Nicol raps Chelsea boss Lampard: Why do that?

Football
14 Apr 2023 • 3:40 PM MYT
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Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard has been criticised for bringing on defender Marc Cucurella against Real Madrid.

Kalidou Koulibaly had to go off against the Spanish giants due to an injury.

Instead of bringing on a more traditional center half, Lampard chose to go with Cucurella.

The Spaniard was at fault for various incidents defensively, including a run of play that eventually led to teammate Ben Chilwell getting a red card.

On Cucurella, pundit Steve Nicol told ESPN: The decision that Frank made to bring on Cucurella and play him at center back absolutely cost them big time.

I thought it was a bad move. I understand if you've got nobody else on the bench, but you've got a center-back on the bench; you've got [Trevoh] Chalobah on the bench."

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