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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/02/25/
tuchel-on-how-he-will-prepare-his-team-for-sunday-s-final

Tuchel on how he will prepare his team for Sunday's final

25 Feb 2022


Thomas Tuchel believes the work he has been doing with his players on a
daily basis will be more important than any last-minute team talk when we
face Liverpool in Sunday's Carabao Cup final, but is confident his team
has what it takes to beat Jurgen Klopp's in-form side.


https://i.imgur.com/Pht0ExI.jpg


Chelsea will be at Wembley on Sunday for our fourth cup final since Tuchel
became head coach in January last year, meaning the German has plenty of
experience when it comes to preparing a team for big games on the big
stage.


He admits he hasn't decided yet what his final words to the players will
be before they head out onto the Wembley pitch in pursuit of more
silverware, but feels that comes second in importance to the work they do
every day, believing it is vital for his team to carry on in the same
manner which got us to the final.


'It's not decided yet but you hear me say a lot of times that we take care
about the daily process,' said Tuchel. 'I don't think that you take care
of the final on the day before the final or on the day of the final.


'You take care of the final on a daily basis before, when nobody thinks
about the final, because this is what brings you there. Then the closer
you get, the more routine, the more behaviours, the more principles must
be installed that you can trust yourself and that you can be free because
in the end the tension is growing.


https://i.imgur.com/MtVsSy0.jpg
Tuchel works with his players on the training pitch ahead of Sunday's final


'We try to give less information, we try to trust them and trust in
ourselves. For me this is not the moment to do crazy things, crazy talks,
but even that changes from occasion to occasion, from feeling to feeling.
It depends how you feel your team, what was the approach to the final and
the opponent.'


Of course, on this occasion we face an opponent Tuchel knows well in
Klopp's Liverpool, from their time managing together in Germany, as well
as the Premier League over the last year. With the Reds on a run of nine
consecutive wins in all competitions, including a 6-0 thrashing of Leeds
United last time out, our head coach acknowledges we go into the his final
as slight underdogs, but doesn't necessarily see that as a handicap.


'Playing against teams who are coached by Jurgen is not only pure
pleasure, because they give you a hard time and of course we're facing him
with a very strong Liverpool team on a very strong run of games, run of
results, in brilliant form.


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


'I think to a 51 or 55 per cent they are the favourites because of recent
form, recent results. But we all know, like when we were the favourites
against Lille and maybe still are, we know that in the end when we arrive,
Lille will play to their full level and they will play the role as an
underdog and not accept it as a disadvantage. So will we.'


Tuchel and Klopp have squared off three times in the Premier League over
the last year. All three were close games, with the Blues winning 1-0 last
season before draws at Stamford Bridge and Anfield this term, and Thomas
feels our experience of matching Liverpool in those games is a big cause
for confidence going into Sunday's final.


'We have things to trust on. We have experienced matches, tight matches
against Liverpool, the last two were both draws. That will not happen
obviously in Wembley, we will find a winner somehow. We know very well
what it takes to have a tough match against them and we feel confident we
have everything that it takes and now we need to show it. I think it's the
same for them and it's nice to have a match like this in a final.


'So it's a big challenge but it's a big occasion and we feel absolutely
competitive regarding our last matches against Liverpool and this is where
we want to continue. In the end it's a pleasure to meet Jurgen, it's a
pleasure to be in a final at Wembley again and I'm very grateful for
that.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/02/26/tuchel--we-re-more-than-a-cup-team

Tuchel: We're more than a cup team but I don't mind that tag

26 Feb 2022


As he prepares to lead the Blues into a fifth final in just over a year in
charge, Thomas Tuchel has claimed that his Chelsea side are more than just
cup specialists, although he claimed being viewed as knockout kings was
hardly something to worry about...


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


Liverpool await in Sunday's Carabao Cup climax at Wembley, with Tuchel's
men hoping to add domestic glory to triumphs on the continental and world
stage in recent months. However, Jurgen Klopp's side are currently 10
points above the west Londoners in the Premier League table, leading some
observers to contrast our differing fortunes in league and cup
competitions.


