Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti Sad About Chelsea’s Form

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti says he is “sad” about Chelsea’s form this season as he prepares to face his former side in the Champions League.

Real and Ancelotti, who won the Premier League and FA Cup with the Blues in 2010, welcome Chelsea to the Bernabeu on Wednesday for their quarter-final first leg.

Chelsea are 11th in the league and suffered early FA and League Cup exits.

They are on their third manager of the season in interim boss Frank Lampard.

He said;

“I am sad, yes,” said Ancelotti. “I have a fantastic memory of this club, of the people that are still working there.

“I’m a supporter of Chelsea, of course, because I spent two really nice years there.”

“I hope that Lampard is able to do a fantastic job with them,” he said. “He has 20 years’ less experience [than me], but that will not change what will happen in the game.

“He was a fantastic player, extraordinary, he knows very well what can happen in these games but experience, in these matches, I don’t think counts for much.

“He arrived at the club a week ago, with a lot of players that he already knew. I think he’ll do well in the time that he’s at Chelsea.”