Petr Cech Breaks Chelsea FC Clean Sheet Record
In last month’s 2-0 victory against Hull City, Chelsea FC goalkeeper Petr Cech added to his already legendary status in West London by breaking the club’s long standing clean sheet record with 209. The prior record holder, Peter “The Cat” Bonetti set the record in 729 appearances with Cech managing to break it in only 455.
When asked about the record by the official Chelsea magazine, Cech responded in typical fashion:
"“The main satisfaction was from winning the game, I didn’t go to Hull thinking about the record. I wanted to play the best I could, and for the team to win. Then somebody asked me about it after the game and I told them I would rather have won the game 4-3 than it be 0-0 and keep that clean sheet.”"
His reaction to breaking a club record exemplifies the type of person Petr Cech is and his team-first attitude is something that his teammates feed off of. It would come as little surprise if the whole team knew about the record before the game and wanted to help Cech break it even when the match was done and dusted at 2-0.
Cech has been the man for the big occasion for Chelsea and his trophy cabinet rivals that of any great goalkeeper in history. The Czech international has won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, Europa League, and at only 31 he is on track to win many more. His place at Chelsea may come in to question with the emergence of the on loan Belgian Thibaut Courtois, but Cech has been in his usual fine form for the club this year and will not give up his position without a fight. Regardless of what happens in the future, one thing is for sure, if Cech stays with Chelsea the clean sheet record will become harder and harder for any future Chelsea keepers to match.
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