Mateo Kovacic missed Chelsea’s Champions League defeat to Porto (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images)Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says his side’s Champions League quarter-final aggregate win against Porto was for Mateo Kovacic. ‘Chelsea will face the winners out of Liverpool’s tie with Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Tuchel admitted afterwards that he would prefer to face Madrid, as he dislikes facing teams from the same league. ‘I don’t wish for nothing but in general I like it in Champions League not to play teams from your own league,’ the Chelsea manager told BT Sport. Thomas Tuchel reveals preference for Champions League semi-finals

Source: Metro April 13, 2021 22:50 UTC