Football Update: Carlo Ancelotti Looks towards http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 for Inspiration
The manager of Chelsea, Carlo Ancelotti, has asked Didier Drogba to reinvigorate http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s attack by recovering from a lack of form this season. Chelsea is facing problems in attacking which has resulted in a poor run of form. Their team of world-class strikers
and midfielders seems to be failing in recent weeks.
Currently, Chelsea is in fourth position in the English Premier League, three points behind the leaders Manchester United. However, United has a match in hand and they can improve their lead to six points in coming weeks. Both the teams were scheduled to
face each other on 19th of this month, but the match was postponed due to bad weather. This will play in favour of Chelsea, as they were in no position to face United at this moment. With United’s good form in recent weeks, Chelsea could have lost
the match and found themselves in further troubles.
Chelsea has scored a total of 31 goals this season but in the last 7 matches, the Blues have scored only 4 goals, winning only one match played against Fulham. In addition, Chelsea has conceded only 12 goals so far but in the last 7 fixtures, they have conceded
9 goals. It is obvious from these statistics that Chelsea is going through a crisis in the past few weeks. It is hard to understand why a team that started their campaign with extraordinary performances has started to look like an average team.
Although, it were the defensive problems that triggered the crisis for Chelsea, but the attack is to be blamed as well. Chelsea faced a number of injuries to their main centre-halves, i.e. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 and Alex, which created problems for them at the back.
The team showed signs of weakness, which was exploited by Sunderland in the match against Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge. Sunderland scored three goals against Chelsea, which started the whole damaging process. Although, it was the failure of Chelsea’s defence,
however it was their attack that failed miserably on that day.
Didier Drogba is the man who is the anchorman in Chelsea’s attack. The Ivorian striker plays as a target-man and the whole plan revolves around his intellect. Drogba has always played a pivotal role in leading his side to victories. Last season, Drogba scored
29 goals in English Premier League and 3 goals in FA Cup, helping his team to lift both these trophies. Such kind of inspiration and leading by example is missing in Chelsea, which compels Ancelotti to arouse the spirits of his striker.
This season has largely been abysmal for Drogba. After starting the season with a hat-trick against West Bromwich Albion, Drogba has scored only four goals since. The team kept on winning because of a rare good form shown by players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Salomon-Kalou-c32266. However, since the team has come under pressure, these players have lost their flair and now the team desperately looks towards Drogba for inspiration.
The Ivorian striker did score a goal against Tottenham Hotspurs, saving a point for his team. However, towards the closing minutes of the match, Drogba missed the crucial penalty which should have won the match for Chelsea. It was a clear sign of nerves
shown by Drogba who should have easily beaten the goalkeeper from the penalty spot. This is the lack of confidence in him that has led to his poor form and made it very necessary for Ancelotti to revitalize the confidence of his main player.
This whole period has made one thing clear that Chelsea depends on Drogba more than any other player in their attack. This is a weakness to which the team has been exposed and it would be better for Ancelotti to bring someone else in as well. It would relieve
some of the pressure on Drogba’s shoulders and would help him in regaining his confidence as well.
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