[인터풋볼] Reporter Shin Dong-hoon = Director Thomas Tuhel is slowly showing off his geek.
Chelsea scored a 1-1 draw with Southampton in the 25th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2020-21 season held at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, England at 9:30 pm on the 20th. This held Chelsea in fourth place with 43 points and Southampton in 13th place with 30 points.
Chelsea had a hard time deploying the first half offensive. This is because they struggled to defend Southampton, who is maintaining a tight gap. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Takumi Minamino’s opening goal was even more difficult for Chelsea. At the beginning of the second half, Tuhel took out Tommy Abraham and put Calum Hudson Odoi in. It seemed to be to attack Southampton’s defense by strengthening flanking attacks and placing Werner with good mobility in the front line.
Chelsea maintained a one-sided trend. In the 9th minute of the second half, Mason Mount’s penalty kick (PK) was scored and the game was returned to the origin. Since then, Reese James took a decisive opportunity and made a scene close to scoring several times. However, he couldn’t score an extra goal, and he had to be satisfied with one victory point.
The thing that caught my eye was Tuhel’s replacement card. Coach Tuhel made a choice to subtract Odoi, who was replaced in the second half in the 31st minute of the second half. Hakim Zieh came in instead of Odoi and changed the attack. Odoy left the stadium with a dissatisfied expression. Odoi’s face did not change even with the comfort of coach Tuhel. Žièch only recorded one key pass, but he was not very active.
After Odoi took over as coach Tuchel, he showed his best performance and was nicknamed’Prince Tuchel’, so much attention was paid to the decision. Coach Tuhel said at a press conference after the game, “To create an opportunity, you must be sharp and intimidating. But I didn’t feel this from Odoi. I didn’t like his attitude and energy. I thought it wouldn’t help the team. So I decided to take him out.”
“It will be a tough time for players. But tomorrow you will forget it. “Odoi may start again in the Champions League.” It is clear that he made a tactical cold judgment as a manager. However, it is believed that Odoi, a young player, is highly likely to be hurt. There is an evaluation that the geek side of Tuhel’s peculiarity is slowly being revealed.
“It’s not that coach Tuchel’s decision to subtract Odoi doesn’t make sense. However, replacing Odoi because he wasn’t satisfied with the energy could lower the morale of the squad and lessen manager Tuhel’s dominance. In the future, coach Tuhel’s actions are important. It is necessary to understand Odoi and other players through sufficient explanation and sympathy.”
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