Defeated last Saturday for the first time since sitting on the Chelsea bench, 2-5 against West Bromwich penultimate in the standings, Thomas Tuchel asks his team for an immediate redemption.
The occasion is the right one, because tomorrow on the neutral pitch in Seville the Blues will face Porto (who eliminated Juve) in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
It will also be a challenge between the benches, given that among the emerging coaches there is also that of the Dragons, that Sergio Conceiçao who would be, despite the Lazio past, in the sights of Rome as a possible replacement for his compatriot Paulo Fonseca in the next season.
"We lost against the nineteenth in the class - says Tuchel looking back on last Saturday -, so we learned that we have to be humble in every match. We have to wake up, and react, because in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, we can't lose our heads, nor I trust these players. "
What are the chances against Porto?
"I know we can win, but it will be a difficult match - replies Tuchel -. They have a lot of experience in this competition, and they are champions in Portugal. This creates a certain mentality. But we are strong enough and we believe in us, we can go on."
In defense, the former Roma player Rudiger should play from the start, protagonist in training in a fight with the goalkeeper Kepa.
"It is natural that there are such reactions - says Tuchel -.
after a match like the one with the WBA.
We feel more comfortable when we win.
We accept this kind of reactions as positive, of course there are rules but it's all resolved. "Few indications on the formation, but the trio of purchases of last summer, Havertz-Werner-Ziyech, should play forward, even if it is not to be excluded. , the technician suggests, the relaunch of Giroud.
