So, just one more Chelsea game remains for Salomon Kalou before he heads off to prepare for his first World Cup Finals where the likes of Brazil and Portugal await as opponents.
Relegated Portsmouth may on the face of it look a very different proposition to national sides containing the likes of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo and will be the underdogs as they line up against the Barclays Premier League-winning Blues, but Kalou remembers another recent FA Cup Final when Harry Redknapp's Pompey were the favourites.
Two years ago, the only FA Cup Final at the new Wembley not involving Chelsea, was an extremely tight affair between Championship side Cardiff and Saturday's opponents.
It was a close 1-0 victory for the south coast side, following a defensive game of football that saw few chances at either end.
'People think that because Portsmouth have been relegated and we are champions that it will be an easy game, but no, it won't,' insists Kalou.
'We have seen it before when a small team has made it difficult for the big team so we have to think about that, and as it is a cup final, it could last 90 minutes or it could last 120 minutes and we have to be ready for every situation. We must be prepared.'
This time it is Avram Grant and not Redknapp who will be guiding Portsmouth from the sidelines, the same Grant who led the Blues to a Carling Cup Final and the Champions League Final in 2008, although both games were lost.
'It will be good to see Avram again,' says Kalou, 'we had a good time with him here but now he's our opponent and we are ready to play the game.
'He will know the side but we will try our hardest to win the Double because it will make Chelsea history and we will be part of that history.
'Portsmouth will probably go 4-3-3 as well because that is what he [Grant] has played most of the time and they have the players for that system.
'But we are not focusing on what Portsmouth will be doing. We have to focus on ourselves.
'That's what we have been doing all season and now we have to finish that game well and the season well because it has been a very good season.'
Relegated Portsmouth may on the face of it look a very different proposition to national sides containing the likes of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo and will be the underdogs as they line up against the Barclays Premier League-winning Blues, but Kalou remembers another recent FA Cup Final when Harry Redknapp's Pompey were the favourites.
Two years ago, the only FA Cup Final at the new Wembley not involving Chelsea, was an extremely tight affair between Championship side Cardiff and Saturday's opponents.
It was a close 1-0 victory for the south coast side, following a defensive game of football that saw few chances at either end.
'People think that because Portsmouth have been relegated and we are champions that it will be an easy game, but no, it won't,' insists Kalou.
'We have seen it before when a small team has made it difficult for the big team so we have to think about that, and as it is a cup final, it could last 90 minutes or it could last 120 minutes and we have to be ready for every situation. We must be prepared.'
This time it is Avram Grant and not Redknapp who will be guiding Portsmouth from the sidelines, the same Grant who led the Blues to a Carling Cup Final and the Champions League Final in 2008, although both games were lost.
'It will be good to see Avram again,' says Kalou, 'we had a good time with him here but now he's our opponent and we are ready to play the game.
'He will know the side but we will try our hardest to win the Double because it will make Chelsea history and we will be part of that history.
'Portsmouth will probably go 4-3-3 as well because that is what he [Grant] has played most of the time and they have the players for that system.
'But we are not focusing on what Portsmouth will be doing. We have to focus on ourselves.
'That's what we have been doing all season and now we have to finish that game well and the season well because it has been a very good season.'
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