Every word Thomas Tuchel said on Club World Cup, Roman Abramovich chat, Mount injury and more

"They were a strong opponent, a typical South American team. They were very good individually and had huge solidarity and discipline. They had huge sacrifice against the ball, suffer and defend together.

"So we knew it would be difficult to create half chances. We had to be patient but relentless at the same time.

"Like it is sometimes in a final, it's a bit stiff in the beginning. You look for solutions but you don't want to open spaces for counter-attacks which they rely on and are very good.

"This was, for me, more or less the first half. It was a bit stuck and we struggled with the fluidity of our match.

"We changed the structure a bit in the second half and found the spaces better. We scored a wonderful goal and had two or three good half-chances after that. Then at the moment we were in total control and were the better team, and seemed to find spaces better and have a higher rhythm, we gave a penalty away from a throw-in which is very unusual.

"Then the whole story starts from scratch, which is mentally and physically not easy. We never stopped attacking and never stopped trying for the 90 minutes.

"We changed the structure again in extra time, had a different structure to defend and attack, and the team did very well to control the match completely.

"The guys from the bench had a huge impact and if you have a late penalty, you are of course lucky, but I think we deserved it because we had a lot of chances, never stopped trying, and being active the most during the game. So we take it like it is in a final against a tough opponent. It was a fantastic victory.

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