Tuchel Said Chelsea Should Have Scored At Least One More Goal In Madrid

Thomas Tuchel (Twitter @chelsea)

JAKARTA - Chelsea drew 1-1 against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Alfredo Stadium in Stefano, Tuesday local time (Wednesday WIB). Thomas Tuchel felt the Blues should have scored at least one more goal in that match.

Chelsea appeared relatively dominant throughout the first half, unfortunately, that dominance was only able to be converted into one goal scored by Christian Pulisic in the 14th minute.

Overall Chelsea fired 11 attempted shots throughout the match, five of which met targets. However, apart from Pulisic's goal, there was no other goal that Tuchel's men could afford.

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- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 27, 2021

"We should be able to score at least one more goal when the opportunities come. We won the ball a lot, attacked, and played well", Tuchel said after the match to BT Sport as quoted by Antara from the official UEFA website.

Tuchel's disappointment piled up even more because the hosts scored a goal back from a set piece situation which was ended by Karim Benzema's volley in the 29th minute.

"Unfortunately then they score goals from set-pieces. Sometimes it happens against quality individuals at Real Madrid, it can sometimes make you lose confidence", he said.

"With a little calm and confidence, we can win the match in the first half. That did not happen, so we have to accept the score 1-1 and try to win in the next match", concluded Tuchel.

The boss with his verdict on #RMACHE this evening as it ended all square in the #UCL.

- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) April 27, 2021

Chelsea will then take turns to host Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge, London, on Wednesday next week.

Chelsea must forget about their bad trend of failing to qualify from the knockout stages when they drew 1-1 in the first leg on their last two occasions when they were knocked out by Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals of the 2013/14 season and by Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 of the 2014/15 season.