Thomas Tuchel has delivered an honest verdict on Chelsea’s season performances despite two Cup finals defeats to Liverpool. The German coach insists he will not judge Chelsea’s season by EPL and FA Cup defeat to Liverpool.
Chelsea has endured a mixed season after winning the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup and also losing two cup finals to Liverpool. The Blues had issues with Covid-19 that affected their chance of winning the Premier League.
The Blues started the Premier League very well but injuries to key players and off-field issues particularly the sanction of Chelsea’s former owner Roman Abramovich by the UK Government.
The sanction to Chelsea’s former owner resulted in the Club being issued with a special license and prevented the Blues from buying new players and negotiating the contracts of existing players. a reason Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel claimed it affected the renewal of the contract of Antonio Rudiger.
What was said?
Thomas Tuchel said:” The season is not yet finished but of course, I refuse to judge the season by two penalty shoot-outs.
“If we won penalty shoot-outs it would be maybe one of the most successful seasons with four titles. Okay, we lost two penalty shoot-outs, but that does not make it less impressive what effort the team put in and what success we installed to reach these finals.
“We are the first to admit it is not the same to play a final as it is to win a final. We are the first ones to admit that we are here to win trophies, we compete on this kind of level not just to compete but to win.
“ It’s a bit like an imbalance in judging this season given the circumstances starting from a unique season again, struggling with Corona and long-term injuries then comes a situation that nobody could predict.
“A war that had a huge effect on our club in particular, so, in the end, I think it’s always the most important to look in the mirror after a season and find out if you gave everything if everybody lived to their fullest. We did this.
“That’s why I also told the team after the cup final that I am okay and proud of how we played cup finals and go toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the world at the moment, given our situation of how we arrived there and how we played there.
“ That will not change. There’s always room for improvement, we are the first to admit it. We arrived at this cup game with key players already out, players not available, N’Golo and Mateo with one or only half a training session.
“ Taking this into account with the club sanctions, there are a lot of things that are quite impressive. Hopefully, we manage to become third. There is a progression in it.
“We have constantly been in the top three in the toughest league, we now compete with maybe the best teams to ever play in this league. From there we go. Put it into perspective, there is no need to lose sleep after this season but there’s a lot of ambition in us that is not satisfied. From there we go. I think it’s good to admit it.
“Don’t be too worried about it that we don’t do this. It is at some level okay, maybe some level very good but there is always room for improvement. We will not relax and give in too early.”
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