​Tuchel confirms Chelsea without four players for Atletico Madrid clash

Football
17 Mar 2021 • 6:02 AM MYT
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Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has confirmed he will be without a few key players for their game with Atletico Madrid.

The Blues are looking to finish the job in the home leg, after winning 1-0 away from home in the first leg of the round of 16 clash.

But Tuchel knows Atletico will not make the game easy, and the German will be without Thiago Silva, Tammy Abraham, and suspended duo Jorginho and Mason Mount.

"We have no fresh injuries but we are are without two key players for us tomorrow in Mount and Jorginho," Tuchel explained at his pre-match press conference.

"Especially with Mason for his offensive skills and his power to break the lines with strong dribbling and his shots. Atletico are one of the best teams in Europe for not giving shooting chances away, so of course it's a blow to miss an offensive player for a game such as this one.

"They are important players for us but we have a strong group and we have to adapt and find solutions to this.

"We also need to work without Thiago Silva and Tammy Abraham for this game. They are not quite right yet but with an international break now coming, I don't think there is too much risk in me saying that we expect them to join us again after the international break.

"So we are missing four key players for this game but that makes the selection a little bit easier, because we can select 23 players in the Champions League.

"We will use the whole squad. We can make five substitutes during the match, so we have a clear idea of what we can do."