2024-10-17 04:24:00
Thomas Tuchel will have his first experience as a coach. The German has just been appointed head of England. A function very different from what he experienced at Dortmund, PSG or Chelsea.
Published on 16/10/2024 17:27
Updated on 17/10/2024 06:24
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His new cap, bearing the England logo, is ready: Thomas Tuchel will don the most prestigious costume of his career. After Mainz, Dortmund, PSG, Chelsea and recently Bayern Munich, the 51-year-old was officially named England manager. He succeeds Gareth Southgate, who had been in office for eight years with considerable success.
A major change of cap for Tuchel, who will have his very first experience as national coach. “It’s a different job”says Gernot Rohr to franceinfo. The 71-year-old German coach knows something about it, since after coaching clubs for 19 years – Bordeaux, Nice, Ajaccio, Nantes, Metz – he switched to the selections. “In 2009-2010, I moved from FC Nantes to Gabon. I already had two decades of experience. It was a logical continuation in my career, because there was more analysis, study and ‘observationhe remembers. And my club experience has been very useful in my work as a coach. With Gabon, I reached the quarter-finals of the CAN.”
The biggest difference is obviously the pace. “The club takes care of you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whereas a selection, between international breaks, we can take a breather, recover, we’re less in the news.”details the current coach of Benin. “On the other hand, when you are in the selection, it is very intense, there is an entire country waiting for results, and not just a city or a club. The pressure is greater, but it’s not there all the time.”
The approach to the profession is also different. “We only have the players once a month, it’s a gathering with two matches in a fairly short period of time. It’s completely different in terms of preparationexplains the ex-Bordeaux coach. It is above all a work of observation, selection, evaluation of players. You also need to have the ability to communicate a lot. We can’t see the players in real life all the time. You have to move around a lot, it’s another job“.
The jobs of coach and selector are two complementary functions. “It is essential for a coach to have club experience, obviously. This is where we learn the job, we see how the players work, we understand the players’ obligations towards the clubs with whom they are under contract.“
“It is often said that a coach needs a year to have the chance to imprint his philosophy, the tactical organization, the discipline and the necessary rigor. In club, it goes much faster because you have the players all every day, all year round.”
Gernot Rohr, Benin coachA FranceInfo
“In six weeks, you can have the same impact as in a year with a selection. You have to go much faster in a national team : every gathering is important, and despite that, it is the matches that give you confidence and knowledge of the coach’s methods”explains Gernot Rohr.
If Thomas Tuchel has scoured the biggest European clubs and won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021, the 51-year-old German will take over one of the most publicized selections on the Old Continent, which is desperately trying to dust off a trophy cabinet that is has not welcomed a new cut since 1966.
“It’s a great challenge for him, he is able to bring all his experience to his new job“, estimates Gernot Rohr. And perhaps take a liking to this new role. Rohr has experienced five different national teams during his career. “Since I took charge of a selection, I never wanted to return to a club”he concluded.
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