Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel is keen to experience and live the FA Cup- something which he has craved to do so since he was a child. His team will face Barnsley in the fifth round of the FA Cup and surely he will experience the joy and wish getting fulfilled.
FA Cup is one of the oldest tournaments in England with a huge history to its name. Perhaps, with players coming from different parts of Europe-the importance has been gradually gone down but it isn’t the case for Thomas Tuchel. He has been a huge follower of this tournament and he has admitted it in various instances,
The German manager has revealed that it will be his dream come true to lead the Blues to the FA Cup glory. Tuchel has been making plans to earn a victory at Oakwell as his side will face Barnsley there.
‘This would be absolutely huge,’ he said about the prospect of lifting the trophy as per Chelsea’s Official Website. ‘The FA Cup is one of the most prestigious cups in the world, is played in Wembley. Even if you’re a little boy in Germany with no internet at that time and no sports channels where you can watch every game like nowadays, for sure you know the word Wembley and the words FA Cup.’
‘You know that it is a big game to play and a big goal to achieve, but my approach is always that tomorrow is the most important game of this cup campaign because tomorrow is a decisive match and is an elimination match and we all know very well that we can expect anything in the game of football.’
‘So we have to go step by step, but for sure we do everything to prepare to win this game and then to go one round ahead. When we play any competition we play to win it, so every round in any cup competition is the most important round because it is an elimination game and we have to be totally focused and totally on point tomorrow when the match starts to finish with a win.’
Tuchel believes that one should live every day to experience teh English league and certainly had in his mind what to expect before joining the Blues. But he is confident as well to use his past experiences as a coach and channelize it to the new teams to become successful.
‘It was not a surprise, but in the end, when you feel it and you experience it on the sideline every three days it’s different because suddenly you experience what you expect and it is big intensity. It is a big intensity also in coaching and in the dugout next to me, a big physical input, very disciplined defending, very disciplined teams in their structure and in their belief in their approaches.
‘Also a lot of confidence in the approach that the teams show against the big teams. Everybody is trying to fight hard for a win, nobody’s settling for a good draw or maybe a close defeat. This is what football is all about and this is what we love about this game, and you find it all in this league, and this is why we are very excited, very happy, and it hopefully brings out the best in us.’
Till now, Chelsea has conceded just one goal after playing four games under Tuchel. The German head coach hasn’t tasted defeat yet and he hopes to keep it like that.
However, the coach thinks that all teh credit certainly lies on the players who have impressed him with both their mentality in working with a new coach and ability on the field. His tactical approach is far away from hindering the players’ growth rather, enabling them to flourish.
‘I’m very pleased with the quality I see and with the mentality, I see and with the team performances because it is always a team effort and we have seen the quality of the players. Of course, we want to help and guide them but in the end, it is down to the quality and the determination and the mentality to stick to a game plan and to help each other out and to attack together and defend together.’
‘This is what we have seen and in terms of all these segments I see a lot of quality and I’m very happy with the attitude, the mentality and the energy we show on the pitch. This is a good start and if we can manage to show some patterns it will help us to increase the number of attacks, it will help us to play faster because everybody gets used to it. It will help us to keep the game fast and to bring the intensity.’
‘But how it is played is the most important thing and that is how the players play, it is their credit and this is a very high level that we find here in the dressing room and on the pitch. It is now on us to keep this momentum going.’
