TURIN, Italy -- Thomas Tuchel probably didn't need a reminder of the difficulty in competing on two fronts this season, but Manchester City and now Juventus have given him just that in the space of five days.
The chaotic circumstances surrounding his arrival at Stamford Bridge in January -- replacing fan favourite Frank Lampard and thrust straight into a condensed schedule made more unrelenting by COVID-19's impact -- created a degree of breathing space in the Premier League that helped propel them to Champions League glory. Tuchel was of course under a degree of pressure to secure a top-four spot last term, but he harnessed that rarest of things under owner Roman Abramovich -- a sense of freedom arising from lowered expectations -- to galvanise this group to an improbable European success.