Thomas Tuchel appeared at the press conference after his team, Chelsea, was eliminated from the Champions League by Real Madrid. The 2-3 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu was not enough for the Londoners, who had just been beaten 3-1 at Stamford Bridge. With the defeat still in his mind, Tuchel admitted that he was disappointed with the referee, Szimon Marciniak.
The best of the defeat: “These are easy defeats to digest. The character that the team has had… We deserved to have gone through. We beat them on individual quality and goals. We had two failures, two losses. We deserved to have gone through after today’s game.”
Chelsea’s performance: “The players went through with the plan in a very different way to how we did against Brentford and in the first leg. This is the big difference. We were never shy to point out that this is the most important thing: how we live up to a We played tactics and played in the structure. We were very disciplined on the ball and very active without it. We showed courage and from there we showed our quality. This is the right way to do it. If we work like this, we are a special team.”
The arbitration decision: “I was disappointed that the referee had a good time with Carlo. When I wanted to go thank him, he was smiling and laughing with the opponent’s coach. I think this is a bad time to do this after the final whistle, 126 minutes later. to see a team giving their heart. When you go and see a referee smiling and laughing with the other coach, it’s a bad moment. I told him this. Not just today. When you play against Real Madrid, maybe you don’t expect everyone to have courage. I felt the small decisions in the first leg and today too. I didn’t see the goal, but I’m very disappointed that he didn’t come out and check it out for himself. You must remain the boss and not give someone the decisions that he is in a chair and that he is isolated”.