If he Manchester City-Bayern Munich on Tuesday he portrayed Dayot Upamecanowithin Real Madrid-Chelsea it’s his countryman’s turn Wesley Fofana. Vinicius Jr. he did what he wanted with ex City of Leicesterfor which the ‘blues’ paid 80 million euros in the summer.
“Fofana didn’t help”
In the post-match press conference, Frank Lampard admitted he opted for a defense of five to try to stop the Brazilian and pointed to the French central defender. “Vinicius’ one-on-one is a problem for any team. We wanted to achieve two against one and Fofana, with an early yellow card, did not help that. We could have done better, even the idea – to come out with five defenders – is very clear: face threats but with more control of the game”, pointed out the ‘blue’ legend.
Despite being 2-0, lampard He is not giving up hope for the second leg in London. “It’s a great challenge against a team of Real Madrid’s quality. The door is open, it’s up to us to kick it. I had mixed emotions, I think we’re in the game, although it’s true that we can do better”, continued the third coach of the season. Chelsea, who abides in the faith shown by himself. “The spirit at the end of the game was great. We have to believe that it is possible,” he said, referring to the clear occasion of Mountain in addition.
Question of the poor party of Sterling and joao felixthe two forwards he initially bet on, lampard tried to justify the two. “It was a hard game for them. They had to work a lot in defense. Joao is a great talent, just like Raheem -Sterling-, I’m not here to criticize them, we will analyze the game later. We have 90 minute where we want to be more balanced, but we need to be stronger”, finished.
Source: La Verdad
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