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During his latest press conference, in the eve of Chelsea facing Zenit Saint Petersbourg in Champions League upcoming seasonal debut, Blues boss, Thomas Tuchel, stated:

"Chilwell? Recovering has absolutely been difficult for him, and I think that’s pretty normal. He had a good end of the season in general and played a lot of minutes for us, with many crucial games at a high level, but then it was a tough Euros for him, individually, because there were chances where he thought he could have played but he did not.

I know that it was a tough one because he did everything to push the team but you don’t feel it really if you don’t sweat it out sometimes on the pitch, if you never wear the shirt and if you’re never really involved. It is a strange feeling, so to keep training for four or five weeks continuously and then he had a personal break, it was hard for him to totally relax and to get this personal disappointment off the shoulders.

When he got back, I felt him a bit mentally tired, like he was still worrying about the situation. At the same time, he had to accept it, but he was very unlucky. Now, since Marcos Alonso was here the whole pre-season, he did every single training session and he took this opportunity so great, with such a huge quality and attitude. Marcos was crucial for us from the first day in training and then he delivered in Chilly’s position. We have two specialists for the same position so it is a tough competition for both of them.

We had some talks with Chilly about the situation,’ added the boss. ‘He knows that I would have done the same thing if it had been the other way round, to trust him if he was here and showed this kind of personality and attitude like Marcos did. They push each other and there are no further worries for Chilly. He has to be a bit patient and keep on training. It took some time, we had to give him a little bit of time to be a bit more patient with himself, to find the joy again and to find things a bit easier on the pitch and to not want to force it too hard.

This is where we are now. Unfortunately, we only had three substitutes in the last matches in the Premier League otherwise we would have made him play some minutes, but he’s in the race now. The situation has changed for him, he’s in a good shape with his attitude and on the pitch so he can play any minute".

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