LONDON - Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel claims his family likes to watch star midfielder N'Golo Kante. The Frenchman has been struggling with injury problems at the Stamford Bridge club over the past few seasons.

But he made a change against Portodi in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final, played 90 minutes and helped the team progress to the semifinals. "We took a risk but we know that maybe this is the moment," said Tuchel about playing Kante, quoted by Tribal Football, Wednesday (14/4).

"Maybe it's not a risk, but because of the situation we put him on the pitch and hope he has the energy for 90 minutes," he added.

According to him Kantetampilan extraordinary. Tuchel saw her as one and a half or two players in one person. Everyone who saw her for the first time loved her. "All my family love him when they watch our games now. It's great to have him," said Tuchel.

Kante wins so many balls, and at the same time gives everyone more confidence. In addition, Tuchel admitted that this started with what happened to Mateo Kovacic so that the team was forced to deploy Kante.

"We are not sure whether N'Golo will start today if we have everyone available, but also, it is perfect. Now is the time to recover," he said.