In the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea 2-0 Lille. Havertz was once again a key figure, spending less than 10 minutes telling people why Tuchel was happy to have Lukaku on the bench.
There was a lot of talk about Lukaku until the start of the match, and in last week's match against Crystal Palace, Lukaku performed so badly that Tuchel was so disappointed that Lukaku only touched the ball seven times in the 90 minutes. So Hutukhel warned that in the face of a crisis of trust, Lukaku could not be allowed to become a laughingstock.
Before the match against Lille, Tuchel said: "The data on the field is a specific language that reflects that Lukaku is not involved in the team's matches, and sometimes that is the case. For strikers, this can happen if there is a lack of confidence, looking for space against a well-defended team, but that's not what we want, it's not what Romelu Lukaku wants. I feel like Lukaku is a little tired, after all he looks tired because he's played a lot of games.
However, although Tuchel said a lot of supportive things to Lukaku, his actual actions were very realistic, with Havertz taking on the role of center forward and Lukaku sitting on the bench.
For Havertz, chelsea have proven their worth, especially under Tuchel, who have scored the winning goal in the Champions League and Club World Cup finals. The striker trio of Havertz, Ziyech and Pulisic in this game have been much smoother than they have performed at Selhurst Park.
In this match, Havertz scored with a header in the 9th minute of the game to give Chelsea the lead. The result is a free-flowing start, and such an outcome will only raise more questions about spending £97.5 million on a player's decision, as Lukaku doesn't seem to fit into the style of play Tuchel plays.
Even Tuchel wonders why this is the case, saying that Chelsea's strikers have struggled a bit all along, so chelsea may not be the easiest place in the world for strikers. Maybe it's because defensively, we need a lot of strikers. We want a physically strong, hard-working group, we want physical and technical competitions, and that's probably one of the reasons.
But now, without the most expensive player ever in the starting line-up, Chelsea seem to be a stronger opponent.
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