Thomas Tuchel

german association football director and early player

Thomas Tuchel ( german pronunciation : [ ˈtoːmas ˈtʊxl̩ ] ; [ 3 ] born 29 August 1973 ) is a german professional football director and former player who is the current fountainhead passenger car of Premier League club Chelsea. As a musician, he was a defender. Born in Krumbach, Tuchel ‘s playing career ended at historic period 25, as a result of a chronic knee cartilage injury ; in 2000, he began his coaching career as a youth coach at VfB Stuttgart, and in 2009, following a annual period at FC Augsburg II, he was hired by newly promoted Bundesliga club Mainz 05. He departed Mainz in 2014 and was appointed at colleague Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in 2015, where he won the DFB-Pokal before being dismissed in 2017.

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He was hired by french club Paris Saint-Germain in 2018, where he won two league titles, including a domestic quadruple in his second season, and guided the clubhouse to its first base UEFA Champions League final, before being dismissed in 2020. He was then appointed by Chelsea in 2021, and won the Champions League in his introduction season .

Playing career [edit ]

Born in Krumbach, Bavaria, Tuchel starred as a penis of local club, the TSV Krumbach, coached by his beget Rudolf. [ 4 ] Tuchel moved to the academy at FC Augsburg in 1988, however, he never appeared for the first base team, being released soon after he turned 19. There, passenger car Heiner Schuhmann ‘s evaluation of Tuchel during his tenure at Augsburg noted he “ was a passionate musician who gave his all on the peddle, but [ had ] few friends among his teammates because he was exacting and demanding ”. [ 4 ] After he was released, Tuchel signed for 2. Bundesliga side Stuttgarter Kickers in 1992. [ 5 ] Tuchel played eight games during the 1992–93 season. After the 1993–94 temper, he was dropped from Kickers ‘ beginning team, and joined Regionalliga Süd side SSV Ulm, coached by Hermann Badstuber, the church father of Holger Badstuber, whom Tuchel would late manage at youth horizontal surface. [ 6 ] Playing as a cardinal defender, he played for SSV Ulm until being forced to retire in 1998, at old age 24, after suffering a stifle cartilage injury. [ 7 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Tuchel began his coaching career in 2000, hired by Ralf Rangnick as young person team coach at VfB Stuttgart, where he aided in the development of future beginning team players, namely Mario Gómez and Holger Badstuber. [ 8 ] He coached the under-19 side of the club to the Under 19 Bundesliga style in the 2004–05 campaign. [ 8 ] He left after that season, as the clubhouse tired of his personality and chose not to renew his condense. [ 9 ] In 2005, Tuchel returned to Augsburg, with club sporting director Andreas Rettig noting the club ‘s admiration of Tuchel ‘s tactical discipline led to him being appointed youth team coordinator. [ 10 ] He was hired despite lacking a UEFA Pro Licence, which he gained in a six-and-a-half month course in Cologne under Erich Rutemöller. [ 9 ] Tuchel held the military position as coordinator for three years, finally transitioning into management after being offered the military position as first team passenger car at FC Augsburg II for the 2007–08 temper. [ 5 ] With Augsburg II, he coached a team which included Julian Nagelsmann, himself an injury-prone defender, who transitioned to a coaching career after Tuchel instructed him to scout for the club in 2008. [ 11 ] Tuchel besides garnered a repute for his combustibility towards referees during games, often receiving fines from the Bavarian Football Association ( BFV ) as a result. [ 9 ] At the end of the 2007–08 Landesliga Bayern-Süd, Tuchel ‘s Augsburg II finished fourthly. [ 12 ]

Mainz 05 [edit ]

