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This year’s UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC ignited a lot of discussion on whether or not Chelsea’s ultra defensive approach in the final (as well as in the semi-finals against Barcelona) was a clever and effective strategy or simply the death of soccer.
This post uses the tool of SWOT analysis to show that Chelsea’s success wasn’t a result of luck, but of good strategic analysis and execution.

Filed under: soccer (football) by Johannes
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