Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has sensationally predicted a 3-0 victory for the Blues in Wednesday’s Champions League conflict with holders Actual Madrid.
Having seen their home marketing campaign collapse in dramatic style, Chelsea’s sole focus for the rest of the season is on success within the Champions League as successful the trophy is probably going their solely route again to the competitors subsequent season.
Chelsea head to the Santiago Bernabeu on a run of 4 video games with out a win, having not too long ago fallen 1-0 to Wolves within the first sport beneath the watch of caretaker boss Frank Lampard, however Boehly is selecting to maintain optimistic.
“Chelsea’s going to win,” he informed El Chiringuito. “Three-nil.”
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With all hopes of ending within the Premier League’s prime 4 lengthy gone, Chelsea should win the Champions League if they’re to stay in Europe’s prime competitors subsequent season – the identical boat wherein the Blues discovered themselves in 2012.
Interim boss Roberto Di Matteo pulled off a miracle again then and it is now over to Lampard, who performed within the last 11 years in the past, to steer Chelsea to glory as soon as once more.
“I’ve not spoken to [Di Matteo],” Lampard informed the press forward of the sport. “I’ve exchanged some messages with a couple of individuals – clearly, lots of people are Chelsea-related, Guus Hiddink, ex-managers and other people within the sport.
“There are parallels in most likely a easy sense, we’re ex-players. However the 12 months Robbie was right here he was an assistant and had a giant consciousness of the squad and bought the job earlier within the 12 months than I did. He did a tremendous job. I bear in mind massive components of why he achieved what he achieved. My state of affairs is totally different in apply… I believe I’ve to watch out making that parallel.
“We now have very robust video games in entrance of us. So there’s plenty of work to be finished however we’re very dedicated to attempting to, if we are able to, create our personal little little bit of historical past.”
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