http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 wants to win UEFA Champions League for club owner Roman Abramovich
Chelsea midfielder, Frank Lampard has urged his teammates to win the UEFA Champions League in the ongoing 2010-11 season as a tribute to the club owner Roman Abramovich.
Lampard believes that the Russian owner, who is in his 8th year of ownership of the club, has done his best to make http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 a top side from a mediocre team they used to be before his arrival.
He said, “Everything I've achieved in the last 10 years has only been possible because of the owner's investment. I never envisaged that we would be winning league titles, competing in the Champions League and fighting on all fronts year after year so quickly.
Everything changed when Mr Abramovich arrived in 2003.”
After taking the ownership of the club in June 2003, Abramovich totally revamped the Chelsea side and spent millions of dollars to bring in top players at the club.
The following year, he was rewarded for his dedication to the club, as Chelsea won their first Premier League title after 50 years. Since then, the Londoners have become a formidable force in the football world and have continued to win trophies on regular
basis.
However, one trophy that the Blues have not won in their history is Europe’s most elite one, the UEFA Champions League. The Blues have come close to winning it but lost to Manchester United in the final of 2007-08 competition.
Lampard feels that his team should win it for the owner this season. The Blues will travel to Old Trafford on Tuesday, 12 April, 2011 to take on Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final fixture. Chelsea lost the first leg
1-0 at Stamford Bridge and face an uphill battle to qualify for the semi-finals.
Lampard believes that his team should play the game keeping in mind Abramovich’s generosity towards the club.
“He has made a huge investment and we are all very thankful. I'd be very proud to win the Champions League for a lot of reasons but I definitely understand the thought process that we owe it to him to win it,” added Lampard.
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