Chelsea – Probable starting line-up for the season 2011/2012 (Part 2)
Nicolas Anelka failed to deliver from that position; however, with Frank Lampard injuring himself during the season, Anelka provided covered up for him in the attacking midfield role and played exceptionally well in that position.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 was the main source of inspiration of anything positive being delivered by the team. Ancelotti really missed him in the attacking midfield position when he was gone. The English midfielder could not play throughout the season and Chelsea were
not the same without him as he provided the team with goals and assists.
Didier Drogba was simply exceptional for the London club. The Ivorian was mostly replaced by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266 and the young Chelsea star was quite extraordinary throughout the season. Kalou, despite his young age, managed to score 12 goals for the Blues. His
pace came in handy while Chelsea played counter attacking tactics; however, his lack of experience became the only problem as there was no suitable replacement for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 while he suffered from Malaria.
Drogba finally had his replacement as the January transfer window opened. Chelsea made an absurd 50 million pound bid on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 flop Fernando Torres who was not having the best of the seasons in the red outfit. The Spaniard did not perform at all
during the FIFA World Cup 2010 as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 took the centre forward role while Torres watched from the bench.
Torres was still taken in by the Blues and it was probably the worst decision taken by Carlo Ancelotti. However, the Spaniard joined the London club and started to play as a centre forward for Ancelotti’s side. The Italian tactician could still not deliver
as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 were knocked out of the FA Cup, the league Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
With so much going wrong for Carlo Ancelotti, it was obvious that he was going to get sacked. The diamond formation had to be replaced by a traditional 4-3-3 with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294 playing in the centre of
the park. Frank Lampard soon joined the team in the attacking midfield role.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fernando-Torres-c13707 kept on replacing Didier Drogba as he played in the centre forward position. Drogba came off the bench for Chelsea but the impact was definitely not the same as the
33 year old star striker took too much time to settle on the ball.
With Ancelotti failing to deliver, all he could do was to keep the team in the top four and he managed to do so. He made a fine come back towards the end of the season and even came close to winning the Premier League. However, he could not really win a
must-win game against Manchester United.
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