Thomas Tuchel basks in Chelsea’s Club World Cup victory and claims ‘everyone is jealous’ of the Blues

Tuchel has reached every final available to him since taking over from Lampard in January last year, only falling short in a controversial FA Cup final defeat to Leicester.

‘Of course (I feel) relief,’ Tuchel continued.

‘In the end if you score late, you need luck to do it. We were relentless, we did not stop trying, we took the effort and didn’t give in.

‘We had the lead, then we lost it. But we never stopped attacking so I think it’s deserved but you need luck to score late.’

The Blues were pushed close with Tuchel having to give a crucial team talk during extra-time 

Havertz has scored only 14 goals for Chelsea since arriving in the summer of 2020 but two of those have sealed major trophies. Despite criticisms of the German back in the Premier League he continues to perform on the biggest stage.

With Chelsea’s regular taker Joginho left on the bench, the 22-year-old cooly slotted home his penalty with the world watching – surely making a claim to replace his Italian team-mate as the No 1 spot-kick option.

‘The penalty does not look nervous but for sure he was, you can’t not be,’ the Blues boss added.

‘He knows what’s at stake but he has a good record of shooting (penalties) in 90 mins. We trusted the stats and I’m happy for him.’