The Chelsea goes away from Madrid with a 1-1 draw which in the end does not mind Tuchel, who will be able to play the cards for the final, also being able to count on 0-0 in the return leg of Stamford Bridge. Verdict therefore postponed to next week, but with some more regrets for the Blues that in the first part of the match they became more dangerous than a Real who appeared shy. In particular he cries out for revenge the net literally eaten by Timo Werner at 10 ‘, when the German striker, very solitary on the line of the small area, hit Courtois in full.
A missed goal more than a miraculous save by the Belgian goalkeeper, which Pulisic partially remedied by scoring Chelsea’s advantage shortly after. Werner’s mistake, however, was set in an overall disappointing personal performance, which confirms what has been seen in his entire first season in London: very poor numbers when compared to those of the Leipzig machine gun (11 goals in 44 overall appearances in all competitions), but above all taking into account the amount paid by Abramovich to take him home last summer, 60 million.
After the game, the comments from the studios of ‘Sky’ were merciless, especially that of Paolo Di Canio: “The mistake is something sensational, he is not an important player, he supports him as if he were playing with friends, he touches it slowly. He is a reboot player, but he is not shrewd“. Words to which he also supports Paolo Condò: “At one point it has a straight corridor to the door, then it widens, but why …“.
In short, the one who for 4 years at Leipzig appeared to be one of the best strikers in Europe seems to have caught on, or evidently the previous judgments that overestimated him were wrong. To mediate with his usual wisdom, he thinks about it Fabio Capello, which explains how the major faults should not fall on Werner’s shoulders: “The movements were not so wrong, in my opinion the one who passed the ball to him is more to blame. Kanté played an amazing game, but in the last meters he showed his limits, that quality of passing that is fundamental for the attacker who receives the right ball to control and shoot.“.
What is certain is that even Tuchel has had enough after 66 minutes, replacing his wet powder bomber with Havertz.