Willing, wanting to improve, but with the same lack of success in attack that weighed on Frank Lampard. This was the first Chelsea of Tuchel, whose debut as a ‘blue’ coach took place this Wednesday with a goalless draw against Wolves of Nuno Espírito Santo (0-0). The German coach was surprised with some choices for his first 'eleven', there was a slight change in the system compared to what was seen with Lampard, but he did not do all of this so that his debut resulted in the triumph he would have wanted to fulfill that of 'new coach, sure victory'. He took the initiative in the game, yes, but at the same time he showed that he has a lot of work to do so that this Chelsea be considered a candidate to fight for the titles.
They were not in the starting team or Mason Mount neither Abraham, protected from Lampard, either Timo Werner, which in the end did not even have minutes in the second half unlike those mentioned. Thus, they did make a hole in the 'eleven' Havertz, to which Tuchel wants to recover for the cause, and also Ziyech and Giroud.
Tuchel opted for a dynamic system with four defenses in the retreat but exit with three centrals stretching Chilwell his position on the left wing. For us to understand each other, a 4-2-3-1 in defense that in attack (most of the time) mutated to 3-4-2-1. And with it he managed to Chelsea He was a clear dominator of the game, but without the spark or the necessary success in attack.
Regarding the Wolves of Nuno, which seem to have taken the registration and all the teams in the Premier League, he limited himself to trying not to err too far behind and hope to be able to do damage to the counterattack. No ‘plan B’. Willian José made his debut in the second half, but without incident.
The ‘wolves’ warned on occasion, as in a Pedro Neto Vaseline that ended up on the crossbar (71 ’), but it cannot be said that they demanded too much from Edouard mendy, which to the detriment of Kepa continues to be the holder also with Tuchel. As to Rui Patricio, goalkeeper of the Wolves, although he did suffer a little in the last minutes, he did not suffer excessively despite the fact that the domain was Chelsea.
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In short, promising debut of Tuchel at Chelsea, but far from how much is expected of this team. It shows the 'blue' picture of finding itself in a blockade, and since it does not solve it soon, it may be that when it does, the fight for European positions will be much completed.