Tuchel ‘s time as the coach of Augsburg II impressed many top-level german clubs, and he went on to be appointed by Bundesliga club Mainz 05 in 2009. [ 13 ] Having signed an initial biennial contract, he was promoted into the character after acting as a youth coach at Mainz for the previous 12 months, [ 14 ] during which he had won the Under 19 Bundesliga with the under-19 side. [ 8 ] According to club executive Christian Heidel, Tuchel ‘s perfectionism, going a far as to analyze pitch maintenance prior to a game against Olympiacos, contributed to his eventual appointee. [ 9 ]
The composing of the police squad was seen in Tuchel ‘s tactical access at Mainz, as despite possessing technically deficient players, he instructed them to utilize long distribution and focus on pressing off the ball, typically overloading one part of the confrontation half in ordain to create less space to generate counter-attacking opportunities, as grim hard-hitting would create chances by dispossessing or forcing errors from the opposition. [ 15 ] His tactics of pressing and positional bet led Mainz to a ninth-placed stopping point in his first season as coach. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In the follow campaign, Tuchel ‘s Mainz enjoyed a perfective start to the season, winning seven games in their first seven, including an off victory over Bayern Munich. [ 18 ] This coincided with Tuchel ‘s hire of René Marić and Martin Rafelt, founders of the tactics blog Spielverlagerung, to compile periodic scouting reports on Mainz ‘s opponents. [ 9 ] Tuchel finally led the team to a fifth-placed stopping point as the club improved by 11 points to qualify for the third-qualifying beat of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] only four Bundesliga sides scored more goals than Mainz in the 2010–11 campaign, who had scored 52 goals in sum. Of those goals, fifteen had been scored by rising leading André Schürrle, and ten by Sami Allagui, who was a key part of Tuchel ‘s weigh machine. [ 18 ] Mainz fell to a thirteenth-placed finish the comply season, [ 18 ] having notably lost Schürrle to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. [ 21 ] Allagui ‘s lack of form added to Mainz ‘s issues in attack, although new signing Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was able to score ten goals, and midfielder Julian Baumgartlinger ‘s organization and discipline helped the team and “ marked him out ” as a future clubhouse captain. [ 18 ] Mainz suffered an early exit in the Europa League, and ended the season with 39 points, the lowest entire during Tuchel ‘s spell at the club. [ 18 ] In the 2012–13 season, Mainz would go on to repeat their thirteenth-placed end from the season anterior. Despite a inadequate begin and end to the season, there were importantly fewer struggles than in the previous campaign, and the team finished six points below seventh place. Ádám Szalai, who netted thirteen times, solved the goal-scoring issues up front, while Nicolai Müller and Andreas Ivanschitz scored eight and seven goals respectively. Mainz was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal. [ 18 ] In what would turn out to be his final season with the club, Tuchel led Mainz to a seventh-place finish, qualifying for the group stages of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] At the begin of the season, he had brought in japanese fore Shinji Okazaki. Deployed in a central hit function, the former VfB Stuttgart musician went on to have a fecund season, scoring 15 goals in the Bundesliga, a record for a japanese musician. [ 22 ] [ 24 ] Despite approaches by Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen for his services in the latter-half of the 2013–14 temper, Tuchel remained at Mainz until the end of the campaign. [ 25 ] however, in May 2014, he asked to be released from his contract, late stating that he “ could n’t see how [ the team ] could reinvent [ itself ] once more the coming summer. ” [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Tuchel explained that he had already made the decision to leave Mainz at the end of the season in fall of 2013. [ 25 ] Mainz initially refused to release him from his contract, but on 11 May 2014, he was allowed to step down. [ 25 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Tuchel concluded his Mainz career with a record of 72 wins, 46 draw, and 64 losses, from 182 games, with a gain share of 39.56 %. [ 30 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

