Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel admits he would prefer to face Real Madrid rather than Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals after the Blues reached the last four for the first time since 2014.

Chelsea were beaten by Porto on Tuesday night in the home leg of their quarter-final in Seville, Mehdi Taremi’s scoring a stunning injury-time overhead kick for Sergio Conceicao’s side.

But Tuchel’s men had done the hard work in the first leg, winning 2-0 in the away game which was also staged in Seville to render Porto’s late goal irrelevant.

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Chelsea will now face the winners of the Liverpool and Madrid tie, which the Laliga champions lead 3-1 going into Wednesday’s second leg at Anfield.


“In general I like not to play against teams from your same league in the Champions League as it gives more of a feeling of a European competition but that is the only thing. The game is far from over but I will watch it for sure.

“Everything is possible. Liverpool are very strong at home so we take what we get. It is a good situation for us.”

Hailing Chelsea’s progress, Tuchel said: “The semi-finals is a big achievement. It’s a big step to be in the semi-final.

“We’re not used to being there but once you are there you play for the final.”

While Tuchel admitted the game was not a spectacle, Chelsea produced a professional display to keep Porto at arm’s length until it was too late for them to mount a comeback that took the game to extra time.

He said:”It is also part of the performance to not let your opponent perform.

“Today was the day to hang in and show all the effort, all the intensity, all the team spirit, that’s needed if you don’t have the experience, if you have a young team, it’s the moment to be together.

“We talked about what we needed to do if you feel nervous and that is to use your body, work hard and make yourself sweat. This is what we did.”
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See person who could beat Porto is talking of madrid

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I don't know what tuchel is talking o . abeg i prefer liverpool. Madrid is too real for this Chelsea.


All the same, we are heading to final.

cant win Porto in both legs and you begging for madrid forgetting dt madrid with zizou are d masters of ucl.....
i know he fears madrid d more and he is just playing mind games but zizou and klop aint learners..

supportnija:
See person who could beat Porto is talking of madrid

leave d joker...he fears madrid d more and would be happy if Liverpool goes through....he is jus playing mind games dt mourinho, pep, klop n fergie are good at..
zizou and klopp are no rookie and they understands better

paulolee:
cant win Porto in ur home and you begging for madrid forgetting dt madrid with zizou are d masters of ucl....joker

Seville is not London. Both first and second legs were played in Spain.

ecoco2014:
Seville is not London. Both first and second legs were played in Spain.

lolz....my bad..bt ar u looking for excuse for losing yesterday?....you suppose get a better advantage and even win well bcox u once dismantled sevilla 4-0 at dt same pitch during d group stage na....abi i lie?

paulolee:

lolz....my bad..bt ar u looking for excuse for losing yesterday?....you suppose get a better advantage and even win well bcox u once dismantled sevilla 4-0 at dt same pitch during d group stage na....abi i lie?

YOUR SEEMING OPPOSITION TO CHELSEA AND PSEUDO-SUPPORT OF PORTO AMOUNTS TO ZERO.
REASONS:
1) ON NEUTRAL GROUND WE BEAT THEM IN FULL TIME
2) ON SAME NEUTRAL GROUND THEY NEEDED INJURY TIME ADDED ON TO BE ABLE TO SCORE
3) WE QUALIFIED WITHOUT GOING INTO EXTRA TIME OR PENALTIES HENCE WE WERE THE BETTER TEAM IN ALL RESPECT.