Frank Lampard He began his second tour as Chelsea manager with two defeats, last Saturday against Wolves in the Premier League (1-0) and on Wednesday at the Bernabéu against Real Madrid in the quarterfinals (first leg) of the Champions League, but said He is delighted and honored to return to the bench at Stamford Bridge tomorrow in the English championship game against Brighton.
But Lampard, a legend as a player at Chelsea, as their all-time top scorer with 211 goals, He knows he has no time to savor his return to the ‘blues’ bench, where he will sit for the first time in 19 months between 2019-2021.
Lampard, who last week assumed his duties as interim coach following the sacking of Graham Potter, He is looking for his first win with a double objective: to improve Chelsea’s disappointing eleventh place in the Premier League against a dangerous Brighton seventh and fighting to enter European competitions for the first time in its history, and on the other hand to achieve a victory that gives the players and fans hope to bounce back next Tuesday from the 2-0 defeat at the Bernabéu against Real Madrid.
a complicated feeling
“I’m glad to be back and the honor is not short. I enjoyed every minute and I’m happy to be back,” Lampard confessed today in a press conference. “But the dominant feeling is focused on work. I’ll appreciate the return, but I’ll keep a straight face.”
Lampard, who lost to Kalidou Koulibaly After being injured at the Bernabéu, he praised Brighton’s progress in recent years but refused to compare it to Chelsea’s negative performance since its new owners bought the club in May.
A Brighton on the rise and a Chelsea on the down
“I want people to understand that this is a really difficult game for us, coming in between two games against Real Madrid. We have to do our best and compete physically with Brighton,” Lampard said.
“Brighton is a fantastic model. In the last five or six years it has made great progress.n from the Championship to the Premier League”, Lampard praised in reference to the rise of the ‘seagulls’ in 2017.
“Chelsea took a different path and we achieved success for a long time.. Now there is a transition between owners. When you’re in the process, in a project, you have to go deeper,” Lampard argued.
Kanté´points to substitute
Finally, Chelsea’s interim coach confirmed that he had to dose up N’Golo Kante, who reappeared on April 1 after a long absence due to a muscle injury since August. The French midfielder played two games in the Premier League before starting at the Bernabéu and everything points to the fact that he will not start playing tomorrow.
“When he is fit, he is clearly one of the best midfielders in the world. He always delivers great performances and quality,” Lampard said.
Source: La Verdad
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