{"id":28871,"date":"2024-03-03T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T05:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/28871\/frustrated-chelsea-fans-turn-on\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T08:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T05:46:32","slug":"frustrated-chelsea-fans-turn-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=28871","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated Chelsea fans turn on Pochettino and U.S. owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frustrated Chelsea fans turn on Pochettino and U.S. owners\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A large section of Chelsea fans vented their anger at the club&#39;s American owners and manager Mauricio Pochettino on Saturday as the stuttering Blues struggled to secure a 2-2 draw against an injury-depleted Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Champions League winners, who also won the English title five times between 2005 and 2017, are having a disappointing second season, two years after a US-led consortium took over the club and invested heavily in the players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watching their team lose a 1-0 lead to lead 2-1 midway through the second half was too much for some of their supporters outside the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>First came the cries of &#8220;Roman Abramovich, Roman Abramovich&#8221;, as supporters sought to compare their successes under the club&#39;s former Russian owner with their current position in mid-table.<\/p>\n<p>Then came a vitriolic chant about Todd Boehly, the most prominent face of Chelsea&#39;s new ownership;  another celebrating former manager Jose Mourinho, who won three league titles at Stamford Bridge;  and finally a crude question about Pochettino, the former Tottenham Hotspur manager who was appointed head coach of the west London club in May.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Mauricio Pochettino watches Chelsea&#39;s draw against Brentford. <cite>Photo by Richard Heathcote\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Other Chelsea fans sought to rally behind the team, who eventually fought back to secure a 2-2 draw when defender Axel Disasi scored with a header in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s normal. We lost the match 2-1 and it&#39;s about expressing our frustration,&#8221; Pochettino told reporters.  &#8220;Of course we are responsible. I am one of the responsible ones, I am the head coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said Chelsea&#39;s management team needed to build better relationships with fans by winning more games, but he also added: &#8220;We have to deal with a certain reality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine coach previously said it was unrealistic to compare Chelsea now, after an overhaul which saw a string of young and relatively inexperienced players join the club, with the triumphant teams of the recent past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe work really, really hard to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> games and the team is fighting,\u201d Pochettino said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the team was tired after playing 120 minutes in the League Cup final, losing 1-0 to Liverpool on Sunday, then beating Leeds <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> with a last-gasp winner in a 3-2 FA thriller Cup Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am fighting with all my senses to try to provide the team with the best tools to work, improve and play in the best way,\u201d Pochettino said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is my 52nd birthday. I know this job very well. But I know we will never give up. We will fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frustrated Chelsea fans turn on Pochettino and U.S. owners\u060c A large section of Chelsea fans vented their anger at the club&#39;s American owners and manager Mauricio Pochettino on Saturday as the stuttering Blues struggled to secure a 2-2 draw against an injury-depleted Brentford. 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