https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/05/28/
tuchel-conference-ahead-of-champions-league-final
Tuchel on Mendy and Kante's chances of starting in Porto
28 May 2021
Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Edouard Mendy and N'Golo Kante are
training with the rest of the players in Porto and hopes to have his whole
squad available tomorrow.
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Speaking to the media before we face Manchester City in the Champions
League final, our head coach was asked about the condition of his players,
with the fitness of Mendy and Kante in the spotlight.
Mendy went off injured at half-time in our last Premier League game of the
season, against Aston Villa, after colliding with the post, while Kante
missed that game completely having picked up a hamstring problem against
Leicester City a few days earlier.
However, Tuchel has revealed he expects to have both available at the
Estadio do Dragao.
'The team news is the best news ever, we have a full squad,' he said. 'We
have no injuries and I hope it stays like that until after we finish
today's training session.'
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Mendy is back in training after his injury
The German also discussed the prospect of the game being decided by a
shoot-out, and revealed he has already decided who Chelsea's five penalty
takers will be.
'We have already identified the guys who should take the penalties for us
if it goes to a shoot-out, but I don't know yet who could be on the pitch
at the end,' he added. 'Whoever takes the penalties, we will go into the
shoot-out together as a team, whatever happens.
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'We always practise penalties when we face a match that could be decided
by penalties. We can't replicate the pressure and occasion of a shoot-out
in a big final, but we can take care of the knowing the patterns and
practising our habits.'