http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 believes that Roberto Di Matteo’s tactics of improving the basics is what has helped the Blues out.
Over the course of their last few games, Chelsea have gone on to beat Tottenham Hotspur by five goals to one in the semi final of the FA Cup, they then went on to get the better of Barcelona, as they overtook the Catalans by one goal to nil in the first
leg of their Champions League encounter. The Blues have now also gone on to draw with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 at the Emirates, despite having lost to the team earlier on in the season.
The Blues fortune changed once Andre Villa-Boas left the club and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo was appointed as the team’s interim manager.
Many feel that the players just didn’t want to give it their all when Villas-Boas was in charge, but a number of the senior squad members feel differently.
Lampard has gone on to insist that the reason the team is playing so good, is because Di Matteo has really started to focus on the basics and has been pushing the team to play better on a daily basis.
When talking about the changes that the Italian has brought to the club, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international and Chelsea veteran is quoted to have said: "He’s done the simple things and you can see the confidence in the team.”
"The dressing room is buzzing. Results breed confidence and you can see the difference."
At the moment Chelsea are sitting outside the top four, with four points separating them from the fourth spot. The team needs to try and step their game up, or they could potentially miss out on the Champions League position.
At the same time, if the team doesn’t make it into the top four, the only chance they have of making the Champions League, is if they win the European competition this season.
Given their win in the first leg of the Champions League game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604, the team could make it to the final of the tournament, should they hold their lead and continue to play in a similar manner in the second leg.
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