BALLACK BLAMES CHELSEA TACTICS
MICHAEL BALLACK claims his disappointing start to life at Chelsea
is down to Jose Mourinho's tactics.
Ballack, 30, has failed to have an impact after joining on a free
transfer from Bayern Munich in the summer. And the German
international insists his failure to adapt to life in the
Premiership is a direct result of the way the champions play.
He said: "I would have hoped there would be more crosses in the air
for me to score from. "At Munich the tactics were similar but there
were far more crosses. "The game we play is slightly different from
what I was used to. The full-backs do not press forward as they did
at Bayern. "And if we sometimes change and play with forwards on
the wings, they are the type of players that like to get the ball
into the box and try to score rather than pass it on.
"That situation makes it more difficult for me to play to my
strengths, like heading the ball into the net." Ballack scored 57
goals in 153 appearances for Bayern but has netted just three in 24
games under Mourinho.
The irony is, of course, that it is Mourinho's reshuffling to fit
Ballack into the midfield that has forced the Portuguese to leave
out his more natural wingers.
Wah Ballack so daring, come out and
talk to the press... wait he get it from mour then he
know...