In April 2015, coach Jürgen Klopp announced that he would leave Borussia Dortmund following the 2014–15 season. [ 31 ] Dortmund, inquiring over the handiness of assorted coaches, promptly decided on Tuchel, tidal bore to incorporate a exchangeable press-based footballing philosophy made a club brand under Klopp. [ 14 ] [ 32 ] Shortly thereafter, Tuchel ‘s appointment as the club ‘s modern question coach for the take after temper occurred on 19 April 2015. Signing a three-year deal effective from 1 July, he returned to coaching after over a year without a club. [ 33 ] Both Klopp and Tuchel completed the lapp path of moving from Mainz to Dortmund. [ 18 ] Joining at the begin of the summer window, Tuchel was tidal bore to avoid speculation and off-the-pitch distractions. [ 34 ] He addressed the consequence of headliner players who were in a dilemma between staying and leaving, quickly convincing them that Dortmund could meet their ambitions. After securing the futures of several authoritative players, Tuchel identified targets that could help the police squad compete and “ bridge the opening at the top ”. [ 34 ] Dortmund and Tuchel ‘s approach was to build upon Klopp ‘s foundations, keeping the team ‘s core while adding fresh rake. This policy resulted in the acquisitions of Roman Bürki and Julian Weigl, players who were not considered stars, but had potential to help Dortmund in the future. [ 34 ] Gonzalo Castro had besides joined the club for €11 million. [ 35 ] Weigl was frequently utilized by Tuchel behind two cardinal midfielders in a 4–1–4–1 formation, and along with the other two midfielders, he would work the ball until Dortmund could force an clog in space out wide, attacking with celerity from there. [ 15 ] Tuchel besides utilized a 4–2–3–1 formation at Dortmund ; players like Shinji Kagawa, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and the deep-dropping Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would make overloads in pockets of space in-between the lines. Weigl would sit back in front of the defense mechanism, while the early central midfielder, which was İlkay Gündoğan when suit, pushed up advancing. [ 15 ] Tuchel ‘s debut season at Borussia Dortmund ended trophyless, despite an appearance in the 2016 DFB-Pokal Final, in which they lost to Bayern Munich on penalties. [ 36 ] The team besides suffered elimination at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Europa League at the hands of Liverpool, who were nowadays coached by Klopp. [ 37 ] however, the crusade was noteworthy for further promotions of youth talent, with american adolescent Christian Pulisic largely starring during the latter stages of the season. [ 38 ] Dortmund scored 82 goals in the 2015–16 Bundesliga, a club record, and the team ‘s modal league possession of 61 % and an average fall accuracy of 85 % were significant improvements from the team ‘s counterpressing days with Klopp. Their point total of 78 was besides the second highest in club history, and would have secured a league title in all but three of the previous 52 seasons. [ 8 ] Dortmund finished moment in the Bundesliga, securing UEFA Champions League football. [ 39 ]
Tuchel at a press conference in 2016 In preparation for the watch campaign, Dortmund spent heavy on player purchases, spending a total of €109.75 million in the transportation grocery store ; the club was looking to find replacements for important players Mats Hummels, Gündoğan, and Mkhitaryan. [ 40 ] Ousmane Dembélé, Marc Bartra, Emre Mor, Mario Götze and Raphaël Guerreiro were notably brought in for a total sum of €64 million. [ 40 ] Guerreiro, signed following his successful meter at UEFA Euro 2016, was shifted from left-back to midfield by Tuchel. [ 41 ] Dortmund went on to return the final of the DFB-Pokal, where Tuchel won his first base ever major honor as a coach, arsenic good as the club ‘s beginning trophy in five years, as they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1, with goals from both Dembélé and Aubameyang. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] The team finished the season third gear in the Bundesliga, and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Monaco. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Despite the victory, the DFB-Pokal was to be Tuchel ‘s alone honour with the clubhouse, as he was dismissed three days late on 30 May 2017. [ 46 ] His tenure as first-team coach was marred with controversy, with a strain kinship with the club ‘s hierarchy, notably CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, [ 47 ] who described Tuchel as a “ difficult person ”. [ 9 ] Tuchel publicly criticized Watzke after he agreed to UEFA ‘s need that the club play their Champions League quarter-final first gear leg equal against Monaco on 12 April 2017, one day after the team ‘s busbar being bombed. [ 48 ] He besides reportedly expressed discontent over transmit natural process, with Watzke sanctioning the departures of Hummels, Gündoğan, and Mkhitaryan, despite guarantees they would not leave. Tuchel besides maintained fracture relations with club stalwarts Roman Weidenfeller, Neven Subotić, and Jakub Błaszczykowski, and aimed to replace the three, which Watzke disagree with. [ 49 ] Tuchel aimed to sign defender Ömer Toprak in 2016, a move allegedly blocked by Watzke and foreman scout Sven Mislintat, the latter of whom was effectively banished from the aim ground after an argument with Tuchel. [ 50 ] furthermore, the cabaret besides chased midfielder Óliver Torres behind Tuchel ‘s binding in 2017. [ 51 ] Tuchel left Dortmund with a record of 68 wins, 23 draw, and 17 defeats in 108 games, with a win percentage of 62.96 %. [ 52 ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

