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·16 May 2021

Chelsea boss Tuchel explains Azpilicueta change

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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel explained his back three change after their FA Cup final defeat to Leicester City.

Chelsea's defence was altered from usual with Reece James playing in the back-three.


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Tuchel explained, "Reece and Azpi changed positions because we knew about the favourite position for Jamie Vardy to counter-attack in the transition game.

"We wanted to have Reece's power, acceleration and top speed against him to eliminate this threat today. We wanted to have Azpi a bit higher because with his experience and his character, he takes a bit more risk than Reece in the last line.

"If Azpi could have scored the first goal and it was not deflected before it reached him it would have been a great decision."

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