Tuchel: This is how you train Neymar and Mbappé
Chelsea FC: Why Tuchel defends Lukaku
Thomas Tuchel explains how to deal with the superstars. According to the success coach, authority is much less important than good ideas.
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Thomas Tuchel has worked with many superstars.
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The former Mainz and Dortmund coach coached some of the biggest names in European football. Above all, of course, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. Tuchel led the offensive duo and Paris Saint-Germain to the final of the Champions League in 2020 before leaving around six months later.
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Not an easy task, both of which are not necessarily considered easy characters.
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Now the 48-year-old Chelsea coach has explained how to deal with the best in the world.
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Authority? You have to score with content
“A coach has to be direct and honest, be clear about what he expects from players and be open,” said Tuchel at the Festival dello Sport a Trento, published by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport was organized.
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Further: “To train Mbappé and Neymar in Paris or Kanté and Lukaku at Chelsea and convince them to make one or the other tactical change, you have to try through the power of ideas and not through authority.”
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Does Mbappé’s change-scuffing endanger the big PSG goals?
You have to convince them that the given strategy will improve the team’s game. What he apparently achieved at PSG. In addition to various national titles, Tuchel led the team, as mentioned, to the final of the premier class, which is the club’s best performance so far.
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He actually won the title with Chelsea just a year later.
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