London's "Chelsea" team continues to struggle to demonstrate consistent good performance - after a beautiful victory last weekend against "Wolves," the "aristocrats" fell in the Champions League start on Tuesday evening.
Hosting the "Valencia" team, the "Chelsea" team admitted the minimal advantage of the opponents. The lone goal by Rodrigo decided the winner of the match.
At the end of the game, "Chelsea" could have at least expanded their score, but Ross Barkley's strike from the penalty spot hit the crossbar. This episode caused a real storm of discussions in the English media.
Before taking the penalty kick, R. Barkley had a conversation with both Willian and Jorginho, who are seen as the main candidates in the "Chelsea" team to take penalty kicks. Frank Lampard himself was not surprised why R. Barkley took on this responsibility.
"Ross takes the penalties in the team," - said F. Lampard at the press conference. - "In pre-season games, he converted several penalty kicks. He was in charge, so he was trusted with the shot. That's the whole story."
"I don't know what the conversation was on the field, but Jorginho or Willian would have taken the penalty kick if Ross wasn't there. He appeared after the substitution and took that shot," - added the strategist.
