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How strong is Chelsea led by Mourinho: only conceded 15 goals in 38 Premier League games and zero goals in 25 games
2:11pm, 6 May 2025【Football】
On May 1, 2005, after the 35th round of the Premier League in the 2004-2005 season, Portuguese coach Mourinho, who joined Chelsea in the summer of 2004, led the team to win the championship ahead of schedule and won the Premier League championship that season with a final score of 95 points.
So far, this achievement alone undoubtedly established Mourinho's position in football at that time: after winning the English Football League championship in 1954-1955, Mourinho led the team to bring the trophy back to Stamford Bridge after 50 years; and Mourinho also became the first coach in Premier League history to coach the team in one season; more importantly, the Blues, who conceded only 15 goals in 38 games, is still the team with the least goals conceded in the Premier League in a single season.
How strong is this team? Perhaps in any era, they will be at the level of Premier League champions!
38 league games conceded only 15 goals and 25 clean sheets of opponents. With this set of data alone, Mourinho and Chelsea at that time were enough to go down in history
In the whole season, Chelsea, which had only 15 goals conceded throughout the season, can there be other teams approaching or even breaking this record?
No, absolutely not!
The relatively close thing is the second lowest record of 22 goals set by Chelsea in the 2005/06 season and Manchester United in the 2007/08 season. In recent years, the environment of offensive football has been more admired, which actually makes such a team have no soil to survive.
After all, for today's football matches, 3 points is no longer the only standard. Winning beautifully and making more progress seems to be more in line with the market standards. Therefore, the same old record as the 15 goals conceded is actually Mourinho's 1-0 stubbornness.
In the 2004/05 season, Chelsea only won one goal in 10 of the games, while 9 of them were 1-0 minimalist style victory. As of the 80 games in the first eight rounds of the Premier League this season, there have only been 1-0 results.
But will this happen in the current football world? Juventus seems to have a little bit of this shadow this season. Under Mota's command, the Zebra Legion, which has created 21 unbeaten in the league (8 wins and 13 draws), actually has a situation where the opponent is helpless. But in fact, Juventus can only be a little bit similar to Chelsea.
After all, Chelsea's starting lineup was far from what Juventus could do today!
Chelsea with Drogba, Robben, Duff and Joe Cole, whose speed, strength, confrontation and talent are all full. Considering that the midfielder also needs the help of Lampard, the most powerful midfielder in the goal-scoring ability, Chelsea's offensive ability is not to worry about.
But in fact, the stronger one is the defensive end - Chelsea, which is equipped with Marklele in the midfield, and the backcourt has Terry, Carvalho, Ferreira, Cech and others.
Therefore, such a lineup that can be called Mourinho's tailor-made lineup naturally brought its tactical concept to the extreme under Mourinho's peak at the time.
Of course, the most important prerequisite for Chelsea's performance is Mourinho.
When Slot became the fifth coach in Premier League history to win the championship in his first season, there will naturally be no shortage of horizontal comparisons between the same class coach. Among them, Mourinho's team's distinctive style characteristics can undoubtedly reflect the team's strength - few goals conceded and more zero-point games, and stronger control over the game.
Therefore, Mourinho's significance to Chelsea and even the Premier League was extraordinary - in the era of the red background of Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premier League, Mourinho and Chelsea became the most important manifestation of helping the Premier League increase its color and "anti-monopoly".
Moreover, being able to win the Premier League championship again under the double attacks of Ferguson and Wenger at that time is enough to show Mourinho's ability to coach a team.
So, I believe that Mourinho's status must be irreplaceable in the hearts of Chelsea fans. And his weight in Terry, Drogba and others' hearts is beyond doubt.
So, is Mourinho still the most special one?
Chelsea's first league championship after 50 years was won under his leadership and won two at a time;
Since winning the Champions League in 1965, Mourinho made Inter Milan win the trophy again after 44 years and crowned the triple-champion that season;
After winning the Copa del Rey in 1993, Mourinho led Real Madrid to win the championship again after 18 years and won the finals with a defeat of his arch rival Barcelona. If Real Madrid can defeat Bayern in the 12-season Champions League semi-finals, Mourinho must have been the gods;
Since Ferguson retired, Manchester United won the most trophys in a single season, Mourinho led the team to win the mini triple-champ;
In Roma's team history, the only European championship is the European League championship led by Mourinho.
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