Thomas Tuchel’s winning thoughts

“For some days I felt different, I felt pretty good!” Thomas, Tuchel said on Chelsea winning the Champions League back in May.

“In the end, nothing is like winning. You can ask me, I reached the final with my team the season before and had the feeling it is a big achievement but not to do the last step is a huge difference when you realise what it means when you do it. The perception from outside, the joy, the experience, the confidence that your team gets by winning it.

“I experienced this for the first time, maybe in the academy, when we were able to win the German title with Under-19 of Mainz, I was in charge as the head coach. We had the feeling to be qualified for the semi-final and final was already a big achievement but when you win it and do the last step, there is nothing compared to it. It really changes something for everybody.

“The most important thing is not to look back but to keep the feeling and hunger. That feeling feeds and creates hunger for more, it is addictive. This game is about winning, it changes your feeling and the work atmosphere completely. It gives you natural confidence but at the same time it is absolutely necessary to forget it and start from scratch to show this hunger and mentality again. This is what I feel and demand from myself and everyone else around, that we don’t change in terms of hunger.”

“I don’t want to get into the situation where the fear of losing is bigger than the hunger to win, so we look too much at what we have achieved and want to protect what we have.”

 

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