Thomas Tuchel was delighted to take three points after his team’s trip to Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup.
A little about the topic
The Blues boss has shrugged off an extensive list of factors behind his side’s overwhelming return to PL action on Saturday against Crystal Palace. Chelsea reeled to a 1-0 victory over the Eagles in their first match since world champions were crowned against the Palmeiras over the weekend. But they were far from the best, and everything from the jet lag to the air conditioning on the plane that took them home from Abu Dhabi contributed to the underwhelming performance, according to their manager.
What did Thomas Tuchel say?
When it was suggested to him that it would be advantageous for his side to have a full week to prepare for the Palace game, Thomas Tuchel said that he must now remain calm. How does a week like this work, they are from a 30 degree temperature difference, they have six players with AC colds on the plane, they have jet lag from Abu Dhabi, they don’t have a player who slept well in Abu Dhabi due to temperature and time difference.
Same here. according to Tuchel, if they think they have a normal week to prepare, he can just say they don’t. they feed to survive in the moment and they can see. There is a lot of pressure if they go to the World Cup and want to win it for Chelsea. The players put a lot of pressure on themselves and then they didn’t play PL for four weeks. It’s a huge and strange mix of many reasons why Thomas personally wasn’t expecting too much performance today. According to Thomas Tuchel, they then had some problems in training with Azpi and Hudson-Odoi withdrew from training. Here they are and so. Tuchel knows that they can play better, that they want to play better.