Football Service Agency

It´s 20 minutes before the end of friendly match Chelsea – Fulham when home bench of The Blues, lead by coach Carlo Ancelotti, send Milan Lalkovič onto the pitch. Young footballer from Košice records his first unoficcial match for A-team. Moreover, he helps equal the score!

„We weredown 0-1, the coach wanted to reinforce the offence,“ began Miňo who did not dream about his chance coming so soon. However, this was a mixture of A-team and the Reserve as the running WC qualification took more Chelsea players away.     

Milan took his chance with a firm grip and made a good impression. „The coach asked me before sending me in, how I felt and wished me good luck,“ reported Miňo coach´s words. Ancelotti was cheering his young newbe typically British: ´Come on, Milan´.

Miňo´s reimbursement was the best possible. After his play with teammate Ahmed the goal was scored which led to final 1-1 draw. „Mr Ancelotti is an excellent coach and man. It´s clearly visible how much experience he has,“ said Milan about A-team coach.