Reigning European champion, brand new club world champion, in the English League Cup final this Sunday against Liverpool, it is difficult to see what Chelsea can fear this Tuesday at home against Losc in the eighth of Champions League final.
Third in the Premier League, the London club certainly seems to have been dropped in the title race between Manchester City and Liverpool. But for the rest, difficult to detect the weaknesses of a club which has lost only four games since the start of the season in all competitions.
Tuchel impressed by Losc de Galtier
So yes, Thomas Tuchel can sometimes get angry with his stars as in December with Lukaku, banned for having proclaimed his love for Inter Milan. Yes, Chelsea can sometimes play badly. Still, the English club will be arch favorites of their double confrontation against Losc. A club that impressed the former PSG coach when he was still coaching in Ligue 1 like this evening in April 2019 when Losc de Galtier blew up the Parisian club at the Pierre Mauroy stadium (5-1). Moreover, when Tuchel speaks of Lille, he mainly uses the past tense.
Tuchel had exchanged sweet words with Gourvennec
“They had a very great coach and were very competitive when I was in Paris. It was a very big team, it was very difficult to play there. The quality of the players was exceptional. They won the championship last year but they lost players and the coach. It’s a big change, a change so big that it takes time, ”said the Chelsea coach.
So of course, the German technician will never say that he is not afraid of the current Losc and that he values Gourvennec less with whom he had exchanged sweet words in 2019 when Guingamp eliminated Paris in the League Cup. But the Chelsea coach is well aware that the northern club is evolving a notch below compared to recent seasons. “They have the advantage of being outsiders and having nothing to lose,” concludes Tuchel, well aware that a failure against the Northerners would be difficult to justify.