With victories over the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City twice and
Manchester United in cup ties, the suggestion is that Tuchel's men can
beat any opponent on their day but have struggled over the more gruelling,
nine-month campaign. Yet our German head coach believes that tangible
progress is being made on both fronts.


'Are we in the beginning of a process to translate this into a league
campaign? Yes, we are but still it's not like we are underperforming
regarding where we came from a year ago,' he claimed.


'We should also allow ourselves to not be too negative about being third
place [in the league] at the moment and playing all these different
competitions at the same time.


https://i.imgur.com/NTDhjYl.jpg
The boss puts his players through their paces at Cobham this week


'There are an awful lot of positive things in this development and there
are so many good things to build on that we should not turn it around and
say “this is just a cup team and not a league team.” This is simply not
true and I don't believe it.


'If people want to look at it like that it's fair enough. It's their
opinion and I say let everybody have their opinion but we will focus on
what we're doing and that is taking care about the process on a daily
basis and going step by step.'


With winners' medals in the Champions League, Super Cup and FIFA Club
World Cup already accumulated during his short time in England, Tuchel
certainly doesn't agree that his side's silverware achievements should be
downplayed.


In fact, the 48-year-old prefers to view such talk as a compliment if
people label Chelsea cup specialists under his stewardship.


'I like it if we're seen and regarded like this because in the end it's
appreciation that we are competitive and that we know what it takes to
reach finals,' he said.


'That's always a tough way to go, it's always necessary to focus step by
step, and all this is included if you reach a final, so there's a lot of
appreciation in it.'


Nevertheless, a final always produces a victor and a beaten party,
something Tuchel is only too aware of having tasted defeat in the FA Cup
final last term, as well as the Champions League while in charge of Paris
Saint-Germain in 2020.


'Of course, we cannot hide from the fact that reaching a final and winning
a final is a whole different thing,' he added. 'Even if you know before
that there must be a loser, you simply don't want to be that team.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/02/25/
tuchel--this-final-means-so-much-to-me

Tuchel: This final means so much to me

26 Feb 2022


Thomas Tuchel has expressed his delight at N'Golo Kante returning to some
of his best form for Chelsea, while also relishing the prospect of facing
compatriot Jurgen Klopp in an English domestic cup final.


https://i.imgur.com/lS7mUys.jpg


The boss is unbeaten in his three games against Liverpool as Chelsea boss,
drawing twice and winning once, at Anfield last season. Speaking about
facing Klopp for a fourth time in England, the Bavarian spoke of his pride
and excitement ahead of Sunday's encounter.


'It feels great. I am so grateful to be a part of it. We both come from
more or less the same club,' Tuchel said. 'I had my first experience
coaching professional football at Mainz, he was a legendary player and
coach at Mainz and I came after him.


'We met in the Champions League and Premier League, we have played against
each other in the Europa League and now in the Wembley final.


https://i.imgur.com/rjTF7zu.jpg
This will be the eighth meeting between the pair as managers


'This is amazing and I am so grateful to be a part of it, to have these
experiences. It means an awful lot to me, to have this and I respect your
English tradition of cup football and of Wembley. I can tell you, this
means so much to me,' the boss added.


Tuchel was also asked about the prospect of N'Golo Kante claiming the only
trophy he is yet to get his hands on in England, the League Cup.


'To have players in your squad like Azpi and N'Golo, who take care of
matches like this, who have the experience and know what it takes, it is
so important. It gives you a genuine belief and you cannot substitute this
with anything else. Not with talking, or video.'


Kante has returned to some of his best form in a Chelsea shirt in recent
weeks after a tricky winter period with injuries.


'At the moment, I am happy that N'Golo has found his form again after
struggling in the latest games,' Tuchel said.


https://i.imgur.com/anJKfVn.jpg
N'Golo with the UEFA Man of the Match vs Lille


'He was good at Crystal Palace and brilliant against Lille. He was the key
player that he is for us. It makes the manager sleep good before important
matches if N'Golo and Azpi, the captain, are in good shape. It is a good
sign.'

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