yet Championship strugglers Rotherham were the team to score 3 against us!
We will face Manchester United in the final. I’ll need to make a decision about whether to go with the team who got us to the final, or whether to put out our full-strength squad.
After that Rotherham match, we faced Aston Villa at home. A win would seal the Premier League title.
We breezed past them to confirm our second Premier League title in a row!
With 89 points, we have 5 more points than we did in the entirety of last season and could still finish the season with 100 points if we win our last 4 games.
It was down to the goalscoring of Thiago Ryan, the defensive prowess of Hector Pozos and the creativity of new signings Alfredo Jose and Johnson, but we’ll cover the players individually at the end of the season.
For now we have a Champions League semi-final tie against Borussia Dortmund to concentrate on.
Their best player is Romeu Firmino, who spent a season on loan with Altrincham and scored twice in the FA Cup final for us.
He was then part of the Chelsea side that knocked us out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage two seasons ago.
But we have a much better squad than we did 2 seasons ago. Only 3 players who started in the semi-final 2 years ago are starting this time around. (Bondarenko, Claveria and Adjetey)
With no injuries and no suspensions, we’re favourites for the first leg even though we're the away team.
Can we get to our first ever Champions League final?