Chelsea’s Champions League exit is pinned on Todd Boehly (fair enough) and things Thomas Tuchel said a year ago (not so much) but absolutely not Frank Lampard...
Date published: Wednesday 19th April 2023 12:15 -
Unable to offer any real defence of their man, the big-name opinion writers have generally opted for barely mentioning Lampard at all. ‘Todd’ and ‘Boehly’ are the fourth and fifth words of the piece; ‘Frank’ and ‘Lampard’ 392nd and 393rd.The pieces themselves aren’t even that bad, but it’s still striking how nobody is pointing any kind of finger at a manager who has now won one of his last 18 matches and lost four out of four since returning to Chelsea.
Here’s what Tuchel said, right after a defeat 12 months ago when he could not possibly predict Chelsea – with or without him – would be playing Real Madrid again a year hence. “[It’s] not only today. When you play against Real Madrid, maybe you don’t expect everyone has the courage. I felt the little decisions in the first leg and today as well. I didn’t see the goal but I am super disappointed he didn’t come out and check it on its own. You should stay the boss and not give the decisions to someone in a chair and who is isolated.”
‘It must be noted that Ancelotti’s side did not gain any kind of advantage from beneficial calls from the officials on the night, as Madrid brushed Chelsea aside to win 2-0 at the Bridge and 4-0 on aggregate.’We unapologetically love tabloidese, the unique language of newspapers full of words and phrases that literally no human being would ever say out loud but are for whatever reason – and that reason is often brevity – standard practice in tabloid English.
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