Connect with us

Agnes Isika Blog

The Special One: Frank Lampard Discusses Mourinho At Chelsea

Entertainment

The Special One: Frank Lampard Discusses Mourinho At Chelsea

Frank Lampard, the current Chelsea manager, has disclosed Jose Mourinho’s strategies at Chelsea, which resulted in the team’s title-winning campaign.

At his Stamford Bridge debut in 2004, Mourinho dubbed himself “the Special One” and went on to win the title in the Premier League and the League Cup in his first season in charge.

The Portuguese coach took on English football greats like Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger with the support of Roman Abramovich’s billions.

In the brand-new Paramount+ Premier League documentary “Fever Pitch,” Mourinho’s star midfielder Lampard has now opened up about his techniques.

“What we really started to do was change our mindset, we really started to believe we would win,” Lampard said.

“We had this manager with this real confidence, this bravado, who also wanted to sort of fight. He was a fighter in his media and the press.

“He liked to create conflict, he liked to create them and us as a strategy – and it worked.”

In 2004–05, Chelsea dominated the Premier League, going undefeated in 29 of their 38 games and finishing 12 points ahead of the defending champions Arsenal.

In the documentary, Mourinho recalls how the English media predicted Chelsea would finish, allowing United and Arsenal, who had previously won the title, to pass them.

“We were winning, winning, winning and it looked like nobody believed that Chelsea was going to win that title,” he said.

Read Also: Osimhen Plays Down Big Club Talks After Winning Series A Title

“How many times did we listen, how many times did we read: ‘Around Boxing Day they will collapse. Too many matches in that period, they will collapse. As soon as they feel the pressure they will collapse.’

“Everything was ‘Man United will do it, Arsenal will do it, Chelsea will fail.’

“I felt I needed to protect the guys, I needed to put myself in the spotlight, to be the one who shows strength of character, the one who shows no fear of Arsenal, of United, of history.

“I tried to be genuine, a little bit naive compared with today, probably a bit more emotional compared to today, perhaps with a little bit more of that revenge feeling – ‘you say this, I kill you.’ Everything was natural.

“I believe that people only believed that the title was ours when we did it. For your own, like, ‘I did it and now you shut up.’

“The problem is they only shut up for a couple of weeks but at least for a couple of weeks it was a special feeling.

“These guys, they really wanted to make history. We went step-by-step and discovered the beauty and also the difficulties of the Premier League and good players without titles and Premier Leagues, you finish your career you are not a big player without winning titles.

“I was right when I made that decision of Chelsea in 2004 because something special happened at that time.”

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More in Entertainment

TrueTalk with Agnes

Today's Quote

A focused mind is one of the most powerful forces in the universe

Trending

Contributors

LAGOS WEATHER
To Top