[Sport] Tuchel: The five changes gave Real Madrid the advantage in going!

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Once again, Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel stressed the difficulty of the task in returning against Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals.

Chelsea is a guest at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium, the stronghold of Real Madrid, on Tuesday evening, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, after losing the first leg at "Stamford Bridge" 3-1.

Immediately after the first leg, Tuchel confirmed that his team's chances of returning against Real Madrid after the loss are very small, which he reiterated again before the return match.

What did Tuchel say?
Tuchel gave the press conference for the return match against Real Madrid, in which he first spoke about Chelsea's chances of returning and turning the result.

"What are the chances? Well, we don't have the biggest chance, given the result of the first match, the championship, the opponent and the stadium we will play in," the German said.

He added: “We will try to give our best, but it is very unlikely that we will achieve that, it is not possible, but it is worth trying, and by that I mean we will play as much as possible.”

"It's a big night and a big match, and we will try to be better than the first match."

Did Tuchel recognize the loss?
Chelsea defend their title in the Champions League, and on whether the champion has handed over at the end of his role in the tournament this season, Tuchel said: "We must not accept that it is over, we have to give everything on the field, work harder and play better."

"We know we can take more risks and show our true face and live up to our full potential, that's what we must do first."

Who misses Chelsea?

Tuchel talked about the players absent from the return leg against Real Madrid, where the German coach revealed that the Belgian Romelu Lukaku will not join the list.

 

"Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell of course continue to be absent, and Lukaku will not be traveling with us due to Achilles tendon pain," he said.

 

And he continued, "While Athpilicueta will be with us after he is healthy, Ross Barkley is sick and will not travel."

 

What did Tuchel say about the physical performance of Real Madrid players?

After that, Tuchel talked about the presence of more than one player over the age of thirty in Real Madrid, and that his team, despite that, was not able to make them suffer physically.

 

"In the beginning, we wanted to make the first leg more physical, but we didn't work hard enough, we didn't work intensely in the first match," the German said.

 

He continued: "Secondly, we have suffered a lot of damage in terms of fitness, because Real Madrid has been playing since the beginning of the season with five changes, and we are playing in the most demanding league."

 

And he added: “It is not always easy to play a physical game, we are a team that needs physical strength, sharpness and ferocity to be a special team. ".

 

Tuchel concluded: "Last week we struggled to do that, we struggled with counter-pressure and finding intensity and running, can we do it now? Let's see, the match is completely different but we will need to find a way to play a more physical match and this is part of the solution."