JAKARTA - Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said that he and his team had no regrets after they were knocked out of the Champions League after losing 4-5 on aggregate to Real Madrid. In fact, they were able to create hope when they took a 1-3 lead in normal time in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Wednesday, April 13 in the morning of Indonesian Western Time (WIB).
However, Karim Benzema's goal in the 96th minute broke it all. Chelsea were eliminated despite actually winning 3-2 in this second leg.
The Blues' failure to advance to the semifinals is clearly a heavy blow, but Tuchel has no regrets. This German man sees his squad has worked hard to create maximum results.
"It's a defeat we can accept, because we didn't leave anything there to regret. We were just unlucky," Tuchel said after the game as quoted by BBC Sport.
"We showed the quality and character that this team has and deserved to qualify. There is nothing to regret," continued the German coach.
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However, Tuchel still evaluates his team's performance. He criticized the players' mistakes in this second leg which led to Real Madrid's goals.
Moreover, about the goal in extra time made by Benzema after Antonio Rudiger slipped in the penalty box.
"We have a big deficit to overcome because we made a big mistake in the first leg and today both goals came from our mistakes," said Tuchel.
"They took advantage of mistakes with individual quality and that was enough because in the two legs we made too many of these big mistakes."
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