https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/12/28/tuchel-on-latest-covid-impact- Tuchel on latest Covid impact 28 Dec 2021 Although players have been returning to action after their Covid isolation, with Romelu Lukaku and Callum Hudson-Odoi doing so especially prominently with their match-winning performances at Aston Villa, Thomas Tuchel does not feel comfortable yet with thinking his squad are over the worst of the current outbreak globally. https://i.imgur.com/eGUZI0F.jpg As he assesses the situation ahead of Wednesday night's home meeting with Brighton, our head coach is also counting available midfielders. 'We have infected people who have three vaccinations, we have infected players without vaccination, so we have everything,' Tuchel points out. 'If you just speak about central midfield, let's assume that maybe N'Golo is out [of the Brighton game], maybe Ruben is still out, so one [positive] test in central midfield is enough for the thing to collapse again, because then Kova will play again 90 minutes but from where, from out of nothing, and you risk injuries. https://i.imgur.com/odB3IPp.jpg Kovacic replaced Kante in the second half at Villa having played the first half at Brentford 'This is what we do at the moment. I cannot see how we are out of Covid threat at the moment as it does not feel like it.' Tuchel had been especially pleased when all three of his main central midfielders at the start of the season, Jorginho, N'Golo Kante and Mateo Kovacic, were able to board the bus to Aston Villa for the Boxing Day game, reunited in the squad for their first time in many weeks, but sadly the trio's full fitness did not last long 'We waited for that and in the end we take N'Golo Kante out in the first match where they are together,' laments the boss. Kante came off in the 63rd minute with pain in the same place as the knee injury suffered against Juventus in November. 'Ruben Loftus-Cheek is injured and suffers from Covid,' Tuchel continues, 'so for the Brighton game I need to talk to the doctors and to the physios and to the fitness department, and then we will try to find solutions.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/12/29/ tuchel---i-don-t-understand-why-we-only-have-three-substitutes-0 Tuchel: 'I don't understand why we only have three substitutes' 29 Dec 2021 Thomas Tuchel believes the Premier League needs to re-introduce the five-substitutions rule which was originally used at the beginning of the pandemic and currently in the Carabao Cup. https://i.imgur.com/a2nVhxP.jpg The Blues have six fixtures across exactly three weeks in January, three of which are against Tottenham Hotspur, before we head off to compete in the Club World Cup in the UAE, and Tuchel believes his players are not being fully protected by the traditional three-substitutions rule, especially during these Covid times. 'We want to win everything but we have two more games against Tottenham in the Carabao Cup and one in the FA Cup, all in between Liverpool and Man City games, so it does not stop but the schedule is not the problem,' said our head coach. https://i.imgur.com/df7NG25.jpg The boss showcasing his passion after three points at Villa 'We love the schedule and we love to play through winter and be the only league to play through the winter, but we need also protection from the league.' On his desire for five substitutes to be available again in English football, as it was during Project Restart last year, he had this to say: 'I can absolutely not understand zero per cent why we are the only league that plays through the winter and we are the only league with three substitutes in a period of heavy Covid threat and heavy Covid situations. 'I'm heavily concerned and I don't understand why we have only three substitutes. That makes absolutely no sense but it's a situation so it is worrying that we struggle and we have injuries and we have players who suffered from Covid, and we have no time to build them up. The Bavarian believes the authorities should adapt to the ever-changing situation to help cope with physical fatigue and injuries. 'So obviously we are in the middle of a very strange situation where all teams are affected heavily and I simply don't understand why we cannot have the five changes because five changes have been invented also in UK now when coronavirus first started. https://i.imgur.com/Lg5xMXw.jpg Tuchel observes Chelsea training 'We are now in the middle of it and simply I get the feeling that everybody's refusing it or not even thinking about it or refusing to think about it. 'For me it is logical to do this because everybody is affected by Covid and you simply need more possibilities to protect the players and to share the minutes. It is my opinion, and I will not stop to stand up for it.' -- When it comes to a crisis, still keep on running. You believe in power. It's mental power. --

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