Interim manager is not likely to be in the role for long but Enzo Fernández’s late intervention will provide him with an unforgettable memory
In the 94th minute sheer ecstasy for Chelsea and Calum McFarlane when Enzo Fernández forced home the equaliser. It left Pep Guardiola howling at the heavens and gave Chelsea’s interim manager a golden moment. Guardiola v McFarlane could be billed as the Premier League’s greatest managerial mismatch, so the memory of Fernández’s intervention should warm the 40-year-old in his dotage.
On the home bench was the generation’s pre-eminent figure, with 40 trophies on his CV for Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, taking charge of a 1,012th match. In the opposite technical area, a former coach at Croydon, Whyteleafe and City’s academy (2020-23), who led Southampton Under-18s and arrived to make a senior managerial bow, seconded from his regular post guiding the under‑21s and under-19s.
Continue reading…Interim manager is not likely to be in the role for long but Enzo Fernández’s late intervention will provide him with an unforgettable memory In the 94th minute sheer ecstasy for Chelsea and Calum McFarlane when Enzo Fernández forced home the equaliser. It left Pep Guardiola howling at the heavens and gave Chelsea’s interim manager a golden moment. Guardiola v McFarlane could be billed as the Premier League’s greatest managerial mismatch, so the memory of Fernández’s intervention should warm the 40-year-old in his dotage.On the home bench was the generation’s pre-eminent figure, with 40 trophies on his CV for Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, taking charge of a 1,012th match. In the opposite technical area, a former coach at Croydon, Whyteleafe and City’s academy (2020-23), who led Southampton Under-18s and arrived to make a senior managerial bow, seconded from his regular post guiding the under‑21s and under-19s. Continue reading…