Mason mount and Jorginho picked up a yellow card in the UCL clash against Athletico Madrid. This means that the duo cannot feature in the reverse fixture played at Stamford bridge.
According to UEFA rules, three yellow cards in a competition is equal to a one-match ban, which makes these players under severe test today not pick up any more yellow cards as they would miss out on the second leg.
However, according to UEFA rules, each player is given a clean slate after the round of 16 stages. This ultimately means that should Chelsea forward to the round of 8 every player will be given a fresh start.
Thomas Tuchel has praised his side for their resilience and fighting spirit that ultimately give the team that precious away goal advantage. However, when playing the second leg the blue will miss out on Jorginho and Mason Mount, who has been instrumental in the win against Athletico.
Now Tuchel has to devise a new plan to keep the Spanish outfit quiet when they visit us for the reverse fixture.
However, according to UEFA rules, each player is given a clean slate after the round of 16 stages. This ultimately means that should Chelsea forward to the round of 8 every player will be given a fresh start.
“We will miss two crucial players; it makes things not easy for us. But I am very happy with the performance of everybody, that includes Mason of course.
“Again, a good effort, a big effort, high work-rate, high intensity like we are used to when he plays like this. He has a big impact on our team.
“Honestly, we now play Man Utd, Everton, Liverpool, and Leeds, it is good like this. We cannot get comfortable; we cannot get lazy. These games will push us to our limits, then we will think about our solutions for the second leg.”
“I am super happy for my players and the team for such a big reward.
“We actually can read it on the scoreline that we have the result against top opponents. It was very important that we are absolutely concentrated overall 96 minutes.
“That we also accept that it’s very hard to create chances, but we did all that and it was a very good team effort.”
“We wanted to dominate in the opponents’ half, to never lose concentration, not to do any easy mistakes, and always be aware of quick counter-attacks for all their quality.
“It was a very disciplined performance – a deserved shut-out. This is the hard work, a team effort – the basis for a big win.
“We wanted to be brave and play in their half.
“We knew they were ready to suffer with eight people in the box. The intention was to keep the intensity high. This is what we did very good. We never let them breathe or come out for counter-attacks. We have a big reward with this result.
“This is one of the toughest challenges to open a defense like Atletico.”
