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secondunpleasant surprise on Christmas Eve! Paris Saint-Germain apparently put Thomas Tuchel in front of the door for Christmas. According to various media reports, the end came on Christmas Eve night, after a 4-0 win and remarkably frank statements in an interview. Six months before his contract expired, the 47-year-old German coach’s time with the French soccer champions ended prematurely.
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In his two and a half years at PSG, Tuchel came close to giving the ambitious club the long-awaited first Champions League win. The 0: 1 final against Bayern Munich in August in Lisbon prevented the first jump to the throne of European clubs, which awaits the direction of the Qatari club. They had put many, many millions into the team for this, but it wasn’t (yet) enough for great success.
There was initially no confirmation of the split on Thursday. The “Bild” and the French sports daily “L’Equipe” reported the end of the morning. According to information from the RMC Sport station and the newspaper “Le Parisien”, the Argentine Mauricio Pochettino – until autumn 2019 coach of Tottenham Hotspur and since then without a contract with a club – will be Tuchel’s successor. The now 48-year-old played once for PSG.
The club’s leaders informed Tuchel of their decision on Thursday night, “L’Equipe” reported. On Wednesday night, the PSG team beat Racing Strasbourg 4-0, but is currently only third in Ligue 1, one point behind the top duo Olympique Lyon and OSC Lille. The last time there was a 1-0 home loss to Lyon, a 0-0 in Lille. In the Champions League, PSG reached the round of 16 as the winner in a very close group ahead of RB Leipzig and Manchester United, where they played two games against FC Barcelona in February and March.
“Sometimes you have to celebrate that in the closest team so as not to get bitter,” he quoted Tuchel in an interview published this Wednesday by “Sport1”. “Resistance also makes you stronger during your career because you learn to deal with it. You learn to show the bite and to get out of self-pity. “
He had admitted in the interview that he sometimes missed an appreciation for his team’s accomplishments. “We never had the feeling that we had now convinced people and that they recognized our performance. Sometimes it makes you a little sad or angry, ”admitted the former FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund coach, who was a two-time champion with PSG and won a total of six titles in France.
It is always said that PSG has stars like Neymar, the world champion Kylian Mbappé and Angel di María. But this would completely end a very serious performance of the team. He also asked if he was still a coach or sports politician or sports minister. However, none of this should have been the deciding factor in the end. The decision to part ways with Tuchel was allegedly made by the club beforehand, “L’Equipe” said.
Although it has always been speculated that the relationship with sports director Leonardo is not without tension, the move now seems surprising. After the victory over Strasbourg, Tuchel was very happy with the performance. He hoped that by next year all the players on his team would be healthy and available, including German national players Julian Draxler and Thilo Kehrer. “If that’s the case, we are competitive. I am there every day to support my team and take responsibility, ”he said. The club apparently has other plans.
