We are highly unlikely to see a Chelsea team full of academy and fringe players start the Champions League round of 16 match tonight.
Blues boss Frank Lampard is going out to win this game, and that was evident from his pre-match press conference last night.
Lampard has said he will take his own experiences to try and inspire his players to ‘do something special’ tonight against Bayern Munich.
Lampard on using his 2012 #UCL win as inspiration: "If I try to use all my short stories from my career to the players, then they would get very bored but I want them to act, feel and show they can turn this game around. Then they can attempt to do something special." #CFC
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) August 7, 2020
His side are 3-0 down from the first leg and face a near impossible task. But I have no doubt that Lampard will be going all out for the win and he will have some belief that it can be done, it’s the only way he knows how to play matches.
I understand that Callum Hudson-Odoi will start the match tonight, and this has been further emphasised by defender Antonio Rudiger’s comments on him last night..
Rudiger on Hudson-Odoi:"First of all, Callum is a young guy with loads of talent & in a game like this, not just because it is Bayern Munich and all those talks, but he wants these kinds of games. This is why you play football and he wants to prove a point, definitely" #UCL #CFC
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) August 7, 2020
The Blues youngster has a massive chance to prove his worth to Lampard tonight, after having to make do with substitute appearances only since football restarted.
