Thomas Tuchel congratulates Azpilicueta after his first game on the bench for the Blues.
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For his first match under the orders of Thomas Tuchel arrived Tuesday, Chelsea could not do better than 0-0 against Wolverhampton who leaves him in 8th place, 5 lengths of qualifying places for the Champions League.
For the former PSG coach, this first contact with the competing team was rather encouraging.
Tuchel satisfied with the intensity
He had relied on experience by relegating young Reece James, Tammy Abraham and especially Mason Mount to the bench to prefer Cesar Azpilicueta, Olivier Giroud and KaĂŻ Havertz.
Very active on the edge of the touchline, constantly giving instructions, Tuchel tried to make his mark on his team and in particular his immoderate taste for possession of the ball.
But faced with Wolves who, since they beat the Blues (2-1) in the first leg, in mid-December, had only taken 2 points in 6 games, his team has struggled to be dangerous , even if Matteo Kovacic (83rd) and Callum Hudson-Odoi (85th) could have forced the decision.
Tuchel starts with a draw!
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The Blues dominated the Wolves without being able to win.
They even almost got caught, saved by the crossbar on a lob from Neto #CHEWOL
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"I really liked (our performance) because I was very satisfied with the intensity, the attitude, the energy and the quality of my team," Tuchel said.
We improved over the minutes in the second half.
Unfortunately, we couldn't score.
But if we apply ourselves to our services like that, the results will follow ”.
At least Tuchel can say to himself that he is not at risk of being fired every weekend as was the case at PSG for six months.
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