Champions League
Tuchel barked at the reporter, “What do you expect me to laugh at? We don’t even have to go to the Bernabéu with this performance, they’ll destroy us like this
Chelsea lost 1:3 to Real Madrid in the opening quarter-final of the Champions League, but there could have been many more goals in their net. Especially in the first half, it gave a poor performance, which Blues coach Thomas Tuchel described as the worst at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea defeated Real Madrid 1:3 in the opening quarter-final of the Champions League and could have scored many more goals. Especially in the first half, they gave a poor performance, which Blues coach Thomas Tuchel called the worst at Stamford Bridge.
Real Madrid started very briskly in London. A quick break down the Valverde – Benzema – Valverde axis was finished by Vinícius, but he only hit the crossbar. Moments later, however, the visitors were celebrating when a quick action between Vinícius and Benzema was headed into the net by the Frenchman.
Moments later, Benzema added another goal when he pounced on a Modric centre. Havertz then reduced the arrears, but Benzema had another chance immediately afterwards, but this time he missed in front of Mendy. He didn’t have to be too sorry, though, as he completed his hat-trick after the change of sides.
“It’s a tough defeat. It’s one of the worst first halves I’ve seen from us here at Stamford Bridge. You can’t play like this at this level. It was far from our standard and then you lose the game,” an angry Tuchel fumed in his post-match interview.
When reporter Des Kelly noticed that Tuchel was irritated, the German coach snapped at him Stand here and laugh? It’s clear I’m disappointed.”
Kelly responded by saying he still had to go to Madrid for the rematch, to which Tuchel had his own opinion.
“No, we don’t have to go to Madrid, we have to go to Southampton now and it’s very important to process this. If we keep playing like this, we will lose at Southampton and then we don’t even have to think about the Bernabéu because we will get destroyed at the Bernabéu,” added an extremely angry Tuchel.
Fans noted that they have never seen a Chelsea coach this angry before. The great tactician expected a completely different performance from his charges, but this time he was outdone by the experienced Italian strategist Carlo Ancelotti.
Source: BT Sport
