Chelsea have announced that Rafael Benitez has been hired as interim manager until the end of the season, replacing the recently fired Roberto Di Matteo.
RDM a fall guy for Chelsea
Martin RoseThis five-game stretch was all the excuse that Roman Abramovich needed to fire Roberto Di Matteo, just three months after hiring him as the permanent manager and six months after he won the FA Cup and Champions League for Chelsea. Over at Chelsea FC blog We Ain’t Got No History, Graham MacAree takes a look at the events leading up to this moment, concluding that Di Matteo was put in a position to fail.
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Clive RoseChelsea issued a statement on Di Matteo’s sacking that was respectful, but strongly worded.
While it seems extremely harsh and reactionary to fire a manager who had just won the Champions League after five games without a victory, there’s not much to disagree with in that statement. Fans have been rightfully annoyed by the Blues’ extremely poor form in the league over the last four matches, and Tuesday’s 3-0 loss to Juventus was simply the cherry on top of an excrement sundae.
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