Saturday 5 May 2012

Terry Backing Di Matteo as Chelsea Prepare for Cup Final Clash

As Roberto Di Matteo prepares his Chelsea squad for this afternoon's FA cup final clash against Premier League rivals Liverpool at Wembley, even the most experienced pros amongst the West Londoner's ranks - such as England stars Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and John Terry - could surely not have expected to see the club's fortunes turn around so sharply under the guise of the Italian. Twice an FA cup winner himself with the club, the interim boss who took over the reins from the sacked Andre Villas-Boas has overseen a dramatic transformation in not only the attitude and application of his players, but more crucially for owner Roman Abramovich, a significant improvement in results for the blues, as he looks to win the first of 2 huge cup finals for Chelsea in the coming weeks.

     Something that was seemingly lacking for Chelsea under the tenure of the ousted AVB was a sense of togetherness and accord between players and manager - something that Chelsea captain John Terry has been keen to emphasise has returned to the squad under Di Matteo's leadership - and now the true blue wants to win the first of 2 trophies in the closing weeks of the season to try to help his boss gain the backing of the club's  Russian owner so he can take up the job on a permanent basic with a long term contract. Terry was earlier quoted as saying:
"To win [the cup] will put himself in a very good position...If we can do it with the added bonus that Robbie can get the job at the end, that'd be great."
Publically Di Matteo himself has been loath to talk up his own chances of taking up the managerial position at Stamford Bridge on a permanent basis, instead calmly portraying a young manager who is happy to take each game at a time. However, if a win in the FA cup could be followed up by finally fulfilling Abramovich's dream of securing victory in the Champions League then their could surely be no other possible contender to match the Italian's claims for one of English football's top jobs.

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