Chelsea must solve Thomas Tuchel's own Eduardo Camavinga issue to overthrow rivals next season
Looking back at Chelsea's Champions League exit against Real Madrid, a burst of energy off the bench would have been nice.
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Thomas Tuchel decision proves why Chelsea must reignite £56m interest to protect secret weapon
Thomas Tuchel's mouth-watering tactical invention took Chelsea within touching distance of a Champions League semi-final. Karim Benzema guided Real Madrid to a 5-4 aggregate win over the Blues, despite returning to Cobham 3-2 victors on the night.
Mystical, magical, Madrid: Real make the impossible seem inevitable again
Thomas Tuchel had demanded a “fantastic script” and boy did he get one, another epic and implausible story unfolding. Just not quite as he had hoped; Real Madrid had rewritten the ending, the way they so often seem to do. “The magic of the Bernabéu,” Carlo Ancelotti called it. It would have been barely believable, except that they had seen it somewhere before. The last time they were here, in fact.
Modric, Kroos rested as Real Madrid sail past Getafe
Casemiro's header and a smart finish by Lucas Vazquez sealed a comfortable victory for Madrid, who can turn their attention back to finishing the job against Chelsea and reaching the Champions League semi-finals.
Real Madrid ease to win over Getafe to reinforce place at top of La Liga
Real Madrid cruised to a comfortable victory over Getafe, taking little out of themselves ahead of the home return leg with Chelsea in the Champions League in 72 hours. Casemiro headed Real in front seven minutes before the break with a diving effort from Vinicius Junior's exquisite cross from the left flank delivered with the outside of his right boot.
Dungannon Swifts teen reflects on "amazing experience" facing Real Madrid and AC stars
Dungannon Swifts teenager Terry Devlin says facing the best young players in France has motivated him to take his own game to the next level.
Tchouaméni acelera el relevo generacional en el Madrid
El relevo generacional en el centro del campo madridista ya está en marcha. A Modric (36 años), Kroos (32) y Casemiro (30) se le empiezan a buscar relevos para un futuro que ya no parece tan lejano. Este proceso que comenzó con la llegada de Fede Valverde (23) en el año 2015 por apenas cinco millones de euros, le ha seguido el fichaje de Eduardo Camavinga (19) el verano pasado y ahora suena con bastante fuerza la posible incorporación de Aurélien Tchouaméni (22), procedente del Mónaco. Poco a poco, el Real Madrid comienza a acelerar un proceso que se vislumbra clave para los próximos años…
Real Madrid | Camavinga aspira a ir al Mundial
La primavera adelantada que Eduardo Camavinga vive en las últimas semanas con el Real Madrid se prolonga también al parón FIFA. El jueves, el internacional blanco jugó el partido completo y marcó el primero de los dos goles de la victoria de Francia Sub-21 frente a Islas Feroe en partido de clasificación para el Europeo de la categoría. Mediada la primera mitad, recibió el balón de Admine Adli (jugador del Leverkusen) a diez metros de la frontal del área, regateó al feroés Lökin y, cuando Radosavljevic le salía al paso, armó un zurdazo para batir a Reynatröd con un disparo ajustado al palo izquierdo, similar al que marcó en septiembre a Macedonia del Norte.