Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel has come out to say that he is happy with how his team performed vs Atletico Madrid. He recently revealed that the way his players pulled off such a performance vs a very defensive La Liga team is highly commendable.
According to him, it was a fantastic and well-deserved result, because opening up a Diego Simeone defence is one of the toughest challenges in football.
He added that the job is far from done, and his boys must be ready to work harder in the second leg.
His words, “Fantastic result, fantastic goal. Well deserved.”
“We wanted to dominate in the opponents’ half, to never lose concentration, not to do any easy mistakes and always be aware of quick counterattacks for all their quality.”
“It was a very disciplined performance – a deserved shut-out. This is the hard work, a team effort – the basis for a big win.”
“We knew it [Atletico packing their defence] could happen. We told the guys if it happens maybe it’s our quality and the respect. We wanted to be brave and play in their half.”
“We knew they were ready to suffer with eight people in the box. The intention was to keep the intensity high. This is what we did very good. We never let them breathe or come out for counterattacks. We have a big reward with this result.”
“This is one of the toughest challenges to open a defence like Atletico.”
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