Roberto Martinez, Belgium manager along side Antonio Conte has best exploited Lukaku’s talents, claims Tuchel does not yet know how to use the striker.
Chelsea’s £97.5million record striker Romelu Lukaku knows precisely how to get the best out of himself, its now goes down to Thomas Tuchel to get the best out of the Belgian.
Romelu Lukaku said in an interview this week: “The way I’m built, I’m quite big, everybody thinks I’m a sort of target man0 just holding up the ball and being a goal poacher.
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“But I’ve never played that way and I hate it. My biggest strength is that I’m dangerous when I’m facing towards the goal, because that’s when I rarely make wrong choices.
“After I pass the ball, I know where I have to position myself in the box.”
The Belgian now has four goal in his first four games after his return to Chelsea, that proved precisely what he can do when the ball is put in the box.
Too much of his game has been with his back to goal, dropping deep and getting little service in the box. That was never more evident than in defeat to Manchester City last month.
Lukaku may have the strength to hold off defenders but he is far more effective when spinning and testing their pace by forcing them to run towards their own goal.
That was perfectly demonstrated on his debut against Arsenal when he gave Pablo Mari such a torrid time.
He added on that record, with his intention being to add to it during a bid for UEFA Nations League glory: “I didn’t really begin scoring goals straight away for the national team. It took me some time.
“But once I had settled in, I knew I would have opportunities to score and that the other players would enable me to do so. And everyone else started to score goals as well, not just me: Eden [Hazard], Kevin [De Bruyne], Dries [Mertens].
“That made me think that in attack, we have real top quality. And for me, it was like a sweet store: just constantly scoring goals.
“At some point, I stopped counting and just continued playing. And we also won our matches. That was the great achievement, you know: scoring and winning.
“I really hate to lose, but scoring and still losing is awful as well. I’m glad that we managed to win so many of our matches, but in the end you really just want to win a trophy and that’s what truly motivates me.”
Belgium are set to take on France in the semi-finals of the Nations League on Thursday, with the victors going on to face Spain or Euro 2020 winners Italy in the final.
