Thomas Tuchel at PSG: Coaching near Perfection – Sport

• Paris Saint-Germain wins 2-1 against Liverpool in the Champions League and avoids the early start of the heat.
• The tactical measures of Thomas Tuchel characterize above all the game.
• Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp complains about the "unsportsmanlike behavior" of the opponent.

The Paris Saint-Germain players could barely stand up. Cramps Thiago Silva and Marquinhos attacked the field, Neymar, adulteress, took advantage of each break to recover. Earlier, Angel di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe were replaced, and on the defensive, Presnel Kimpembe, Juan Bernat and Thilo Kehrer were slain.

If a player wanted to relax, Gianluigi Buffon was rushing to signal that it was urgent to continue to torture himself. Rarely, PSG professionals know what it is to be on the threshold of pain. The National League 1 can beat Paris with half a force. In 14 matches, there have been 14 successes. Well, on Wednesday night 2-1 in the Champions League against Liverpool: cramps, pain, work. For the first time since the record commitments of Neymar and Mbappe a year and a half ago, Paris players have given the impression that the collective in football could be more than the sum of their individual abilities.

But to defeat the Reds, even the fighting power of the best players sometimes in the world is not enough. This requires at least one unique performance that will be remembered and, for such a feat, Paris could actually resort to Liverpool. However, it did not come from Neymar and not from Mbappe or Maria, but from Thomas Tuchel. With a training that reached perfection, Tuchel avoided his team from being eliminated in the Champions League.

Thomas Tuchel is moving

This success pushed Paris into such a delicate group with SSC Naples and Red Star Belgrade, the first black Peter in Liverpool. Eight points in five games: in two weeks, PSG can qualify for the round of 16, the member of the group supposedly the lowest in Belgrade. However, Liverpool, coached by Jürgen Klopp, will have to win the home match against the Napoli leaders at Anfield in two weeks to have a chance to move on to the next round. "It's a big step forward for us," said Tuchel. "It was our last chance to show that we can compete with a team like Liverpool."

In such a way that only Klopp applies to Liverpool, Tuchel lets his players charge in the initial phase. He used every opportunity in the coaching area to animate the audience. The energy with which Paris filled his high risk playground of life, and which is probably possible only back against wall, prevented the Reds from accepting the intensity of the match .

Tuchel let his team switch between two formations. In the configuration of the game, Marquinhos relinquished his role in the defensive midfielder and formed with the two central defenders in a back row. Thus, Tuchel made room in the middle of the playing area to play ahead and tore Liverpool with a skillful positioning of the secondary players. The goals of Bernat (13th) and Neymar (37th) helped Paris, subsequently reducing the risk. In the finals, Tuchel then turned to five defending players.