Remember that the pre-season editor is quite optimistic about Chelsea's prospects, and like all the fans, everyone is very much looking forward to the performance of a group of famous and powerful recruits in the season. Unfortunately, contrary to expectations, Chelsea led by famous Lampard did not perform as expected, and finally after the disaster in December, Lampard was officially sacked, when Chelsea had fallen to tenth place in the Premier League and the morale of the team fell to the bottom.
Chelsea's change of manager is not news, many world-class managers have been fired, some people missed the night to rush to the exam room, some people resigned and returned home, and finally ushered in a famous manager - Thomas Tuchel. The board only signed him to an 18-month contract, which seems to have little confidence in the manager, but Thomas Tuchel is definitely capable of judging from the performance of these months. With an awkward mid-season signing time, Thomas Tuchel didn't have much time and money to restructure the squad and start over with his own squad, thankfully Chelsea's players were also quite good and strong.
In the Lampard era, the "dry son" style of management, there are many love in the squad, it is undeniable that Mason Mount, Rees James, Tammy Abraham, etc. have obtained many opportunities to play, so that Chelsea, which rarely uses youth training in recent years, ushered in a round of reform. Compared with Thomas Tuchel's coaching, there are capable people, there are no absolute tactics, only tactics suitable for the team to play, initially using a 4-2-3-1 formation, and then using 3-4-2-1 in the next five league games. At present, Thomas Tuchel has coached Chelsea in 15 Premier League matches, with nine wins, five draws and one loss, and his performance is significantly more stable than the performance of the first half of the season, and the ranking has returned to the top four, and is expected to continue to play in the Champions League in the coming season.
Compared to the league, everyone was more pleased with Thomas Tuchel's Champions League performance under Chelsea. By the time of his appointment, Chelsea had qualified for the Champions League group stage, although the round of sixteen opponents were the most difficult second-seeded team to deal with, Atletico Madrid. However, in two matches, Chelsea can be regarded as a complete victory over the opponent, and the steady attack style of play has put Atletico Madrid in a dilemma in the second leg, and the opponent who is good at defending and not attacking has given Chelsea more room to counterattack, and finally won the opponent 3-0 technically in the two legs. The quarter-finals were finally favored by the god of luck, avoiding other strong opponents, and met the Portuguese team Porto, and finally passed the level smoothly. Coming to the final four, facing La Liga giants Real Madrid, but in fact, this season's Real Madrid performance is not as sharp as in the past, compared to Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain on the other side, Real Madrid is always an easy team to deal with.
In the first leg, Real Madrid attacked at home, Chelsea defended and attacked, and the counterattack from time to time was quite effective, leading 1-0 earlier, scoring an extremely important away goal, and finally ending with a 1-1 draw. In the second leg, Chelsea attacked at home, and also due to the advantage of away goals, Chelsea clearly had an advantage in the score, but in terms of tactical execution and tactical configuration of the players, Chelsea did have the ability to make Real Madrid subservient. In the end, it took ninety-nine days for Chelsea to go from the position of the middle of the league to the Champions League final, and the Chelsea fans went from pre-season hopes, to mid-season despair, and then to today's joy, and the mood fluctuated like a roller coaster.