The gesture carries a strong symbolic charge.
To his delight, Thomas Tuchel embraces Thiago Silva.
The hug is sincere.
Warm.
By dismissing, with the manner, Real Madrid, Wednesday night (2-0), the German technician and the Brazilian defender reach the final of the Champions League for the second year in a row, all in just nine months.
After having known the pangs of failure with Paris, on August 23, 2020 against Bayern Munich (1-0), they will obviously be keen to erase this painful memory on May 29 in Istanbul against Manchester City, executioner of… PSG (2-1, 2-0).
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“I'm going to experience a second Champions League final.
But I have nothing to prove from PSG or something else.
It is a gift to work in football on a daily basis.
And to have great players who push and trust me.
I was given the chance to train Paris or Chelsea.
Because you need a very strong club to get to the final.
In Paris, it was different, because the culture is different, explains Tuchel at the microphone of RMC Sport at the end of the semi-final.
Here I found a very strong club, focused on winning.
With a lot of support for me from day one.
The English championship is extraordinary.
It does not give the possibility of recovering.
Always give 100%.
It works the mentality of the players.
"
Strong words from Thiago Silva
By the way, Tuchel makes a name for himself in the annals by becoming the first coach in history to reach the C1 final two years in a row with 2 different clubs. In echo, Thiago Silva insists on the role played by his coach in this qualification. "He brought us a lot of things: to play well on the field, to keep peace, insists the former Parisian captain pushed towards the exit at the end of Final 8 It's special for us (Editor's note: with Tuchel) . Unfortunately Paris did not manage to do the job telling City, it was really sad, says Thiago Silva appeared to his advantage against Real. Here it's different because we play a Champions League match every weekend and at the end, you're better prepared, he says.It is not a revenge compared to PSG… They made their choice to let me go and to release Tuchel, it is difficult to explain but it is their choice. But the most important thing is to be here with Chelsea. With chosen words and heavy with meaning, the 36-year-old Brazilian settles some scores; He even deliberately throws a stone in the garden of his former club which he had already criticized for lack of recognition at the time of his departure. .