The German strategist will be the third foreigner to take charge of the Three Lions team.
Thomas Tuchel and the FA have reached an agreement. The German coach will become the new coach of the England team. He will be the third non-English coach to coach the Three Lions team. The British newspaper The Times predicted this Tuesday that the German would replace Lee Carsley, who had taken over as interim after the farewell of Gareth Southgate, who left after the Euro, where he lost the final against Spain.
The German strategist will experience a new stage in the United Kingdom. He previously distinguished himself at Chelsea, an institution with which he managed to win the Champions League, during the 2020-21 season. At this same club, he was club world and European Super Cup champion. All this led him to win The Best, as best technician of the year. He then went to Bayern Munich, where, although he won the Bundesliga, he failed to repeat the successes achieved in the London team.
In the past, other foreigners to lead England were Swede Sven-Göran Eriksson (2001-2006) and Italian Fabio Capello (2007-2012). With the arrival of Tuchel, the rumors linking Pep Guardiola to the British squad come to an end. The man born in Krumbach has the mission of leading one of the best generations of footballers that English football has given in recent decades to the successes that have eluded him for 58 years. The English team has not won a title since the 1966 World Cup.
It will be the first experience in charge of a national team for the 51-year-old coach, who has so far coached Augsburg II, Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmung, PSG, Chelsea and Bayern Munich. In total, he has accumulated a performance of 63.89 percent during his career. His record is made up of 11 titles that he won starting in 2016.
Golden generation?
The England team at the European Championship was 26.2 years old. The list included world-class figures, such as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jude Bellingham, Cole Palmer, Harry Kane and Phil Foden. Although he reached the final and repeated the result obtained in the 2020 edition, Gareth Southgate’s process has never finished convincing in the British country. With Tuchel, they hope to make a qualitative leap that will lead them to win a trophy.
The criticisms addressed to the DT always concerned his proposal, described as mean-spirited. “England didn’t have the courage to take the next step. It’s a good thing for football that Spain won the tournament with the brand they played with. Spain played the beautiful game, but not England. Spain is a team; “England are in pieces,” Chris Sutton said of Southgate’s process.
Of course, other names, like Jamie Carragher, have exonerated the strategist. “Sven (Göran Eriksson) played 4-4-2, Fábio (Capello) was too strict, Gareth (Southgate) is too defensive… It’s funny how we always blame the coach, right? The fact is that our great players have not participated in this tournament, nor in other tournaments for years. International football is about the players, not the coaches,” he said.
Source: Latercera
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