After a season and a half, where did the relationship between Lampard and Chelsea go wrong?
[골닷컴] Reporter Man-Sung Han = In the end, coach Frank Lampard also did not survive long in his home team, Chelsea. After a year and a half after Chelsea ambitiously elected him as command tower, he announced a change of coach.
On the 25th (Korean time), Chelsea officially announced the news of Lampard’s hard work. Chelsea successfully entered the fourth place in the English Premier League last season when they elected manager Lampard, earning the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League qualification, and advanced to the finals in the FA Cup. Coach Lampard, who was suspicious of his lack of experience, left a pretty strong impression from the first season and was evaluated as the right person to lead Chelsea in the long run.
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In fact, Chelsea continued their positive trend until the beginning of this season. Chelsea ran an undefeated march (9 wins and 5 draws) in 14 consecutive games, including the cup competition, from October to early December. However, Chelsea began to collapse in December, losing 0-1 on their Everton campaign. Chelsea were sluggish with 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in their recent 10 games, starting with the Everton game. Meanwhile, Chelsea fell to ninth place in the Premier League, and the gap with leading Manchester United widened by 11 points.
However, England’s football media’The Athletic UK’ said that the club suffered internal problems in addition to his poor performance before Lampard was hardened. First of all, according to the media, Lampard’s relationship with Chelsea management director Marina Granovskya has been completely distorted in recent years. ‘The Athletic UK’ reported that there was an internal noise and some players had difficulty communicating with manager Lampard.
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For this reason, Chelsea made plans to stifle manager Lampard after entrusting technical director Peter Cech to appoint a successor from early this month. Isa Cech was one of Chelsea’s leading players along with Lampard during his active career.
According to the report, Chelsea offered Ralph Langnick to act as a manager after making plans to stifle manager Lampard. But Langnick refused, and Chelsea reached an agreement with Thomas Tuchel, who had chosen the next best option.