Thomas Tuchel hooked Jude Bellingham to save the English Talisman a red card during the 3-0 coast of Monday evening against Latvia.
A beautiful Reece James Free Kick illuminated the world cup qualifying match, where Harry Kane and Ebereechi Eze add both shine after the replacement of Bellingham.
Tuchel admitted that the midfielder of Real Madrid was 'a bit of luck' not to see a second yellow card for sliding on Raivis Jurkovskis.
“It would have turned the game upside down, so we decided to take it away immediately,” said Tuchel.
“I didn't want to take the risk, so I decreased. I don't know if he was lucky. I thought the first was a bit hard. The second was possible. Was the first yellow yellow? I'm not sure.
'We had some annoying mistakes from the opponent, but the referee decided to look away. It felt a bit strange that we went into peace with a yellow card and none of our opponents, but ok.
'You could see the enormous effort that Jude has submitted in the first game today [against Albania]. He didn't feel so fresh, that was my observation, and I am not sure if he will agree. '
Kane revealed that James had demanded a free kicks during training during the training on Spurs on Sunday afternoon, with the Chelsea skipper kept his frustration on the international stage on the international stage.
“It's a long time ago, I had frustrating for two years,” said James. 'I am so happy that I am called up again by my country. I saw the wall and felt that I could bend it around. I was a bit surprised that it just hit.
'The ideas of Thomas Tuchel are clear. We have one goal and that starts this week until the World Cup. '
Chelsea -Baas Enzo Maresca has traced the potential for James to have a future in the central midfield, although Tuchel does not agree.
“If you play a dominant match like today, he can be a hybrid midfielder in the last 20 minutes where he comes for the left or right-back position and helps in midfield to create an overload,” Tuchel added.
'As soon as it is an open game and many transitions in midfield, I am not sure if it would suit him perfectly. There can be no doubt about the quality of Reece, this is the highest level.
'We were close contact in recent weeks and were absolutely certain and clear that he trained for a few weeks without a break. If he didn't play, it was a choice from the club and not because he was injured. They protected him, which is fair enough, so we knew he was in good condition and mentally in a good space. '
And Tuchel was happy with the reaction of Marcus Rashford to criticism after the victory over Albania.
“The most important thing was that he showed hunger and confidence in his assets,” the German said. “We might have had the support for him. We didn't play in his hand. Marcus was at a high level, I was happy. '
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