But they can’t deny the impact he has made.Ĭhelsea was five points outside the four Champions League qualification places when he was hired, but heads into the final four games of the Premier League season in fourth place with a three-point cushion.
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Chelsea supporters have yet to see Tuchel managing their team in the flesh due to England’s ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Unlike last season’s final - when Tuchel’s PSG lost to Bayern Munich - fans are set to be allowed in. “It’s going to be a stunning game,” Mount said. While City has never lifted the European Cup, Chelsea’s only triumph came in 2012 when the 22-year-old Mount was in the youth system. Just like when owner Roman Abramovich made mid-season managerial changes in the 2007-12 seasons, Chelsea will end the campaign by contesting the biggest game in European football.Īnd by the end of the month two Champions League trophies could be at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea the first club to reach the men’s and women’s finals in the same season.Įven though the men’s showpiece will be an all-English encounter on May 29, the Premier League rivals will have to fly four hours to play the UEFA showpiece in Istanbul, which is currently in a coronavirus lockdown.
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“You can never be ahead of plan as a manager and as a player - it does not exist.” “I am very grateful and thankful to have this opportunity,” said Tuchel, who’d been dismissed by Paris Saint-Germain in December despite leading the French club to last year’s Champions League final. It will certainly have been heard in the Chelsea boardroom by the directors whose decision to dismiss Lampard in January and hire Tuchel now seems vindicated. Perhaps the stragglers leaving the bars near Stamford Bridge could hear the roar Tuchel let out on the field inside the empty stadium long after his players had departed the field. While Frank Lampard’s name has hardly been forgotten by the Chelsea fans - there were chants outside Stamford Bridge before kickoff on Wednesday - new manager Thomas Tuchel is quickly creating his own legacy after leading the London club into the Champions League final against Manchester City.Ĭhelsea even made record 13-time European Cup champion Real Madrid look ordinary as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount sealed a 2-0 victory that ousted Madrid 3-1 on aggregate. London: Chelsea’s decision to fire a club legend suddenly doesn’t seem so callous after all.