Lampard Admits Lack of Confidence But Says “Magical Things Happen”

In a press conference, given after the defeat in the first leg of the Champions League, the coach of chelsea, Frank Lampard stated that the lack of confidence has been decisive for the negative results of the team. In addition, the commander also explained the choice of having three defenders for this match.

“I don’t think they opened us up with ten players and that was due to the spirit. We had our chances, but the reality is the result. Special things happen at Stamford Bridge and you have to believe it. There’s a little bit of a lack of confidence. Our players need to understand how good they are and what they can do, and that’s lacking at the moment.“, he stated.

Afterwards, Chelsea’s interim coach told the reason for having chosen a scheme with three defenders for the game, and put in Vinicius Junior, the main one. According to him, the Brazilian is very dangerous one-on-one, but his team could have better exploited his distribution on the field.

“Partially (this was) the reason (of the tactical scheme). Vinicius in one on one is a problem for any team. We wanted to have two against one, and Fofana getting the yellow early didn’t help that. You don’t want to be five behind too long. You want to have three and explore the breadth. We could have done it better. In terms of the system, the thinking was very clear to deal with the threat and give us more control of the game.“, completed the Englishman.

In this way, Frank Lampard follows the dispute of the season for Chelsea, in search of another Champions League title. In the quarterfinal match, as previously mentioned, the Spanish team came out ahead and could lose by a goal difference on the return to qualify. If the defeat is by two goals, the dispute will go to extra time.