Frankie… finally!

The downturn has just peaked: In early December and more specifically on the 5th of the month, Chelsea managed to climb to the top of the Premier League and shortly after Christmas, on the 28th of the month, it had now dropped to 6th place. Of course, the situation in this year's ranking of the top league, especially during the holidays was such that with the slightest degree everything could be overturned and the ranking could be easily differentiated. Nevertheless, Lampard's Chelsea bent.

She showed that she was not ready to compete with her much better and more experienced opponents who knew exactly what they had to do to charge and the "blues" lost the ground under their feet. Within about two months, the London club was in 9th place and at -11 from the penthouse. And Lampard may have admitted that his team is not ready to claim the title, but, probably, so much honesty does not fit in a club of this size…

Frank Lampard was fired by Roman Abramovich and within 18 months, the eternal Chelsea legend knows what he did and what cost him dearly; he wanted to say goodbye in his own way, saying among other things that this year he did not have time to go the team to the next level.

"Frankie" will forever remain the "Player - Manager - Legend" of Chelsea. That's what the Stamford Bridge banner says. The applause of the people will be permanent in each of his reappearances on the field. He knows that he has not lost the appreciation and love of the people around his beloved Chelsea, even though things have gone so wrong lately.

"There is no plan or project and I say this to every young or even more experienced coach. Either you win or they replace you. "I wish I could see Frank talking over lunch when the lockdown is over," were Pep Guardiola's clear words after the dismissal of Frank Lampard.

The top scorer in the London Blues' history had left Derby County - which reached the final of the promotion playoffs in his first season as coach - to take over at Chelsea, and managed to partner Petr Cech in his second year. , but the thing… did not go.

Roman Abramovich changed his face on the bench for the 14th time in order for the team to find rhythm and improvement again, but the Russian knew exactly how to handle the situation and how much to tell Lampard to show him that no one in the club would stop him. respect and appreciate him.

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