Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas defends his decision to replace Frank Lampard with Salomon Kalou
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international Frank Lampard started for the Blues and scored
a goal for his side, but his efforts were wasted when he was taken off for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266 towards the end of the game as the Ivorian conceded a penalty.
The Portuguese manager refused to admit he had made the wrong decision by calling off Lampard in favour of Kalou, who was blamed for the equalizer. Villas-Boas said he stood by his decision, even if it had cost his side two important points in the group
stages of the European competition. He revealed the change had been brought on because of the attacking football http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 were playing and he hoped to get Bosingwa some support on the left flank.
Villas-Boas said in an interview:
“Putting on a striker is nothing to do with being more offensive or putting on a defender sometimes is nothing to do with being more defensive.
I think it was the right choice bearing in mind what we were looking at, which was the fact that Valencia were coming out on the left side and doing a lot of two against ones against Bosingwa.”
Meanwhile, Villas-Boas was full of praise for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss
insisted the English midfielder was still a key player in the Blues’ squad and had proved his worth in recent games, especially with the lone goal against the La Liga side in the Champions League.
He continued:
“It was a good performance, a good display from a top player, one of the best players in the squad.
A goal always comes at a good time for Frank. He's been a goal scorer all his life.”
Chelsea are set to take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Genk next in their Champions League fixture and Villas-Boas admitted he expected them to present his side with a tough challenge. Chelsea now require just six points to qualify to the next stage, which means they will need
just two wins in their four remaining fixtures. Before their draw at Valencia, Chelsea defeated German side Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Villas-Boas revealed:
“We're looking forward to the Genk game - they're going to be difficult games, of course.”
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