{"id":45567,"date":"2021-06-24T16:46:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/euro-2020-lampard-discloses-only-problem-he-had-with-ngolo-kante-at-chelsea"},"modified":"2021-06-24T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:04:08","slug":"euro-2020-lampard-discloses-only-problem-he-had-with-ngolo-kante-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/euro-2020-lampard-discloses-only-problem-he-had-with-ngolo-kante-at-chelsea","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2020: Lampard discloses only problem he had with N\u2019golo Kante at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard has revealed the only problem he had with N\u2019golo Kante, while he was in charge at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman said the \u2018problem\u2019 was trying to stop the midfielder from running too much during training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard handled Kante and his Chelsea teammates for 18 months before he was kicked out and replaced by former Paris Saint-Germain boss, Thomas Tuchel at the end of January.<\/p>\n<p>Kante struggled with hamstring injury at the time Lampard first came in but has recovered, establishing himself as an integral part of Chelsea\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n<p>UCL: Kante reveals Chelsea\u2019s chances of eliminating Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>Lampard, who anchored Chelsea midfield for many years, described Kante\u2019s contribution to both club and country as \u2018priceless\u2019 and admits the only downside to managing the World Cup winner is having to be strict with how much effort he puts in during training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived at Chelsea he\u2019d been off the back of playing so regularly for a few seasons because everyone relies on him so much, he\u2019d had an injury that took him into my first season, we missed him a lot,\u201d Lampard told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou seriously miss N\u2019Golo in big games because he\u2019s a big-game player. Nobody will want to play against him because of the attributes he\u2019s got.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those big games, finals, tournament football, players like N\u2019Golo are just priceless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main reason why he\u2019s so good that he\u2019s the best in the world and being a destructor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I say destructor, I\u2019m talking about winning the ball back. To win the ball back with his anticipation, having the speed to get tight and close distances, his main attribute for me is destruction, leaving areas to win balls back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn old-fashioned holding midfield player you\u2019d say would sit in front of the back four, Makelele did it years ago for Chelsea so well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he has so much more to his game. When you see the distances he closes to get in front of people, that acceleration and speed, that is something special to him, it\u2019s very unique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got asked it a lot [about playing him as a strict defensive midfielder], my feeling was that he had so many attributes that were more than just that, I was holding him back by saying, \u2018please just sit there\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to allow N\u2019Golo to travel with the ball, he can find passes I think people don\u2019t give him credit for, his close control in tight areas is fantastic as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can do multiple jobs at the same time. He makes people around him better, he helps everybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s exactly how you\u2019d expect from the outside, nothing\u2019s an act, he\u2019s very humble, very quiet, he doesn\u2019t want loads of conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem I found with him more than anything was trying to hold him back in training because every day you train and you let him off the leash in an opposed session, and you have to try to pull him back because he can just put that output into anything he does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s incredible, he\u2019s exactly what you see from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard has revealed the only problem he had with N\u2019golo Kante, while he was in charge at Stamford Bridge. The Englishman said the \u2018problem\u2019 was trying to stop the midfielder from running too much during training sessions. 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