Petr Cech: It's sad Di Matteo is no more our Boss

Chelsea number 1 shot stopper Petr Cech has express his sadness over the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo. The Czech Republic international says it is unfortunate the Italian manager is no more part of the team even after winning the Champions League, but insist the club must move on.

After the sacking of Di Matteo from his position as Chelsea manager, Cech insist decisions like these are simply part of "football life." and the keeper encourages the club to move on. He even gave the players a speech on pulling together. "It was sad to see [Di Matteo] go early like that, but that's football life, unfortunately," he told the Daily Mail. 'He will always be a huge part of the history of this club with all he has achieved as a player and manager."

After his side's surprise defeat to West Brom last weekend, Cech said he made a dressing-room speech on the importance of the task ahead of them: "It was a speech I had to make to the team about what we are and what we want to be and that we have to improve if we are to fulfill our expectations.

"We were all in the same boat - manager, coaching staff and all players. "We've ended up in this situation and we are all responsible for that, so we need to put it right now.

Unfortunately, the manager is always the one who gets under pressure the most." Despite the Stamford Bridge club's stuttering recent form, the No.1 keeper feels the signings are helping to alter the club's playing style for the better. He continued:

"You can see the change of the generation is happening slowly but surely. 'We have a lot of new players and players that haven't been here for a long time. So it feels like a new Chelsea and obviously the players are really different players and have brought a different style; their way of playing football is completely different.

"If you have Juan [Mata] and Eden [Hazard] on one side and they're standing next to [Ryan] Shawcross and [Robert] Huth, there's no point kicking the ball."

And rather than the change of tactics, Cech thinks the side's poor form is simply down to poor defending: "We had a very good start to the season so I don't think it all happened too quickly. You need to defend as a team to defend well."

Cyracks Zenda

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