Nicolas Jackson’s red-card challenge for Chelsea against Flamengo was a ‘stupid’ mistake, says John Obi Mikel | Football News
Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel described Nicolas Jackson’s sending a “stupid error” and said his former club was missing leaders.
Jackson has been shown a right red card for a challenge for nails on Ayrton Lucas four minutes after being replaced by the new signature of Liam Delap at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia while Chelsea collapsed at a 3-1 defeat at the Club World Cup.
Chelsea seemed to be on the right track for a second victory in the competition after the opening of Pedro Neto in the first half, but a bad defense saw them conceded twice in three minutes after the break, with the moment of Jackson’s madness after a few moments later.
Wallace Yan’s late goal sealed Flamengo’s victory, but Jackson’s sending to his 24th anniversary, and only six weeks after seeing Red for a elbow on the defender of Newcastle Sven Botman in the Premier League, was the dominant point of discussion.
Speaking on DaznMikel, who won 11 trophies in an 11 -year -old spell in Chelsea, said about Jackson’s red card: “Incredible, stupid, stupid and stupid error.
“I don’t know what’s going on by his head. You come in the match, you are 2-1, your team needs you and you do this.
“He did it during the important Premier League match against Newcastle, when we were to win to qualify for the champions League squares, and he started it again.
“You cannot continue to make mistakes.”
The Jackson’s red card came after an impressive first start from Delap, a signing of 30 million pounds sterling from Ipswich who joined Chelsea to compete for the departure place of the International of Senegal in the Enzo Maresca team.
“I don’t care about her frustration,” added Mikel. “Chelsea is a huge football club and this is competition.
The Jackson studs landed on the Tibia of the Flamengo defender
Nicolas Jackson de Chelsea only left the field a few minutes after arriving
“If you are angry, if you are looking for what Delap arrives at the club and he will be your competition, you have to kiss him.
“If you are a great player, you kiss him.
“Jackson must take a look at himself and think where he wants his career to Chelsea Ille from here.
“The manager called on an attacker, so now if the manager is starting to doubt him, if he continues to make mistakes and leave his teammates and the club below, it’s time for Delap to start the matches.
“The manager has the decision to take now.”
MARESCA would not be attracted to the sending of Jackson to her post-match interview. “It was a red card, so nothing to say,” he said.
But the defender of Chelsea Marc Cucurella defended his teammate, saying that he will draw from it. “It’s a bit of bad luck,” said Cucurella.
“He tried to set foot to kick the ball but he kicked the player’s leg. That’s it. We are missing now for the next game.
“He is a young player with great quality and maybe he needs to improve it. We are not perfect, it’s part of the game.”
“Chelsea must bring a superior goalkeeper”
Mikel’s criticism was not just a matter of Jackson. He estimated that Chelsea’s collapse was indicative of a lack of leadership in general.
“When you talk about leaders, people who can be on the field and control the game and their teammates, that’s what Chelsea had when John Terry and Didier Drogba were at the club.
“People who can call players and say,” Listen, let’s go a bit “. I don’t see that here, I don’t see the leaders. I just see players making mistakes.”
Bruno Henrique celebrates the goal of the equalization of Flamengo
Mikel estimated that goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was one of these players, in addition to Jackson.
“I talked about him so many times,” he added. “Sanchez, I don’t think he is a goalkeeper who can lead us to winning titles.
“If you want to win titles and become a big football club, you must have a goalkeeper.
“For me, I said it so many times, it’s not this guy, it’s not this goalkeeper.
“We have to strengthen this summer and bring a superior goalkeeper, if we want to compete in terms of winning titles.”
The defeat against Flamengo leaves Chelsea second in group D at the club World Cup, three points behind the Flamengo leaders before their last group match against ES Tunis on Wednesday.
