In the Champions League quarterfinals at 4:00 a.m. on 23 February, Chelsea in the Premier League vs Lyon in Ligue 1 finally beat Lyon 2-0. In the first leg of the crucial Champions League quarter-final, Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku was put on the bench by coach Tuchel, but thanks to Havertz and Pulisic scoring one goal each in the first half of the first half, chelsea managed to take the lead in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final.
After the game, Lukaku was also the only Chelsea player who did not participate in Chelsea's post-match physical training, and the Chelsea attacking system without Lukaku was more fluid, and Chelsea coach Tuchel also said in an interview with the media that it was a tough battle but almost all the questions were about Lukaku, and there was too much attention to him. Substitute players are equally important and that's how football works.
But after this game, Premier League star Henry directly fired at Tuchel in an interview with the media, saying that if Chelsea paid a high price to bring in Lukaku, but put him on the bench to introduce Lukaku, what is the significance? As a coach, shouldn't a player's tactics that are not suitable for him help him integrate into his own tactical system as soon as possible?
Before that, Chelsea veteran Tony Cascarino said in an interview with the media that Tuchel did not like Lukaku, and Lukaku himself had already felt that Tuchel did not like him. At the same time, he also disclosed in the media that if Lukaku is still in no good shape in the second half of the season, then Chelsea may package Lukaku for sale.
In the past year, due to the storm of Lukaku's interview, the relationship between Lukaku and Tuchel has dropped to a freezing point, and now Lukaku can't get a good state, and Tuchel does not actively guide Lukaku to adapt to the team, so sooner or later Lukaku will become a time bomb for Chelsea to explode at any time. There are only two paths ahead of Chelsea, either to guide Lukaku successfully into Chelsea's tactical system, or to sell Lukaku as early as possible to avoid causing chaos in the dressing room and causing the team's combat effectiveness to decline.
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