If press conferences provide information on the state of mind or at least the mood of a coach, Thomas Tuchel is more volcanic than ever.
Three days after the broth against Manchester United (1-2) in the Champions League, the German coach reappeared in videoconference, before the reception of Dijon this Saturday evening (9 p.m.), sending all the Cassandra and other ominous crows flying away .
"Are you going to continue to evolve without a real number 9?"
», We ask him.
"That's a ridiculous question," he replies in English, switching from French to Shakespeare's language as he did when he started out.
But, at the time, he had little control over Molière's.
Today, this coming and going testifies to his annoyance and when the press officer politely asks him to speak in French, Tuchel, freewheeling, will cut him off sharply with a "no!"
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The coach is on fire, refusing to put out the fires, between protection and a way of not letting anyone in too close.
“Should we change something in management?
"We work hard, hard, honestly.
It is not necessary to change, ”he explains while no one questions his investment.
An injured coach
The good news is that the technician still likes to lose little and the return of the boxer Tuchel does not only indicate a man injured by the criticisms of the week.
The situation of this amorphous Paris, without play or state of mind, does not satisfy him, he the esthete.
He plays part of his European credibility during his visit to the capital.
With less than a year of the end of his contract, moreover, he is hardly under any illusions.
“There are uncertain circumstances in the world with the virus.
It's not easy for someone to plan, he slips.
But, at the same time, it is not possible not to communicate.
If we don't talk about an extension, we don't talk, that's good for me.
We have to accept it.
He clenched his teeth as if his body expression contradicted what he just said.
He still has all the cards in his hand to bring his training back to the heights, at least at the top of the Champions League group standings.
In the meantime, he manages the current affairs.
It will be Dijon, without the stars (from Mbappé to Di Maria via Verratti or Navas), tired, injured or suspended.