In May 2018, Tuchel signed a biennial contract with Paris Saint-Germain ( PSG ), replacing Unai Emery. [ 53 ] He rejected Bayern Munich to join the club. [ 9 ] Tuchel ‘s first move in the transfer market was the permanent sign of Monaco forward Kylian Mbappé for a fee of €180m on 1 July. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] To offset this boastfully acquisition, and to adhere to UEFA Financial Fair Play regulations, Tuchel sanctioned the departure of several players, including first-team players Yuri Berchiche and Javier Pastore, [ 56 ] [ 57 ] adenine well as promise child Gonçalo Guedes. [ 58 ] After besides generating profits through the sales of other bit-part players, [ 59 ] [ 60 ] the golf club signed spare agent goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on 6 July. [ 61 ] A month late, the team signed german defender Thilo Kehrer for €37m, [ 62 ] and PSG concluded their activity in the summer transfer marketplace by signing spanish left-back Juan Bernat for €15m on deadline day, [ 63 ] while besides reuniting Tuchel with Cameroonian ahead Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. [ 64 ] Despite these acquisitions, Tuchel publicly lamented the club ‘s inability to improve at both full-back areas. [ 65 ] Tuchel ‘s first match in charge besides yielded his first honor at the club, as PSG defeated Monaco 4–0 to win the Trophée des Champions on 4 August. [ 66 ] He besides saw victory in his first base league game, as the cabaret defeated Caen 3–0 eight days later. [ 67 ] After enjoying a abbreviated unbeaten record, Tuchel suffered his first defeat at PSG on September 18, losing 3–2 off to Liverpool in a Champions League group phase game. [ 68 ] however, by November, Tuchel would break the record for the most wins to start to a domestic league season, as he registered twelve straight victories. [ 69 ] The record was later extended to include two extra victories, prior to the club ending its 100 % start to the season on 2 December, after PSG drew 2–2 away to Bordeaux. [ 70 ] Tuchel then guided Paris Saint-Germain to top spot in the club ‘s Champions League group, with a 4–1 gain over Red Star Belgrade on 12 December. [ 71 ] By securing victory over Nantes on 22 December, Tuchel besides broke the record for most points by Christmas in Ligue 1, with 47 after 17 games. [ 72 ]
In January 2019, Tuchel was eliminated from his beginning contest at PSG, falling to Guingamp on 9 January, in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue. [ 73 ] however, he would defeat the lapp confrontation by a gross profit of 9–0 ten days late in the league, the biggest home succeed in PSG ‘s history. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] Prior to deadline sidereal day, on 29 January, the club delved into the winter transfer market to sign Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes for a rumor fee of €40m. [ 76 ] however, these transfers failed to progress the cabaret in Europe, as PSG crashed out of the Champions League in the foremost knockout round against Manchester United. The cabaret secured a 2–0 victory aside from home in the first leg, but lost 3–1 at home, exiting the contest on aside goals. With only [ 77 ] the league and the Coupe de France to play for, PSG won the early on 21 April, six gameweeks before the end of the season, marking Tuchel ‘s first league championship victory as a coach. [ 78 ] Six days late, Paris Saint-Germain lost the 2019 Coupe de France Final to Rennes on penalties, which occurred after a stretch of three straight league defeats : PSG ‘s worst showing since 2012. [ 79 ] After the season ‘s end, Tuchel signed a annual contract extension, scheduled to end in 2021. [ 80 ] In his second transmit window, Tuchel strayed from recruiting stars, and rather, pushed for the recruitment of hardworking spanish midfielders Ander Herrera and Pablo Sarabia, a well as young prospect Mitchel Bakker. [ 81 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] interim, the cabaret let go of strong personalities in Buffon, Dani Alves, and Adrien Rabiot, and profited from the sales of several fringe players, including Moussa Diaby, Timothy Weah, and Grzegorz Krychowiak. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Additionally, the club signed cardinal defender Abdou Diallo from Tuchel ‘s old club Borussia Dortmund, contentious midfielder Idrissa Gueye, [ 89 ] and completed the transfer of goalkeeper Keylor Navas, [ 90 ] angstrom well as a loanword travel for forward Mauro Icardi, on deadline day. [ 91 ] With a count of extra sales, this marked the foremost transfer window since PSG ‘s takeover by Qatar Sports Investments in 2012 whereby the club has made profit in the transmit commercialize. [ 92 ]
