Chelsea legend Didier Drogba made a dejected declare about his former membership forward of the Blues’ UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg conflict in opposition to Actual Madrid.
The Blues have been removed from their common requirements this season. They’re eleventh within the Premier League and are winless of their final three matches throughout competitions heading into their conflict in opposition to Actual Madrid.
Drogba is pissed off to see the dismal run of type. The previous Ivory Coast striker informed Canal+ Sport forward of the second leg at Stamford Bridge:
“I not recognise my membership.”
Drogba is a bona-fide Chelsea legend, having made 381 appearances for the membership throughout two spells, scoring 164 objectives and offering 86 assists.
He scored the final penalty kick at hand the Blues the win within the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League ultimate in opposition to Bayern Munich on the Allianz Area. The triumph marked the west London-based membership’s first win within the UEFA Champions League.
Chelsea supervisor Frank Lampard outlined the areas of enchancment for the Actual Madrid showdown
Chelsea misplaced the primary leg in opposition to Actual Madrid on the Santiago Bernabeu by a scoreline of 2-0. Aside from the defeat, Ben Chilwell picked up a purple card and might be suspended for the second leg in consequence.
Frank Lampard’s staff have an uphill activity readily available heading into their conflict in opposition to Actual Madrid. Talking to the media forward of the sport, Lampard identified the areas that the staff should enhance upon to get a constructive outcome within the second leg.
He mentioned (by way of Chelsea’s official web site):
“We had alternatives to attain final week, however on the similar time there have been a number of issues we might have achieved higher in that sport, I felt that in-game, and I really feel it much more having reviewed the sport. There have been issues we needed to do from the outset that we didn’t do effectively sufficient all through the sport.”
Lampard added:
“That’s not simply the bodily aspect, it was our use of the ball. We are able to enhance on that and we have now to enhance on that to have an opportunity of turning this tie round. We now have labored on that and hopefully you see the fruits of that within the sport.”
“I’m clear with the gamers with that. I do know they’ve the capability to offer this go, however we should get our sport proper and be higher than we have been final week.”
Chelsea enter the competition on the again of three consecutive defeats throughout competitions. Actual Madrid, in the meantime, gained in opposition to Cadiz by a rating of 2-0 of their newest La Liga conflict.
