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The reasons are very different, but the reality is similar. C helsea and Valencia start in the Champions League with rookie coaches on the benches. Abramovich has chosen to leave the team in the hands of an idol like Frank Lampard after experiences with the Italians Antonio Conte , who conquered the Premier in 2017, and Maurizio Sarri . No one better than someone from home to comply with the UEFA sanction, which forces him to look at the quarry before the impossibility of millionaire signings. In front will be Albert Celades , who has come to the direction of Valencia also by the will of an owner and with a similar argument: look at Paterna. Or at least that is the only reason (pilgrim) with which we wanted to publicly justify the relay of Marcellin .

Frankie is no stranger to the Stamford Bridge locker room, he is on the sidelines after a stormy relationship with Sarri and has successfully tanned himself on the bench in the Derby County. Not only was he able to place it on the edge of the ascent to the Premier, but with his return he recovered one of the jewels of the quarry: Mason Mount . After two years of assignments, his explosion makes him one of the players with more future. The ascent was snatched by Aston Villa with a striker also loaned by the blue : Tammy Abraham . He began with a bad foot, failing the decisive penalty in the Super Cup against Liverpool, but with seven goals in three games he has rewritten his first page in Chelsea.

With two stars emerging from the quarry and other young values ​​such as Fiyakomi Tomori , together with the potential of a Europa League champion team, the difficulties will be many for a Valencia with an open wound. «I am aware of what has happened, but it is a fantastic quality team. My experience is that in problems of this style, the group joins more, ”Lampard warned.

"We will be introducing new things"

On the other side, on the other side, the feelings are not yet positive when visiting a field, Stamford Bridge, where they have never won. Because Celades does not start with any of the wild cards that Lampard has, who could be his mirror. With no experience in clubs, their only endorsement are the lower selections. He arrives at a stadium that cries to his predecessor and has to direct a staff that, hurt, does not understand Marcelino's dismissal. This Monday they left him alone in the previous press conference, as well as after the defeat of the Camp Nou. The threat of the club of transferring the economic sanctions imposed by Liga and UEFA to the players has not even permeated. Meanwhile, the new coach ensures that there is dialogue with his players and tries to find a way to connect with the costumes and the stands. It is not Lampard. Not much less.

While Chelsea is beating 2-5 at WolverHampton of Nuno , the Andorran left the Camp Nou with a painful defeat and hopes that the Champions League will provide an adrenaline shot to a team that cannot fall into self-pity if they want to advance in a complicated group stage. Of course, with the same script as Marcellin. « The players are used to doing things that have given them a very high performance and we have barely had time to train . Little by little we will be introducing new things, ”explained the technician as he could.

One of those stamps that Celades will put on will be to express the talent of the house. Ferran or Kangin , waiting for Carlos Soler , are pieces that he knows he must activate, such as that of the Portuguese side Correia , Peter Lim's only big bet this summer. However, he was energetic when defending that he will not be a puppet of property or hostage of the players: «The decisions are made by me and I will continue taking them until the day I leave here».

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