Chelsea was not for Abramovich “just a toy”. Why did the Russian oligarch need a British club and why English fans loved Roma so much

Even after February 24, Stamford Bridge sounded over the legendary London stadium “Raman Abra Movich” (on the motive “The Heart of the Beauty”). I have no doubt that it will sound after May 7, when, due to the sanctions, the owner was forced to sell the club. Usually, there is a misunderstanding between the owners or management of the club and its fans, or even a confrontation. An example of this is the modern Barcelona. Crazy fans of Chelsea loved Roman.

However, the British authorities and the English Premier League (Premier League) were adamant. It was impossible to even buy tickets for the Chelsea matches in the League, the accounts were frozen, so the fans could only go on seasonal subscriptions. But still, Stamford Bridge devoted a short song that is still spinning in my head, the owner of the club from Russia. This is a unique case. I do not remember that the main song was dedicated not to the club, the player or coach, but to the owner. Spartak fans sang a song about Leonid Fedun, but in it they sent him in three letters.

What did Abramovich do with Chelsea?

Why did Abramovich buy Chelsea?

There is a popular version that Abramovich bought a football club at the request of Vladimir Putin. This is wrong. And such conversations hide from us a very beautiful story of the arrival of Roman Abramovich in English, and then to Russian football.

The date, time and place where Abramovich decided to buy a British club is known. True, at first different. Evening on April 23, 2003, the Old Trafford stadium, the best match in the history of the Champions League between the local Manchester United and Madrid Real Madrid. The previous match of the 1/4 finals in the capital of Spain ended with the victory of the owners 3: 1. After the first half, the score was 1: 1, he arranged Madrid, in the second half, the Brazilian Ronaldo, nicknamed the Zubastik, issued a hat-trick and this already seemed to the British sentence, the score was 3: 2 in favor of Real Madrid ... “Mu” had to score two. And their coach - the great Sir Alex Ferguson - changes the Argentinean Verona to David Beckham, who scores the same two goals.

The guest tribune on the Old Trafford was silent, and all the rest of more than 60 thousand fans rejoiced. Among them was the Governor of Chukotka Roman Abramovich.

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