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Champions League: Kai Havertz shoots Chelsea and Tuchel to triumph

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Kai Havertz shoots Chelsea and Tuchel to triumph in the Champions League

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Kai Havertz, who came from Bayer Leverkusen for 80 million euros before the season, scored 1-0 for Chelsea just before the break

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German evening in Porto without a German club: coach Thomas Tuchel wins the Champions League final against Manchester City with Chelsea. The man of the game is the 21-year-old Kai Havertz.

DThanks to Thomas Tuchel’s brilliant tactics and Kai Havertz’s goal, Chelsea have crowned themselves Champions League winners. The Blues disenchanted Manchester City, coached by Pep Guardiola, in an intense English final from Porto on Saturday and deservedly won 1-0 (1-0). The German international Havertz scored the most important goal of his career so far in the 42nd minute and also let his DFB teammates Timo Werner and Antonio Rüdiger cheer.

Manchester professional Ilkay Gündogan, on the other hand, will travel to Joachim Löw at the training camp. The national coach and the DFB selection followed the final in Seefeld in front of the television in the crowded Estádio do Dragão. Like their coach, Havertz, Werner and Rüdiger celebrated their first triumph in the premier class less than two weeks before the start of the European Championship. Tuchel had lost in the final with Paris Saint-Germain against FC Bayern last year – and has now won the duel between the tactical masters.

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Guardiola had five to six offensive attacks extremely high in the initial phase. Gündogan arranged the Cityzens’ game in the central midfield and was also the first protection for the defensive. The Brazilian Fernandinho, who only came in the second half (64th), and the Spaniard Rodri were surprisingly initially on the bench. Guardiola had again turned the direction of his team upside down in an enormously important game.

Tuchel’s perfect tactic

Tuchel countered with a perfectly coordinated tactic, he let his team lurk – and relied on speed and attack-like moves. After a mistake by the City defense, Werner came to a conclusion, but failed to goalkeeper Ederson (14th), seconds later the German national player only hit the outside netting (15th). Tuchel applauded energetically on the sidelines and encouraged the fans in the stands to give more support.

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Emotions on the sidelines: Tuchel and Guardiola

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The 14,110 spectators in the Drachenstadion ensured a real final atmosphere right from the start after months of Corona dreariness in the Champions League. Long before the game, English fans in sky or dark blue jerseys in the alleys of the port city were in the mood for the final, and the corona rules were far from always being observed. There were strict rules in the arena, the fans were distributed as far as possible in the stands.

On the sidelines, Guardiola and Tuchel, who had to do without the injured defensive boss Thiago Silva from the 39th minute, called with gestures and according to their instructions. The final duel between the friendly coaches was awaited with great anticipation – Chelsea had won the previous two competitive games in the Premier League and the FA Cup.

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Kai Havertz scores 1-0

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In Porto an exciting, worth seeing final of two teams with different systems developed at eye level and with strong moves on both sides. Rüdiger cleared the penalty area just in time before Phil Foden (27th). And then Havertz came: The national player was used perfectly by Mason Mount, with a bit of luck put the ball past Ederson and pushed his left into the empty goal. Tuchel clenched both hands into fists in jubilation.

De Bruyne replaced with tears

The Chelsea defense continued to work in a highly concentrated and efficient manner, with N’Golo Kanté playing a strong game in midfield for the Blues. And the omens for City didn’t get any better: after an hour, Manchester’s playmaker Kevin De Bruyne had to be replaced as a result of a collision with Rüdiger, who saw a yellow card for it. The Belgian left the field in tears.

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Chelsea’s players cheer after the final whistle

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A little later, Tuchel changed Werner (66th), the former Dortmund Christian Pulisic came on the field. The American missed the great chance to make it 2-0 in the 73rd minute after passing Havertz. During this phase, Chelsea lay in wait for the possibly decisive counterattack, City initially did not come in front of the Blues goal often enough. Guardiola brought in Argentine striker Sergio Agüero, who saw his last minutes in the city jersey, for the closing stages.

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