Thomas Tuchel expresses sadness after Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic suffers hamstring injury
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Apr 14, 2021
Thomas Tuchel has shared his sadness after he confirmed Mateo Kovacic would miss Chelsea s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City on Saturday evening.
Tuchel confirmed the hamstring injury post-match and he would miss Saturday s FA Cup semi-final. Yeah, for sure, unfortunately yes, said Tuchel on if Kovacic would miss the semi-final.
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On the injury and now being absent on Saturday, Tuchel offered his sadness to the Croatian who misses Chelsea s most important week of the season so far.
Tuchel added: It was very sad to see him yesterday [Monday] after 20 minutes in training, to have this little muscle injury from more or less out of nothing.
Mateo Kovacic hands Chelsea injury blow ahead of Champions League tie against FC Porto
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Apr 13, 2021
Chelsea have been handed an injury blow by Mateo Kovacic ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second leg tie against FC Porto.
Kovacic is out of the European clash through injury.
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It will see N Golo Kante start on Tuesday night. Tuchel was expected to make a late decision on Kante over his involvement against Porto, but he will now start for the Blues. First of all, I was unbelievably happy when he said he would travel with us to Seville last week, said Tuchel to the media on Monday.
Apr 13, 2021 - 11:08 pm By Staff Reporter
Chelsea booked their spot in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League after a 2-1 win on aggregate against Porto in spite of a 1-0 loss in the quarter-final second-leg on Tuesday evening.
Blues manager Thomas Tuchel made three changes from the 2-0 win in the first-leg, as N Golo Kante replaced the injured Mateo Kovacic, alongside recalls for Thiago Silva and Christian Pulisic.
Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy nearly made a costly error in the 11th minute after his a sloppy pass from the back went straight to Jesus Corona on the edge of the box but Jorginho recovered quickly to make an interception.