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Chelsea ace Lampard struggling to handle Mourinho emotions

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 10:53

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard cannot hide the mixed emotions he is experiencing going into next week's Champions League clash with Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.

Lampard remains close to his former Chelsea manager.

"It plays on your mind but we have to tell ourselves the tie's in the balance," Lampard told the Guardian. "The frustration is we should never have lost that first game, but now we have to be careful. Inter have good players and a very clever manager who'll come with a plan. But to go out to José? Yeah, I guess you could call that unthinkable."

That admission is natural, yet prompts immediate reflection.

"You know what? I try and take all that emotion out of it. I've got more respect for José Mourinho than for any other manager I've worked with because of what he did for me. I want to win the game, but it's not like I want to get one over on him. I just want to go through to the last eight. If you'd asked me at the start of the season who I'd want to win the European Cup if it wasn't going to be us, I'd have been happy to see José win it. He was great for me and I'm still close to him."

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 22:33.

oh has fatboy been missing his gay lover?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 19:18.

tribal football reporters are pussylickers, why haven't they report victory of chelsea over westham instead of this shit news. chelsea haters.

Submitted by Amabatigol (not verified) on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 17:36.

I hope Lampard is not thinking of giving the game to
mouthy Mourinho

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