CHELSEA fans have been demanding that Frank Lampard picks himself to play against Real Madrid.
The calls came after footage of the club icon juggling a ball during training emerged, showing that he has not lost his touch.
Now the interim coach of the Blues, Lampard is aiming to help his side overturn a two-goal deficit when they face the LaLiga giants at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League tonight.
Lampard has been leading training since the firing of Graham Potter, but the club has lost each of the three games that he has been in charge.
However as he entered training today, Lampard showed off his ability to control the ball as he juggled and balanced it on his foot – all while holding a clipboard.
This has led to fans calling for the former midfielder to play himself against Real Madrid.
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One fan tweeted: “He should just put on the jersey and play for us today, maybe we can have some hope.”
A second wrote: “I think they need him out there !… On the pitch! lol.”
A third commented: “Let him play as their striker tonight.”
A fourth said: “Get him in line up player-coach Terry back too and Drogba!!!!”
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While a fifth declared: “Chelsea’s player of the season.”
A sixth added: “He’d do a better job than 95% of Chelsea’s current midfield.”
Another joked: “Probs worth getting the kit on can’t be worse than Havertz up top.”
Chelsea face Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final in a bid to salvage something from this season.
They are languishing in eleventh place in the league, ten points off seventh-placed Brighton, who beat them at the weekend.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
