The Blues outshined Real Madrid 3-1 in the two legged encounter with Real Madrid.
Despite starting the season poorly, Thomas Tuchel's men are doing extremely well at the moment with just one defeat since the German tactician came on board in late January.
The London club dumped Atletico Madrid out of the competitions in the last-16 and also eliminated Portuguese side, Porto.
Meanwhile, there are similar signs that led to their European glory in 2012 that are already showing this season.
Below are signs that Chelsea may win this season's Champions League
1. Firstly, they sacked a young manager
The Blues won their only UCL title under Roberto Di Matteo who was the caretaker manager after Portuguese boss Andre Villas-Boas was sacked on March 4, 2012, following a poor run of results.
This has already taken place after the Stamford Bridge outfit sacked another young manager Frank Lampard with Chelsea languishing down in ninth in the Premier League.
Both employed mid-season and both had a win rate of 71.4% after 14 games.🤯😅
2. Losing to West Brom
Chelsea's only defeat since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel came in the hands of West Bromwich Albion who claimed a 5-2 win at Stamford Bridge - ending German's 12-game unbeaten run.
The defeat caused quite a stir but the former PSG handler bounced back in style against Porto in midweek.
Similarly, a 1-0 defeat to West Brom proved to be the final straw for Villas-Boas back in 2012 as he was sacked with the defeat leaving the side three points off the fourth spot.
3. Beating a Portuguese team in the quarter-finals
Di Matteo inspired Chelsea to victory over Benfica in the quarterfinals in 2012 with Salamon Kalou scoring the crucial away goal at the Estadio Da Luz to take a 1-0 lead back to the Bridge.
While Lampard's penalty and stoppage-time Raul Meireles' goal ensured the Blues went through 3-1 on aggregate despite Javi Garcia's 85th-minute goal in West London.
Similarly, Tuchel's men recorded a 2-0 win over another Portugal topflight and they will be expecting to get through in the second game against Porto with two away goals in the bag.
4. Eliminating Spanish opposition in the semi-final
Chelsea eliminated Zinedine Zidanes Real Madrid in the semifinals and this is almost the same scenario that played out nine years ago when Fernando Torres stunned Barcelona at the Camp Nou.
5. All are German managers. Is there a pattern forming?
Jupp Heynckes, lost the UCL final in 2012 and won the following year.
Jurgen Klopp, lost the UCL final in 2018 and won the following year.
Thomas Tuchel, lost the UCL final in 2020 and is in the UCL final this year.
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