Chelsea became the first English team to win the UEFA Super Cup when playing a non-English side in the final since Liverpool in 2005.For the third year in a row, the UEFA Super Cup has been won by a German manager (Jurgen Klopp in 2019, Hansi Flick in 2020 and Thomas Tuchel in 2021).Just three of the 47 Super Cup finals have gone to penalties, with Chelsea being involved in all three - winning tonight, and losing against Bayern Munich in 2013 and Liverpool in 2019.The Champions League winners have now won the UEFA Super Cup in eight of the last nine seasons, while they had won just four of the previous nine before this run.Chelsea have won the UEFA Super Cup for the second time (in their fifth final), following their 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in 1998.The lesson from his time in England is that Tuchel's methods work. He went with it knowing that while there would have been criticism if it had not gone Chelsea's way, there was a method behind it. The data told him that Kepa is more likely to save spot-kicks than Mendy. But Tuchel does not do accepted wisdom, he does logic and analysis. There was some bemusement when Kepa came on, the accepted wisdom being that Mendy is the superior goalkeeper and as such would be better placed to save the penalties in the shootout too. But Tuchel's stunning start to life at Stamford Bridge continues. After a strong start, the Champions League winners found it difficult. It was not easy for Chelsea and if Villarreal had edged this there could have been few complaints. It's top." Analysis: Tuchel gets it right again I am happy for Kepa and happy for Eddy, to have a goalkeeper like this, to not show the pride to not step off the field, and is happy to do it for the team, to take one for the team. "There is proof that Kepa is better at this discipline. Of course we needed to do what's good for the team. It's fantastic how this talk went before the cup game in Barnsley. "The analysis guys and the goalkeeping coaches showed me, introduced me to the data, then we spoke with the players, that this can happen when we play in knockout game, and since then they know. ![]() So we had some statistics, we were well prepared, that Kepa is the best in percentage in saving penalties. "We talked about it with the goalkeepers when we came and had the first cup game against Barnsley. "It was not spontaneous," the Chelsea manager told BT Sport. What Tuchel said about the Kepa substitution It vindicated Tuchel's decision as the Chelsea coach added a second trophy to the Champions League that he won in May. It went to the seventh kicks with Antonio Rudiger stroking the ball calmly home before the veteran Albiol was unable to match him, Kepa saving smartly away to his right. When Havertz saw the first kick saved by Asenjo, Kepa was already under pressure and though he was unable to keep out Gerard Moreno's kick, he did save well from Aissa Mandi.Ĭesar Azpilicueta, Alonso and Mount all converted their penalties before Jorginho also beat Asenjo, putting right his error from the spot in the final of Euro 2020 just weeks earlier. Tuchel turned to Kepa to replace Mendy in Chelsea's goal with seconds remaining, an ironic switch given that the Spaniard refused to be subbed in the 2019 Carabao Cup final. Subs Estupinan (7), Gaspar (6), Gomez (6), Raba (6), Morlanes (6), Mandi (5). Villarreal: Asenjo (7), Foyth (7), Albiol (7), Pau Torres (6), Pedraza (6), Trigueros (6), Capoue (6), Alberto Moreno (6), Pino (5), Gerard Moreno (7), Dia (7). Subs Pulisic (6), Jorginho (6), Mount (7), Christensen (6), Azpilicueta (6), Kepa (7). ![]() Villarreal defended deep from the outset with Chelsea wing-backs Callum Hudson-Odoi and Marcos Alonso both getting in behind inside the first five minutes of the match.Ĭhelsea: Mendy (7), Zouma (6), Chalobah (6), Rudiger (6), Hudson-Odoi (6), Kante (7), Kovacic (7), Alonso (7), Ziyech (7), Havertz (7), Werner (6). Romelu Lukaku deal agreed | Transfer Centre.Stream the biggest moments on NOW for just £25 p/m.Thomas Tuchel: Kepa Arrizabalaga call was planned | Edouard Mendy fantastic.Arsenal vs PSV postponed due to lack of police.Muller still the maestro at Bayern without Lewandowski.Hamilton: Monza finish brought back Abu Dhabi memories | 'How rules should be'. ![]()
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