Thomas Tuchel was fired from Chelsea after the defeat against Dinamo

Ante Čačić replaced his colleague Thomas Tuchel! Chelsea sacked the coach a day after the Champions League defeat by Dinamo, which was his 100th game at the London club.

“Chelsea football club is parting ways with head coach Thomas Tuchel today,” they announced on the English club’s official website.

“On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, the club would like to publicly express its gratitude to Thomas and his staff for all their efforts during their time at the club. Thomas will rightfully have a place in Chelsea’s history having won the Champions League, the Super Cup and the Club World Cup championship in his term.

With the new ownership group having reached 100 days since taking over the club, and as they continue to work hard to take the club forward, the new owners believe the time is right for this transition.

Chelsea’s coaching staff will take care of the squad for training and preparation for our upcoming matches as the club moves swiftly to appoint a new head coach. There will be no further comment until a new head coach is named.”

English journalists were caught by this news in Zagreb and they were quite surprised, apparently it happened overnight. Moreover, none of the questions after the game went in the direction of leaving the bench.

– I expected that we would be ruthless in the realization, and not that we would play below any level. I’m angry with myself and our game, a huge disappointment, we weren’t aggressive on the ball, decisive, lethal, we didn’t act enough as a team. A lot of players are not playing at their level and I have to find a reason why. There is no hunger, no determination, no intensity. You can’t do that in the Premier League or the Champions League, those are the two strongest competitions – he said.

Tuchel arrived at Chelsea in January 2021 after two years at PSG. He originally signed for 18 months, but already in June last year, after winning the Champions League, he received a new contract until 2024 worth 8.1 million euros per year.

– Dinamo did not surprise me, we expected it like that. We started well for 15-20 minutes, and then maybe we missed the ‘smell of blood’. In the half, we had the same number of shots as Dinamo. I can’t understand it because we had the ball and everything we had to have more shots. And we conceded a goal on the counter with two players, that has never happened to us. I don’t understand why today, it’s my job to analyze. We have good players – said Tuchel.

Last season, they finished third, and started this season weakly, with two defeats and a draw in six Premier League rounds, after a record transfer window in which they earned 300 million euros. Owner Todd Boehly watched it in Zagreb with colleagues from the management and could not get over the defeat.

– I did not underestimate Dinamo, and if the players did, then we have a problem – he said.

He is no longer a problem for the Blues. Mateo Kovačić will get a new coach.

By Editor

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