Ancelotti loosing the grip
Carlo Ancelotti’s problems are not a new thing this season. With the season at its median, Carlo is furious over his team’s performance rendering their worst start of any season. Ancelotti admits that his players have lost the
urge for the title but he can regain it by focusing on all the titles.
Chelsea went to third position in the table with a hard earned draw against Everton on Saturday. Since the last two managers at Chelsea, they have never had such bad form or such low points earned from six matches.
Visiting Everton, Ancelotti publically announced that “his team needs to wake up now”, stating:
"We can move on but what we are doing is not enough. We have to work harder. I have to understand what happened in the second half because it was poor. I'm not happy to see my team play like they did in that second half. We have
to change our ideas.
I don't feel good at the moment. Not just because we drew but because we didn't play well. I was obviously disappointed with the result but I was not happy with the play. We are working to play a kind of football that is totally
different to the way we played in the second half – we lost our idea of how to play football and started playing long balls – so we have to ask why this happened. I saw a team that was afraid, scared and unable to play our football, unable to play easy passes.
It was just long ball. This is not our aim."
Roman Abrahamovich missed the meeting at Stamford Bridge, as his side trembles defensively. Ancelotti’s fear of losing the title and his concerns over the team’s performance is far from over.
"No, I'm not relaxed at all and I don't sleep well. I maintain confidence in my players. I maintain trust. But it's not a good moment, not for them or for me. We have to stay together and not our searching to find out who is guilty.
Usually when you have a difficult moment you want to find out who is to blame. It's a moment in which we are all not doing enough to win games. We have to do more because this is the only way that I know.
"I'm not worried about my job. I know we have to play better and get better results. But it's the decision of the club and I don't feel pressure over this. Rather, there are lots of other things to worry about: we are not playing
well or having good results, and we are no longer at the top of the table. In my career I have been through lots of difficult moments but I know that the way out of them is to stay together and work hard on the training ground. We still have the time to come
back and play our football, to come back and be competitive in the league and in the Champions League."
Ancelotti is likely to start off with Didier Drogba as the Chelsea side will face Marseille in their final Champions League final group match, but this decision is likely to change as the striker is suffering from malaria and is
likely to rest. Having scored 19 league goals in 35 appearances in his one season at Marseille, Drogba has shown interest in playing against them. Anyways, while Drogba will travel with the squad, other senior players like John Terry and others will likely
to stay behind with a comeback from Frank Lampard.
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