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Press reviews on the Champions League: Pep Guardiola does not get off well after the defeat

2021-06-02T13:08:23.914Z


Kai Havertz and Thomas Tuchel crown Chelsea King of Europe. City coach Pep Guardiola does not get off well after the renewed defeat in the final: the international press reviews.


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Outmaneuvered: Pep Guardiola

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England

Guardian

: »When Thomas Tuchel was commissioned to revive Chelsea at the end of January, he wanted to lead them back into the Champions League via a top four place. The idea that he might actually only win the thing for the second time in the club's history was ridiculous. No more. On a glorious night, Tuchel made the last brushstrokes of his Renaissance masterpiece. It was a balanced triumph. Built on a structured offensive idea, illuminated by Havertz's flawless engineering. He was Chelsea's hero, bubbling with class on the ball, was the high-quality reinforcement from head to toe when he came last summer. Antonio Rüdiger stood out on a defensive that had to cope with the early failure of Thiago Silva. "

The Times

: “Tuchel outwits Guardiola.

The stars on the Chelsea side were partly predictable.

There was Tuchel, who tricked Guardiola for the third time in six weeks.

With his football, which is characterized by ingenious positional play and devastating counterattacks.

There was the defensive around Antonio Rüdiger, who relentlessly fended off the opponent.

The surprising hero, however, was Kai Havertz, who so far had a patchy first season at Chelsea.

He chose the ideal stage to show why the blues spent so much money on him.

He scored the only goal and played with courage and class all evening. "

Sunday Telegraph

: "Kai Havertz crowns Chelsea King of Europe and destroys Man City's Champions League dreams."

Daily Mail

: »Timo Werner is not a hopeless case. You have to give up the strikers who don't show up on occasions like this game. But Werner showed himself and challenged the ball at every opportunity. It remains to be seen what more Tuchel can get out of him. Pep screwed it up again! He tore the muscle out of his midfield, his game plan made no sense at all. "

The Sun

: »Thomas Tuchel sends a balanced team onto the field and deserves to win the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola, on the other hand, crossed the threshold between genius and madness and decided that a Champions League final is the right moment for one of his Mad Professor experiments.

In the end, he brewed a stink bomb, City was played without a defensive midfield and without a striker.

Heroic Havertz, rock-hard Rüdiger. "

Sky Sports

: »The Guardiola Way still works, its deliberations still produce the best football and it has the titles to prove it.

But for a decade the biggest games have refused to bow to his will.

The supposed over-thinker now has a summer to chew on. "

Italy

Corriere dello Sport

: "Havertz makes City cry, Guardiola flop."

Gazzetta dello Sport

: »The Champions League continues to speak German: After Jürgen Klopp in 2019 with Liverpool and Hansi Flick in 2020 with Bayern Munich, this time it's Thomas Tuchel with Chelsea.

Even before Tuchel lifted the trophy that evening in Porto, the Germans had set an example.

For the first time in the history of the Champions League, four coaches from the same country actually reached the quarter-finals of the same season: Edin Terzic (Dortmund), Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool), Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea) and Hansi Flick (Bayern Munich). "

Tuttosport

: "Havertz knocks Manchester City down, the Champions League belongs to Chelsea."

Spain

Marca

: »The sky is blue!

Havertz gives Chelsea the Champions League trophy after a brilliant move.

Tuchel's plan was ready for a movie.

Chelsea was a labyrinth that could not be deciphered.

Guardiola no longer knows what to do to beat Tuchel. "

AS

: »In a few months, Tuchel brilliantly transforms a team depressed under Lampard into the best on the continent.

The German triumphs over Pep Guardiola, and without a doubt.

Tuchel set up Werner and Havertz together, when they won the ball it was attack-like assaults.

Havertz does exactly what they paid 80 million euros for. "

Sport

: »The Champions League refuses Guardiola.

Manchester City was unable to break the iron-hard defense system, which was well set by Tuchel.

Tuchel wins the chess game of the two top coaches.

The inaccuracy of Timo Werner in the first half kept City alive. "

El País

: »Chelsea eats City!

Thomas Tuchel's team dominated Guardiolas City with a brave and brilliant game. "

France

France Info

: »In six months the German has transformed a team that lacked self-confidence into one of the strongest in England, which now rules the continent. Tuchel showed everything that was expected of him when he was appointed coach of the French football club PSG in 2018: intensity, the ability to quickly anticipate despite the mistakes of some players: Tuchel's Chelsea looks like Tuchel. In comparison, PSG never seemed to suit him. "

L'Equipe

: »This Champions League final was exciting, tense, uncertain - it was everything we dreamed of. Chelsea didn't cheat on their success, they won because of a clear schedule, an excellent goal and a collective feeling that didn't leave the team. Thomas Tuchel became champion in May because PSG kicked him out in December. It's a personal highlight, because the German completely transformed Chelsea. "

France Football

: »Kai Havertz has not always convinced since his arrival in London last summer and could not choose a better night to show himself at his best.

The young German was hard to keep, easy and fair in everything he did, he shone and played the defenses of Manchester apart. "

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Source: spiegel

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