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tuchel-rules-kovacic-out-against-real-madrid-and-updates-on-chel

Tuchel rules Kovacic out against Real Madrid and updates on Chelsea
contract talks

04 May 2021


Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that tomorrow night's Champions League
semi-final second leg with Real Madrid will come too soon for Mateo
Kovacic.


https://i.imgur.com/qdPoSU1.jpg


The Croatian has been sidelined since injuring himself ahead of our
quarter-final win over Porto and although our German head coach was
hopeful of Kovacic returning for this game, the boss revealed at his
pre-match press conference that the midfielder will not be able to feature
against his former side.


There is better news, however, on Toni Rudiger, who is available for
selection and will wear a protective mask against the La Liga side if
selected.


'I can give you the status right now which is that Mateo will not be in
the squad,' Tuchel confirmed.


https://i.imgur.com/X4nVRao.jpg
Kovacic remains sidelined


'I think Toni will be fine to play with a mask and he trained with us
yesterday. Everyone else trained yesterday too and will be out training
with us later today.


'Hopefully we will have no new injuries from today's training, so that
means everyone is available for the match except for Mateo Kovacic.'


The Blues head into this crunch second leg level pegging but with an away
goal under our belts courtesy of Christian Pulisic, following the 1-1 draw
in the Spanish capital a week ago.


Tuchel believes there is more to come from his side and that his players
will head into tomorrow night's showdown at Stamford Bridge with the
belief they can reach the Champions League final and follow Chelsea Women,
who did exactly that by beating Bayern Munich over the weekend.


'We feel we can do this,' added Tuchel. 'They [Chelsea Women] did it after
a difficult first leg and showed belief.


'We feel we can be stronger. Now we have rested players, we had three days
in between games for rest, the challenge is to keep the intensity going
throughout the whole match.


https://i.imgur.com/zRW3THj.jpg
Tuchel on Chelsea Women making UCL final: "We are very happy because we
are one club"


'It is a semi-final. The pressure is on, it's a knockout game and so to
arrive with a level of belief and confidence is necessary, or we will have
no chance.'


The boss was also asked about whether discussions had taken place with
regards to a new long-term contract at Chelsea…


https://i.imgur.com/gK3zzG2.jpg
The boss says it is 'not the time' to talk about his contract


'No, nothing on that,' confirmed Tuchel. 'It is not the right time. There
is no time for this right now.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/05/04/
tuchel-on-chelsea-s-mindset-vs-real-madrid--his-team-line-up-and

Tuchel on Chelsea's mindset vs Real Madrid, his team line-up and how the
Blues will prepare

04 May 2021


A goalless draw against Real Madrid tomorrow night would be enough for
Chelsea to advance to the Champions League final for the first time in
nine years, but Thomas Tuchel has explained why his team must not play for
that result and should do everything to try and win the second leg
outright.


https://i.imgur.com/mZSrlCL.jpg


Last week's 1-1 draw in Madrid leaves this semi-final tie delicately
poised ahead of the Stamford Bridge showdown. For Tuchel, answering the
media's questions before training at Cobham today, his strategy regarding
Chelsea's mindset is absolutely clear.


'The challenge is to forget the first result and start at 0-0,' he said.
'We will clearly prepare to win the match, nothing else. We have no other
way to prepare matches. I only know to encourage my team to go out and try
and win it.


'If we are at our best, it's a no-brainer we go for a win. We want to win
games. This club is about winning, this game is about winning, this
competition is about winning.


https://i.imgur.com/EMjSIah.jpg


'So forget the first result, it's not as important as people out there
think. There is zero importance for preparation for the next match. It
changes nothing how we start the match tomorrow, what we do in training,
and zero influence in the talk we give to our players.


'We will encourage them, we will demand from them, and we will be strong
tomorrow at 8 o'clock as a group, as one club, with one big goal. This
will only happen if we bring our best level to the pitch, and our best
level is when we fight to win.'


Considering the success of our game-plan in Madrid, and the high-level
performance of those in blue across the pitch, Tuchel was asked if he was
going to name an unchanged starting XI. Understandably he remained coy
about that!


'I will make my decisions very late like I usually do,' he explained. 'I
have my ideas in my mind, but I'm too long in the business that I also
know anything can happen in the last training session, or a situation can
even change my mind.


https://i.imgur.com/Wx3Jcey.jpg
Tuchel getting his point across in Spain


'We need to wait. I need another sleep, and tomorrow I will decide on the
line-up. I will give it to my team first, but what is sure is we played a
good match with the line-up we had in the first game. It was a strong
performance, and from that view there is no reason to do too many
changes.'


And what of that final night's sleep and the all-important pre-match
preparation? Since arriving at Stamford Bridge in late January, the boss
has often preferred for his players to spend the night before a game at
home rather than in a team hotel. That will be the case again tonight.


'In this moment we had a feeling afternoon training was good because it's
a late match tomorrow, and then let the players sleep at home and not go
to the hotel,' revealed Tuchel.


'We will meet for lunch tomorrow. That gives us another seven-and-a-half
hours together in the hotel. This gives me enough time for me to do
meetings, and to have several hours of rest again, say if somebody had a
bad night's sleep.


'In a season of almost 60 matches, and sleeping so much away from home and
being so much in hotels, we try to reduce the time in hotels,' added the
boss.


https://i.imgur.com/35hZLP3.jpg
Watching training at Cobham yesterday


'Anything can have an influence though. Now we had three days in between
games, so we had a lot of time to do recovery and take our time at Cobham
to use the physios and masseurs.


'If you only have two days in between games we prefer sometimes to go to a
hotel so players can take their time in the evening to get massages and
treatment.


'When there are evening games, I had the feeling it will only increase the
tension if we go to the hotel today. So let them go home, be a bit
distracted, and we meet tomorrow for a walk, lunch and a meeting, and we
will still have seven hours to prepare.'


One Blues side who have already reached this season's European showpiece
are Chelsea Women, following a fantastic victory over Bayern Munich on
Sunday.


'We followed it on TV and it's a big achievement,' smiled Tuchel. 'We are
very happy because in the end it's one club and it's a big thing to arrive
in the final, for the first time for Chelsea Women. Hopefully they can
finish the job. Big, big congratulations from us.'

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