Thomas Tuchel contrasted his feelings during Wednesday night’s win over Real Madrid with those of his players after a 2-0 triumph and 3-1 victory on aggregate set up a second cup final this month for his side, and means they join Chelsea Women in earning a place in their respective Champions League showpiece in 2020/21.
Timo Werner netted in the first half of tonight’s semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge and the team could easily have put the tie to bed sooner, but missed a host of chances before Mason Mount did complete the job with a late finish.
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It was during that second-half spell when the ball did not go in the net that Tuchel admits he started to feel more negatively about the eventual outcome than his players appeared to.
‘Any chance that you don’t take and you miss, you know you play on the edge because Real Madrid can hurt you any second out of absolutely nothing, by pure individual quality,’ our head coach said.
‘So to hang in there, to continue with positive body language, to hang in there physically and with the mental attitude like today, to stay active, to never stop trying to play for the second goal, never allowing Real Madrid to push us deep and create chances, this is really huge.
‘So I am absolutely delighted with this spirit and big credit and big congratulations to the team.
