All is not well at Stamford Bridge. As the most important match of their season looms large, Chelsea’s dressing room looks to be in disarray.
Carlo Ancelotti’s failure to manage his strikers since the signing of Fernando Torres means the team is not in the right frame of mind to battle Manchester United at Old Trafford in a crucial Champions League quarterfinal.
Last week, in the first leg of this tie, I had the opportunity to sit a couple of rows behind the Chelsea bench at Stamford Bridge.
What I saw during the game should worry everyone who is interested in Chelsea’s immediate and long-term future.
There is no question Ancelotti made several mistakes which could ultimately cost his team a place in the final four of Europe’s top club competition.
Let’s start with team selection. The Italian manager lined up with Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres up front.
He made this decision even though Nicolas Anelka was the side’s top scorer in the Champions League with seven goals in seven games and even though Torres had failed to score a single goal for club and country in over 11 hours of play.

 

CNN’s Pedro Pinto is a CNN sports anchor based in London, covering sport around the world. For more go to www.cnn.com/worldsport

 

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