Chelsea boss Tuchel warns players: Nothing yet won - top 4 challenge not over | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Tuchel warns players: Nothing yet won - top 4 challenge not over | OneFootball

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·12 May 2021

Chelsea boss Tuchel warns players: Nothing yet won - top 4 challenge not over

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Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has warned his players nothing is yet won ahead of tonight's derby against Arsenal.

Chelsea face Leicester in the Cup Final on Saturday and Manchester City for the right to be crowned champions of Europe two weeks later.


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But despite a potentially spectacular end to the season, Tuchel is keeping his feet firmly on the ground.

“We haven't won anything yet and it doesn't help if we talk about it," he said. “We have to play two finals and finish in the top four. This is the challenge and it's not finished.

“If the pressure mounts and mounts and increases all the time it can be a huge next step to keep the level up. This is what we do in the moment and this is what the surrounding forces us to do, because all three challenges are big.

“We are in the middle of the race for top four, we have two finals to come and you can only achieve it if you are on a consistently high level mentally and physically, with a good atmosphere, and this is what we try to keep now.

“Nobody is allowed now to drop one per cent, because that's what makes it special right now. But now is not finished. It is not the time for praise, not the time for reflection, it is the time to continue and finish the job."

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