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London (AP) - For the goal scorer Timo Werner a childhood dream came true, coach Thomas Tuchel looked "very, very proud" already full of anticipation for the purely British Champions League final against Manchester City and coach Pep Guardiola.
"I'm looking forward to it, it will be a very classic 50:50 game," said the German coach of Chelsea FC after the semi-final victory against Real Madrid.
After the 1-1 draw in the first leg, the Blues defeated the Whites 2-0 (1-0) at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening and made it back to the premier class final for the first time since 2012 and the win against FC Bayern.
DFB striker Werner (28th minute) and young star Mason Mount (85th) scored the goals.
"How we did it today was impressive," said former Leipzig striker Werner on Sky TV.
Just over a week ago he missed a huge chance in Madrid, but now, after great preparatory work by national team colleague Kai Havertz, he headed in from close range.
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"In the first leg I was a bit of a fool, so to speak, because I couldn't get the ball in from five meters," said Werner. This time he was happy to be able to make up for “the error in quotation marks”, as he put it, and to fulfill “a childhood dream”. On May 29, there will now be a delightful duel with Premier League rivals Man City in Istanbul. In the FA Cup semi-finals, Chelsea prevailed last, in the league both clubs play against each other on Saturday - with the championship chance for the Citizens.
“The victory in the cup gave us a lot of self-confidence for everything that came afterwards and will give us a lot of self-confidence for the clash in Istanbul,” said Tuchel, but also immediately announced that it was “not enough”, “just to get into the finals.
I'm very grateful for that, but we will arrive in Istanbul to win, ”said the 47-year-old.
The former Bayern coach Guardiola prevailed on Tuesday with Man City against Paris Saint-Germain.
With the French, Tuchel lost in the final against FC Bayern last season.
Tuchel was still responsible for PSG until shortly before Christmas, before he was given leave of absence and moved to London as the successor to club legend Frank Lampard, who was hapless as a coach.
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For the 18th time Chelsea played under Tuchel's direction to zero.
"We defended it very, very strongly," said the former Mainz and BVB coach, praising the defense around the third DFB player, Antonio Rüdiger.
"We never lost the hunger to defend," he said on the US broadcaster CBS about the first half when Real had even more control over the match.
"That is a great, great achievement."
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