Tuchel with Kylian Mbappé, who was a regular in Tuchel ‘s team Tuchel began his second gear temper at PSG by retaining the Trophée des Champions on 3 August 2019, in a 2–1 gain over Rennes. He besides won his first league game of the season, defeating Nîmes 3–0 at home. however, PSG lost 2–1 against Rennes in the club ‘s second league game. [ 93 ] In the club ‘s first crippled in that season ‘s UEFA Champions League, Tuchel received praise for his tactical apparatus as PSG defeated thirteen-time winners substantial madrid 3–0 at home ; the victory occurred without recognized first-team players Neymar, Edinson Cavani, and Mbappé. [ 94 ] He late guided the team to qualification to the beginning knockout degree with two group games to spare, following a 1–0 win over belgian golf club Club Brugge on 6 November. [ 95 ] Just under three weeks former, Tuchel led the club to top spot in their group after securing a 2–2 draw against Real Madrid. [ 96 ] The club then embarked on a nineteen match unbeaten run in all competitions, recording a number of high scoring victories ; PSG scored six goals against Linas-Montlhéry and Saint-Étienne in the domestic cup competitions in January, while they scored five against Montpellier in the league. [ 97 ] notably, the latter game contained controversy, as Tuchel was seen to be in a heat conversation with Mbappé following his substitution. [ 98 ] On 18 February, the club sustained their beginning defeat in over three months, losing 2–1 against Tuchel ‘s early club Dortmund in the foremost leg in the round of 16 in the Champions League. [ 99 ] Under a month late, Tuchel guided the club to the stopping point eight, overturning the deficit in a 2–0 victory at home in the second leg. [ 100 ] This was the club ‘s first game behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic ; this was the reason the domestic league was canceled on 30 April, while their Champions League fixtures, the Coupe de France, and the Coupe de la Ligue finals were postponed. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] PSG returned to competitive football on 24 July, winning the Coupe de France after beating Saint-Étienne 1–0 in the final. [ 103 ] The bet on was marred by Kylian Mbappé suffering an ankle twist, which ruled him out for three weeks. [ 104 ] On 31 July, PSG defeated Lyon 6–5 on penalties in the 2020 Coupe de la Ligue Final to complete a domestic quartet. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] On 12 August, PSG scored two deep goals to beat Atalanta 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, marking the golf club ‘s first appearance in the semi-finals of the contest since the 1994–95 season. [ 107 ] In the semi-final, PSG defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 to reach their first ever Champions League Final, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as their inaugural european final since the 1997. [ 108 ] They would go onto lose the match by a single finish to Bayern Munich on 23 August. [ 109 ] In his third transfer window, PSG released a number of players, including golf club stalwarts Thiago Silva and Cavani. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] meanwhile, Mauro Icardi ‘s lend was made permanent for €50 million, [ 112 ] and the club supplemented this with the lend acquisitions of Alessandro Florenzi, Danilo Pereira, and Moise Kean. [ 113 ] PSG began their league title defense with a 1–0 frustration to newly promoted Lens away on 10 September 2020 ; the club were missing Icardi, Neymar, Mbappé, Navas, Marquinhos, Paredes, and Ángel Di María due to COVID-19 protocols or for testing convinced for COVID-19. [ 114 ] The club went onto lose their second league game by the lapp scoreline in Le Classique, marking the beginning time PSG lost their open two league games since the 1984–85 season. The game became ill-famed for its corrective issues, with 17 cards shown ( the most in a single Ligue 1 game in the twenty-first hundred ), while five were sent off following an injury-time bash. [ 115 ] Tuchel secured the club ‘s first gain of the league season by defeating Metz 1–0 on 16 September, although the game was marred by another bolshevik card to PSG. [ 116 ] This began a stripe of 8 directly wins, before succumbing to a 3–2 away kill to Monaco on 20 November ; another game where PSG saw a red calling card. [ 117 ] After only managing to secure 3 more league wins, and with PSG third base in Ligue 1, behind Lyon and eventual winners Lille, Tuchel was dismissed on 24 December, despite placing acme of their Champions League group. [ 118 ] His fire occurred a day after beating Strasbourg 4–0, [ 119 ] storm many at the club, including adjunct coach Zsolt Lőw. [ 120 ] Tuchel ‘s tenure at Paris Saint-Germain was marred by a fracture relationship with the club ‘s hierarchy. In an interview with german television place Sport 1, he said he felt “ [ more like ] a politician in sport ” than a passenger car. [ 121 ] These comments, arsenic well as his previous criticism over the cabaret ‘s transfer action, were condemned by PSG ‘s sporting director Leonardo, who said Tuchel “ [ must ] respect the people above [ him ] ”, and labelled the comments as damage for the club. [ 122 ] Tuchel and Leonardo reportedly fell out over the sign of defensive midfielder Danilo Pereira, with the passenger car requesting a central defender ; in response, Tuchel often fielded Pereira as a central defender. [ 123 ] Tuchel departed Paris Saint-Germain with a record of 95 wins, 13 draw, and 19 defeats in 127 games, with the best win share in Ligue 1 history ( 75.6 % ) and the highest average of points per game ( 2.37, tied with his harbinger Emery ). [ 124 ] [ 125 ] Before leaving Paris, Tuchel facilitated the checkup expenses for his maid ‘s child ‘s heart operation, and enabled her to return dwelling to the Philippines by purchasing her family a place in the country. [ 126 ] [ 127 ]

