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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/15/
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Tuchel on Lukaku's availability and why it is good timing for a semi-final

15 Apr 2022


Thomas Tuchel believes it is a positive his team return to action after
our dramatic European exit with a big FA Cup semi-final tie, one he hopes
to have Romelu Lukaku available for.


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The boss addressed the media at Cobham on Good Friday to preview Sunday's
clash with Crystal Palace. Before providing injury news he discussed the
mood in the camp following the impressive victory in Madrid that was not
quite enough to see us advance in the Champions League.


'We are all a bit in between confidence wise,' said Tuchel. 'It was a
fantastic performance and it stays like this, but it still tastes bitter.
We feel we could have been one of the four teams in the semi-final. It's a
weird feeling. We had a huge task to go to Real Madrid and win with two
goals minimum.


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'The players are also a bit in between. We haven't talked much with them.
We have some training time now which we will use to sweat it out and
digest it fully to be ready for Sunday.


'We bounced back from the two performances and results against Brentford
and the first leg, we won both games after that, and there is a big
knockout game coming at Wembley which is a good thing. There is a huge
reward coming with it, it's not a normal game in Premier League to collect
points.'


On player availability for Sunday's Wembley showdown, Tuchel reported
Lukaku had returned to the grass having missed the away wins over
Southampton and Real.


'Romelu was back in training yesterday. Let's see if he has any reaction
or not.


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Tuchel has been without Lukaku for the past two games


'Except for Ben Chilwell and Callum Hudson-Odoi everybody seems to be
okay. We still have two more training sessions to go so fingers crossed it
stays like this.'


Tuchel was also asked if he had heard anything after the deadline for bids
for those parties interested in buying the club passed yesterday.


'To be very honest, no,' he responded. 'It's still a process and I heard
talks are still ongoing with the government. I'm still not involved which
I'm glad about because we have a lot to focus on here. That's where our
focus goes to.


'We hope things will be sorted out as soon as possible to have clarity,
but I understand it's not that easy.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/04/16/
tuchel-on-how-loftus-cheek-can-fulfil-his-potential-with-self-co

Tuchel on how Loftus-Cheek can fulfil his potential with self-confidence,
little steps and consistency

16 Apr 2022


In the build-up to tomorrow's FA Cup semi-final, Thomas Tuchel has been
discussing what Ruben Loftus-Cheek needs to do to fulfil his potential as
a Chelsea player…


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The 26-year-old has featured in our past six matches, starting four of
those, including at right wing-back in victories against Southampton and
Real Madrid.


This new role has come with additional responsibilities that require
concentration, defensive discipline and durability up and down the flank,
all of which have been on display in some of Loftus-Cheek's most
impressive performances under Tuchel.


However, the boss believes there is still much more to come and that talk
of an England return ahead of the winter World Cup in Qatar remains far
too premature.


'I don't want to ruin his mood but I think the last thing that Ruben needs
right now is to think about the World Cup.' said Tuchel.


'Even from the outside in Paris and Germany, we knew the player all the
time. It was so promising but he is at a certain age now and he never had
his breakthrough.


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Loftus-Cheek goes shoulder to shoulder with Toni Kroos at the Bernabeu


'Everybody is still waiting for the next step so for him it's crucial to
focus on the very day where he is. It can be a huge distraction for him to
think what can be in a week, two weeks or a month ahead.'


Despite Tuchel urging the versatile midfielder to keep his feet on the
ground and his mind fixed on the task at hand, the German has also
outlined how he can improve further with more self-belief in his
attributes and physical strengths.


Consistency is also key, something Loftus-Cheek has occasionally struggled
with throughout a stop-start career, and accumulating a run of strong
performances is a challenge the boss has laid down to our number 12.


'We speak a lot about this - that he is still gifted to be here and it's
still a huge opportunity,' continued Tuchel. 'He has everything that it
takes otherwise he would not play and we would not count on him.


'But he has heard this for so many years that maybe he heard it too much,
throughout the Academy level and all the loans. Everybody was telling him
how good the potential is and how big the future can be but the future is
only there if you live up to it in the present.


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The boss has urged Ruben to believe in himself more and take little steps
to build consistent form


'He needs to trust himself. With him, it's absolutely not a matter of
over-confidence, it's the opposite. He needs to have confidence in his
body physically and also in his ability to do it not once or twice but 10
or 20 times in a row. This is the next step and the next step is actually
to do it the third time in a row because he was excellent in Southampton.


'It's little steps and it might sound like it's far too little steps given
the potential and what's in there, given the performances that he can
produce but it's actually not. It's the only way for him to go in these
little steps, to grow in confidence and become the player finally that he
can be.'


For the man with the big stride to keep taking those little steps,
Loftus-Cheek must draw on the experiences of recent weeks, particularly
his efforts in our memorable performance at the Bernabeu in midweek,
during which he charged up and down the right for close to two hours on
the biggest of stages.


Tuchel believes exertions like that are just as important for
Loftus-Cheek's ongoing trust in his body, particularly after so many
career-stalling injuries, far more than the self-evident physical
attributes which he possesses.


'Self-confidence does not come from being big and tall and good-looking,
which he is, but it comes also from experience,' added the boss. 'I still
have the feeling that Ruben is maybe himself a bit surprised that he can
do it for 105 minutes in this kind of position.


'He needs to reimpose that because he can do it in training but he needs
to do it in games, which is very different from that. He's a very nice
guy, a very quiet guy, so it's not over-confidence but the opposite. He
needs to impose it by keeping the focus, trusting himself and also pushing
himself to the next game and pushing himself to the physical limit.


'He's not fully aware what he can produce, what he can physically give and
I think he is still in the situation where he accepts limits too early. We
will keep on pushing and hopefully he can produce a third, a fourth and
more of these performances.'


You can hear from Ruben Loftus-Cheek on his recent form, earning the trust
of Thomas Tuchel and the important part Sunday's opponents Crystal Palace
played in his career in an exclusive interview on the Chelsea website and
The 5th Stand app tomorrow morning.

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