Caretaker Chelsea manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Di Matteo has urged the squad to rescue their failing season as the club looks to undergo more changes after the departure of Andre Villas-Boas.
Di Matteo was put in charge after Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich sacked Andre Villas-Boas just eight months into the 2011-2012 season. The Portuguese manager becomes the eighth manager in eight years to have been sacked by the Russian billionaire.
Villas-Boas has now left Chelsea as their season looks to end trophy-less; the Blues are highly unlikely to finish in the top four of the English Premier League season, they failed to claim the Carling Cup and are underdogs for the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions
League.
The Italian manager who happens to be a former Chelsea player revealed he was sad to see Andre Villas-Boas leave the club in such circumstances. He admitted he had enjoyed himself highly working under the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss but for now he would focus on
helping the club recover.
Di Matteo said in an interview:
“Andre has brought some very good, positive ideas and changes to this football club and we will benefit from his changes.
I enjoyed very much working with him and we will remain friends for the rest of our lives, but I will have to move on for this club and try my best with the players we have here.”
Di Matteo said the players at the club had a duty towards Chelsea, which was working towards saving the current season. While the English Premier League and Carling Cup are now out of reach, Di Matteo believed the FA Cup and UEFA Champions League were still
realistic possibilities.
He revealed:
“Our duty now is to look forward and to try to get the results that we need in the league, the Champions League and in the FA Cup to have a good season.”
The caretaker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 manager admitted he was fully committed to the club until the end of the season and wished to see them succeed this term.
Di Matteo continued:
“I can give them my full commitment to the end of the season, with the passion I have for my http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 for this club.”
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