Chelsea [edit ]

It feels very good to be coach here. It has felt like this from the first day and has never changed .

Tuchel in an consultation with Sky Sports in 2021. [ 128 ]

Tactics [edit ]

Tuchel is known for his tactical cognition and tractability a well as his execution of innovative educate methods. [ 156 ] [ 157 ] [ 158 ] During his tenure at Mainz, Tuchel cut the corners off the education pitch in an feat to improve communicate and movement, and enforced his players to hold tennis balls during defensive drills to attempt to limit unnecessary foul. [ 9 ] At Paris Saint-Germain, Tuchel chiefly played a 4–3–3 with plenty of dash to emphasize the attacking capabilities of wide forwards Neymar and Kylian Mbappé, although, used up to ten different formations while at the club. [ 8 ] During the 2018–19 season, the forward trace, with Neymar and Mbappé flanking central aim world Edinson Cavani, would regularly drop into the half-space or into wide areas. The team ‘s fullbacks would besides push up aboard the midfield, in order to attain positional overloads, and players were encouraged to find quad between the lines of defense and midfield to disorganize the resistance. [ 160 ] simultaneously, this would disrupt attempts to man-mark Neymar and Mbappé, and create quad behind the defensive trace for the couple to run into. The team ‘s midfield would see the deepest defensive midfielder stick close to the central defenders, who would frequently be joined by another midfielder who can act as a deep-lying playmaker. These roles were largely occupied by Marquinhos and Marco Verratti, respectively. The last stay midfielder would push fore, to stagger attacks and disrupt defensive structure by overloading one slope of the adversary ‘s defensive area. During the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons, Di María and Paredes were normally associated with this function. The team besides heavily utilize Gegenpressing, [ 161 ] a tactic where, after losing possession of the ball, the team immediately attempts to wins it back, quite than regrouping. This ensures PSG corral the opponent onto one side, before switching maneuver promptly to exploit the weaker side. Tuchel has besides been noted for his use of man-marking, tasking Ander Herrera to do then on Thiago in the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final. [ 162 ] In the 2018–19 season, following injuries to Neymar, Verratti, and Rabiot, Tuchel sometimes departed from the 4–3–3, to success. In a 4–1 home victory against Rennes in January 2019, [ 163 ] PSG lined up in a 4–2–2–2 formation ; in possession, one defensive midfielder would drop between the central defenders to create a back three, while the fullbacks pushed ahead. This meant the early midfielder would act as a sweep defensive bearing, while the four forwards would stay high and broad, dropping in sporadically to create upright passage options to break the defensive line. In department of defense, PSG would retreat to a 5–3–2 formation, and readjust to a 4–4–2 to gegenpress. These changes have led to some criticism, with PSG ‘s move to a 3–5–2 against Lyon leading to a 2–1 loss in February 2019. At Chelsea, Tuchel was known for making frequent player alterations in his early on tenure ; he made 39 changes to the starting batting order in 10 Premier League games between January and March 2021. He largely preferred a 3–4–2–1, with ball progress largely coming from the wingbacks, a position chiefly played by Reece James and Ben Chilwell, while besides restoring the banish Antonio Rüdiger to a first team even. Sources close to the club noted Tuchel ‘s potent communication skills with players and light timbre ( a reflection of his claim he has been happiest professionally at Chelsea ), [ 128 ] to train sessions, with a wide crop of drills including miniskirt footballs or using hands rather of feet in some games. [ 164 ]

personal life [edit ]

As a child, Tuchel was a “ huge ” fan of football, and his first footballing idol was Hans-Günter Bruns. [ 165 ] Tuchel attended Simpert-Kraemer- Gymnasium and devised tactical strategies in PE volleyball. [ 9 ] He graduated from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University with a academic degree in commercial enterprise administration, and worked as a bartender at the Radio Bar in Stuttgart while a student. [ 6 ] [ 166 ] Thomas married his wife Sissi in 2009. The pair have two daughters. [ 6 ] He is a polyglot, public speaking german, french, English, and italian. [ 167 ] He describes himself as an “ progressive vegetarian “ and consumes minimal amounts of alcohol. [ 168 ] Tuchel considers himself an avid reader, namely of crime thriller novels and books about architecture and design, and is besides a fan of tennis, rock music, and hip hop. [ 6 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 1 December 2021

Honours [edit ]

director [edit ]

VfB Stuttgart U19
Mainz 05 U19

Under 19 Bundesliga: 2008–09[8]

Borussia Dortmund
Paris Saint-Germain
Chelsea
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