Mateo Kovacic will not meet again with his former team between 2015 and 2018. The midfielder will be out for the return leg of the Champions semi-finals between Chelsea and Real Madrid, according to points Daily Mail. In addition, according to this medium, Rudiger has serious options to play with a mask against Zidane's team. The defender trained this Sunday with face protection.
Kovacic suffered a small setback in the muscular area in what is an important loss for Tuchel, according to the British media: “We are absolutely in the place and the situation in which you want to reach a crucial game like this. Unfortunately we miss Kova and have some doubts with ToniBut in general it was very important to get rid of this match with a good result, so we have nothing to worry about or regret. I agree. Today we have had good performances from players who have not played in the last matches, so it is good because everyone, I am sure, will be fully focused from Monday. I am very happy to reach the semifinal with this group. We feel ready for a great fight and I'm pretty sure we need a great performance and that Real Madrid will make it difficult for us. “
Coach Blue was asked about the possible presence of Bouquets and if it conditions when playing with a nine or without it: “Or maybe not playing with any strikers and that Ramos has nothing to fight against. That could also be a solution. I still have not decided. Let's wait and see if he's in shape, when he's in shape. It is another challenge because he is the leader of the group and the guy who will give many solutions to any question that I hope we raise. We are going to wait to see who is in good shape and in good shape and how we play and where we try to hurt them. We don't know if they play with five or four. Many questions, but we need the answers, not now. It's enough that we have them on Wednesday. “
The German coach indicated about the clean sheet and the centers to the area: “Yes, today I was not so happy with the blocking of the centers, as has been heard, because if you are a spectator you hear everything. It is a point because one thing It is defending the centers when they reach the area, but if you defend with five it is crucial that the wings are there and are close and aggressive enough to block the centers. This has nothing to do with Wednesday this was important today and in general important . I had the feeling that we could improve in this aspect and that we could be a little more aggressive and position ourselves a little lower so that it would be more difficult to put crosses in dangerous areas. There is always room for improvement, but in general I did not expect our game more sparkly”.
On the difficulty of the match he added: “It is a complicated situation. It is never too easy between two great games, so I am very happy in general, when you hear something like this, it is about the situation and we want to inform the players, wake them up to demand of them. something special, in this case to the wings, and yes, there were some moments when we suffered because it is a difficult team to play against Fulham. They adapt their shape all the time, they have nothing to loseThey have a full week to prepare for this match. It was good, we did very well. “
The Chelsea will prepare the game against him Real Madrid with two training sessions on Monday and Tuesday before the second leg of Champions Wednesday.