‘I’m ex-Chelsea star – my team-mate placing Carragher on his a*** was magic’
Ex-Chelsea star Carlton Cole branded Gianfranco Zola a “magician” for what he did to Jamie Carragher throughout a sport.
The 40-year-old got here by means of the Blues academy earlier than spending the primary 5 years of his skilled profession at Stamford Bridge the place he performed 31 video games and scored eight objectives.
The Englishman left for West Ham in 2006 the place he cemented his standing as a cult hero at Upton Park, having fun with 9 years on the membership in two stints.
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Despite a scarcity of game-time at Chelsea, Cole had optimistic recollections throughout his time on the membership, together with one second the place Carragher was left “on his a***” throughout a tussle with Zola.
During an look on Hayters TV alongside Des Kelly, the previous England worldwide opened up concerning the luxurious piece of ability from the Italian legend over the last sport of the 2002/03 season the place Chelsea wanted to beat Liverpool to qualify for the Champions League.
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“So I was actually involved in the last game of the season against Liverpool at home and this was to decide whether we would get into the Champions League or not and I think Liverpool finished fifth and we were fourth in the end and we had to win that game,” Cole mentioned.
“Jesper Gronkjaer had scored the winning goal that actually sealed it for us, and we got fourth in the end. There’s that famous game as well, there’s a clip of Gianfranco Zola turning Carragher inside and out and Carragher ends up on his a***.
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Kelly chimed in and joked concerning the Liverpool legend as he mentioned: “Jamie Carragher looks like he’s running like an ironing board, it’s not working” as Cole waxed lyrical about Zola: “So that game, I was seeing it whilst on the pitch and I was like ‘this is unbelievable’, what a magician this geezer is.
“That was the sport that sealed it for us and we received the Champions League after which the Abramovich cash is available in and that is the place it kinda went wonky for me at Chelsea.”
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Chelsea was bought by billionaire Roman Abramovich a season later who sacked Claudio Ranieri on the finish of the season 2003/04 marketing campaign, changing him with Jose Mourinho who received the Premier League in his first two seasons on the membership.
