The day after a defeat (1-0) in Zagreb in the Champions League, Chelsea announced the dismissal of the German coach on Wednesday.
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First thunderbolt at the start of the 2022-2023 season. While Chelsea started their Champions League campaign with a defeat on the lawn of Dinamo Zagreb yesterday (1-0), the London club announced, Wednesday, September 7, the end of its collaboration with Thomas Tuchel. His team had a mixed start to the season in the league, with a 6th place (three wins, one draw, two losses) five points behind leader Arsenal. This setback on the European scene sealed his fate.
100 days after the takeover of the Blues by an American consortium, a press release explains that “the new owners think it’s the right time to make this transition”.
Chelsea Football Club shares company with Thomas Tuchel.
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 7, 2022
Sacked from the Paris-Saint-Germain bench on December 24, 2020, Thomas Tuchel quickly took over from Frank Lampard at Chelsea in January 2021, before winning the Champions League at the end of the year, then the Super Cup. UEFA, then the Club World Cup without forgetting a lost Cup final.