It's just gone 9pm on the 28th of October, 2011. Chelsea are facing Valencia in the Champions League group stage, at the prestigious Estadio Mestalla in Spain. After weeks and weeks of media scrutiny being intensified on Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his current affairs on the pitch, the England International has been given a starting chance for the first time in four matches, by manager Andre Villa-Boas.Along with, dare I say it the majority of the footballing nation, Lampard's inclusion in the Londoners starting XI was one that I greeted with a smile; Lampard for years has been at the very forefront of English football, and a mere baron spell should under no circumstances influence the view that such a players career is, to put it bluntly in a 'Rupert Murdoch' kind of way, over. To add to my delight at Lampard's reinstatement, the guy only went and bagged one, and a well taken effort at that. I hope for sane's sake, that the cynical figures in football media now take a step back and concentrate on more pressing issues in the game... Tevez anyone?
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