Thomas Tuchel’s biography

Brave Heart

Let us go back to the summer of 2009, when Mainz fired Anderson, who was not popular with the players, at the beginning of the league and replaced Tuchel with He was suddenly promoted from the position of coach of the U19 youth team to the first team. At this time, friends congratulated Tuchel for finally paying off because the youth training teams of Hoffenheim and Stuttgart wanted to invite Tuchel. Who was Tuchel's mentor when he was coaching? It was none other than the late father of Bayern defender Badstuber.

It is such an unknown person who easily led Mainz to complete the task of avoiding relegation last season. In fact, it is not without reason that the club chose Tuchel. The young coach had just led Mainz to win the German A-level youth team championship. Tuchel not only allowed Mainz to play exciting offensive football, but also gave a group of his young players the opportunity to play in the Bundesliga, including Schurrle, who recently announced a high-priced transfer to Leverkusen. In addition to Schürrle, Holtby, Kirchhoff and Bell, who is on loan to 1860 Munich, are also active players in the German U21 national team.

In fact, when Rangnick extended an invitation to Tuchel to coach the Hoffenheim youth academy in April 2009, the latter was indeed tempted, and the two had worked together at the Stuttgart club. . However, Mainz manager Haider's words saved Tuchel and brought good luck to Mainz, "You don't need to learn anything now, you need to teach others. If the team changes next Handsome, I will consider you." So when the club decided to break up with Anderson, Haider immediately texted Tuchel and said: "The day has come."

The great success of the first season. It gave Tuchel the courage and confidence that he even warned the players in the locker room when they were trailing Wolfsburg 0-3 in the third round of the new season that they still had a chance to win, and finally completed a 4-3 win. Shocking reversal. Tuchel later sent a text message about his experience to his friend Vettel, encouraging him to come from behind and win the championship in the last few races despite his unfavorable ranking in this year's F1 race. It is precisely because of his huge self-confidence that Tuchel said to everyone before the team went to Bayern: "If you don't dare to think about beating Bayern, you will never do it."

The reason why newborn calves are not afraid of tigers is that Tuchel's metaphor about directing the game may be very illustrative: "It's like driving. When you get into the car, you often don't think about it. One of the most dangerous vehicles in the world, you don’t realize it until you pass a car accident on the highway, you will be very careful for the next few hours, but then forget about it. As a coach, there will always be today that is celebrated tomorrow. There is a danger of getting out of class, but always thinking about this will not help your work."

So Tuchel rarely thinks about this. Instead, he is giving an alternative "personal statement" to the team. , he and his wife Sissi got married in May 2009, and their daughter Emma came to this world in July, less than four weeks after he led the A-level youth team to win the championship. Now Sissi is pregnant again, and her due date is at the end of February 2011. As a result, Tuchel has canceled his plan to go to the seaside for Christmas, and the German media are discussing whether this means that Tuchel's Mainz can at least win the half-way championship.

New Radicals

As a representative of the new generation of German coaches, Tuchel, like Rangnick, Loew and others, very much advocates the fast pace and one-kick play of the Premier League. Mainz midfielder Polanski said that if you want to fully understand Tuchel's training, you will definitely not be able to do it without a high school diploma. Although this is just a joke, Tuchel does require players to make reasonable judgments in a smaller space during training so that they can feel relaxed during the game. Now Mainz's players will proudly say after the victory that they can maintain the rhythm of rapid offensive and defensive transitions during the game.

Today's Mainz has been deeply marked by Tuchel's brand: passion, diligence, courage and always moving forward. Mainz is the first Bundesliga team to resume training this summer, and young players never know how tired they are on the court.

However, Tuchel also emphasized that what he values ????is not blind running, but also pays attention to running routes and the quality of running. Tuchel said that he could not imagine working in a 1-0 club. And it is commendable that Tuchel is never stubborn and always adjusts the starting lineup according to the situation of the game, and always achieves miraculous results.

Tuchel was not surprised by the team's performance. He emphasized that Mainz's current results did not exceed their ability itself, but that they achieved their full potential in every game. When people were praising Intz, Tuchel didn't care at all. He was still concentrating on doing his own thing. Tuchel is well aware that the second season is always the most difficult for a new coach and for a team that was promoted a year ago. This is why Tuchel deliberately created a healthy competitive atmosphere for the team. When a player is in poor condition, there will always be classic cases like Schurrle and Holtby coming off the bench to change the situation on the field.

Tuchel is used to posting the training schedule for the coming week every Monday, explaining the running route to each player in detail, and even conducting individual game video analysis for each player. Even when he is sick, he will send text messages to direct the team's training, and he often plays movies to the team before games to stimulate their fighting spirit. As a modern coach, Tuchel values ??more than just coaching itself. In the summer of 2010, he admired former Austrian international Harold Schneider's court logistics work. Under his advice, the club brought the Austrian forward Inviting the team, Mainz's home turf conditions are now impeccable, which further encourages the team to carry forward its home court advantage.