Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was unhappy after the unexpected defeat at the start of the Champions League.
“Blues” were defeated by Dinamo in Zagreb with 1:0 in the 1st round.
“I am angry with myself, with our performance, this is a hard failure. I didn’t expect this, I didn’t foresee this, I was in the wrong movie. We were not precise, determined, active, neither individually nor as a team,” said the German.
Tuchel added that the team will be punished in the form of a day off.
“We started well, the first 15-20 minutes, but we lacked determination, we lacked ‘blood’. We had enough passes, won space, but we should have had more shots. We conceded a goal from a counterattack by two players, this has never happened to us before. I thought we were on the right track, but I’m surprised,” he added.
Tomas Tuchel emphasized that his team did not underestimate the opponent.
“We did not underestimate Dinamo, if we did, then we have a big problem. I don’t know what is the consequence of this kind of game, maybe a lack of determination or hunger. We had no intensity, we were losing duels. You cannot play a match of such low intensity in the English Championship or the Champions League,” Tuchel said.
