Anyway, Carlo Ancelotti had great seasons with Chelsea, but then the Champions League has always went far beyond his reach, even when at times they were at the brink of winning it.
Carlo Ancelotti achieved all greatness with Chelsea and maybe its time to say goodbye. Chelsea used to be commended for their stability in defence, but now its all falling to pierces. After Didier Drogba scored last night there was a glimmer of hope and one would think that they would go all the way to actually win it, but then Jun Sung Park becoming a hero after a few minutes of Chelsea's goal was more of a blow and an indication of a badly assembled defence. Why Alex (Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa) started in such a high profile game is still a mysterious shocker. Is Ancelotti losing it? Maybe he is.
Ramires who is a youngster in the team did very well last night. I guess it was expected from an inexperienced lad like him to commit fouls and errors that he commited during the game. His red card was a blow but then the game had to go on. Michael Essien has become a bit rigid. He does well in the centre of the park, but then he fails to push forward in a number of cases. He is still a great player, but then senior players like him need to be examplary to the young lads coming up in the team.
Torres oh Torres!
Once again the obsession of Ancelotti proved to be costly and they paid the prize by having to exit the European tourney in the quarters. Gestures and Torres movement in the field just says it all. His morale has hit rock bottom and his confidence is just dead. Ancelotti persisting to use Torres will bear no fruits and at the end it will be Torres lamenting a career that could've been. Give the boy a break, try helping him by understanding where the knot got loose. Playing him only 45 minutes and then introducing Drogba afterwards doesn't really help Torres at all, because chances of Drogba really shinning more than Torres are just too high hence last night Drogba did shine.
One wonders what couldbe going wrong in Chelsea's camp. When Kalou was about to be introduced into the game last night, he didn't show any zeal of really wanting to play, so one wonders what one can achieve with such a dejected bunch of players. Frank Lampard had at some point in the game a goal scoring opportunity which he just "baby kicked" to Edwin Van Der Sar. A spirited, confident and fired up Frank Lampard would've put that in the back of the net or atleast force Van Der sar to make a save.
Is it maybe time for Ancelotti to call it quits? Or can Abramovic do the honors and fire him? I think the honorable thing for him to do will be to quit and who knows maybe a Lucrative deal could lure the special one back to Stamford Bridge...
By Mzansisoka Mashigo
