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Thomas Tuchel endured 10 humiliating minutes.
The dismissal of Thomas Tuchel came as a surprise to the entire football community. The recent Champions League winner has left Chelsea, becoming the latest victim of the new regime. There was no need for this sacrifice, but the American owners, led by Todd Boely, pay their own money and have the right to order music.
However, this does not change the fact that Tuchel was kicked out of Chelsea in an absolutely boorish way. The Germans did not even bother to personally inform about the decision of the board of directors.
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On Wednesday morning, Tuchel went to the base in Cobham as usual to have an explanatory conversation with the players after the loss to Dinamo Zagreb (0-1) in the Champions League. However, it turned out that the German was the only one who came to the southwestern suburbs of London.
As soon as the coach arrived at the base, he received a call. The bosses of the club did not even bother to personally communicate with Tuchel! As a result, Thomas endured a humiliating ten minutes, during which he tried to convince Todd Boeli and his companion Behdad Egbali to give him more time. Alas, the big bosses were adamant. The conversation ended – and the coach went to collect things.
Such a parting with the favorite of the fans, of course, does not paint the behavior of club leaders at all. Under Abramovich, coaches were also fired with enviable regularity, but it was still done in a more humane way. The Sun reports that Tuchel was absolutely shocked by this attitude.
As strange as Boely’s decision may seem, it may very well be that the American still had reasons to fire Tuchel. First of all, the results of the team raised many questions. At the same time, it is not at all a fact that the German would be able to correct the situation. The New York Times columnist Rory Smith says the coach has been withdrawing from the players lately and reluctantly attending to club business.
– Tuchel’s public complaints about his players caused discontent in the dressing room. He used to be his boyfriend, but this season, many felt that he became more cold in relations with the players – especially with those whom he did not consider important to the team. Boeli and Egbali noticed the same thing. When they tried to assemble a squad in the summer, they turned to Tuchel for help, because they had not yet had time to appoint a technical director. But the German was not very helpful,” Smith writes in his column.
It seems that the management’s decision was ripe earlier, and the resignation was not provoked by the defeat from Zagreb at all, but by internal processes. Another question is that the time for dismissal is still chosen as inappropriate as possible. It is the height of the season, the Champions League has begun, and the players, whatever one may say, were still gathered under Tuchel. What’s next for Chelsea?
Graham Potter is currently being named as the top candidate for the Blues’ head coach position. The Brighton helmsman has already proven himself to be a thoughtful and systematic specialist who knows how to work for a long time. The only question is whether such a model suits Chelsea. If the new owners are so hysterically parting ways with coaches, should Potter leave his project at Brighton and go to a club where his best qualities will not be appreciated? Nevertheless, British experts in the majority support this choice.
When you are a coach, your only goal is to get to the very top. Chelsea are a top club with top players – so why not take this chance? asks former Liverpool player Robbie Fowler in an interview with Eurosport.
– Potter is a passionate nature. He has already proven everything to everyone and now he has every right to be a candidate for such a high post, – quotes the former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand BT Sport.
The situation will be resolved very soon. If Potter does accept Chelsea’s offer, the Blues will have to pay Brighton an $18 million release clause. It will be a pity if the club loses its spiritual leader – and even like that, in the middle of the season. But it will also be very interesting to watch Potter work with the best players in the world.
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Former coach of the Ukrainian national team Jozsef Szabo Meta.ua has exclusively chosen the version of the three best Ukrainian football players of this season for its website.
“In the first row, Ilya Zabarny is almost out of the competition,” Sabo said. – As far as I remember, there has been no regression in the game yet. Yes, the defender had unimpressive tackles, but these were isolated cases. But he’s only 23 years old. The contract with Paris Saint-Germain shows that this football player is currently one of the best in Europe. And do not forget that at that age he played 55 matches for the Ukrainian national team.
I will give second place to Ruslan Malinovsky, who seems to have found a second youth after being injured. This guy’s head is clear, making great passes is not difficult for a midfielder. Largely thanks to Malinovsky’s effective play, the Ukrainian national team managed to qualify for the play-offs in the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament.
The third will be Everton’s left back Vitaly Mikolenko. He is a consistent starter for his team. And no matter what position the team is in, the English league is still the strongest league in Europe. He is an irreplaceable football player in the national team.
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Forward from Togliatti “Akron” Artem Dzyuba he wants to play as a goalkeeper for the rest of his career.
“I would be interested in trying to play in goal at least once. I would like to do it in the match,” Dzyuba said.
Dzyuba is the best scorer in the history of Russian football.
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Leonid Slutsky last year he performed well as coach of the Shanghai Shenhua football team. This opinion was expressed by the striker of Togliatti “Akron” Artem Dzyuba.
Last season, Slutsky took second place in the Chinese league with Shanghai Shenhua and led the club to the Asian Champions League playoffs for the first time. The team also won the Chinese Super Cup.
“He’s doing well in China, the only thing he was missing was a championship, everything was leading to that,” Dziuba said. “But it’s tough for a team that’s been in fifth place all their life, they don’t have that winning mentality.”
Slutsky is 54 years old and has been at the helm of the Chinese club since December 2023. In his career he has coached Rubin Kazan, Uralan Elista, Mosca, Krylya Sovetov Samara, CSKAEnglish “Hull” and Dutch “Vitesse”. Together with CSKA the specialist became champion of Russia three times, won the Russian Cup and the Super Cup twice.
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