It was billed as a clash between two great exponents of the German pressing school but although Liverpool won only 2-1 and 4-2, it felt anticlimactic: they were clearly far superior. We immediately clicked., The pressure to succeed can make for a pressurised, egocentric environment in academies but 1860s ethos was different, says Benjamin Kauffmann, another of the clubs former youth players who would become a close friend of Nagelsmann. Hes got great charisma, very relatable, very open, and hes got a really high ceiling in terms of where he could go in his coaching career. All the time. RB Leipzig had disposed comfortably of Tottenham and Atltico, so perhaps the observation is unfair, but they seemed overawed against PSG in the semi. If Nagelsmann sees out his five-year contract (and only Pep Guardiola has completed three consecutive seasons at Bayern since the departure of Ottmar Hitzfeld in 2004), he will be expected to have won five Bundesliga titles. He always wants to do better and to win. The situation the Hoffenheim U19 boss walked into didnt bode well either. In the future, Nagelsmann may experiment more with a 3-4-2-1, as they did against Greuther Furth, but that will likely require the team having a more natural right-wing-back. This week the debates stemmed around the notion. We have [Christopher] Nkunku, but we need more players to replace Timo because like for like is not possible.". Winning big games, being able to remain calm under pressure, getting players in the right frame of mind, riding the emotion of the occasion, is a skill in itself. And then married with this is how he gets the messaging across. He's obviously never seen Tony Pulis strutting down the touchline. Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann looks at his roster sheet and can see a lot of talent. but it does add an extra layer of intrigue to any appointment. And if there is a doubt about Nagelsmann, it must be that his sides have a tendency not to perform in the biggest Champions League games. They respond to that, says RB Leipzig sporting director Markus Kroesche. "Soccer is a fast business, I try to plan, and I know I'm young. "[9], Nagelsmann was appointed head coach of 1899 Hoffenheim on 27 October 2015. Sheffield Utd vs. Tottenham (3 p.m.) The Mainz win was the first of seven that Nagelsmanns team managed over an 11-game period. Born in Bavaria, he grew up in Landsberg am Lech, not far from Munich. Sign up to The Recap, our weekly email of editors picks. Yet the financial stratification of the game in the Bundesliga is as stark as anywhere and pre-pandemic there were banners including from Bayern ultras protesting at the distribution of resources. At the end I want to get more games like my young players, like the team". Nagelsmann, Rosen adds, is brutally ambitious. Tactically hes the best coach Ive ever head, Uth told bundesliga.com that season. Try formations. Andrej Kramaric scored before later being sent off. Nagelsmann: I actually remember those games fondly, especially the one in Hoffenheim, where we played really well. "It is a big topic and focus for us -- there will be clubs focusing on [Ibrahima] Konate, [Dayot] Upamecano and Nkunku. He writes about German football and the Premier League. Of course, it is entirely reasonable to point out that three knockout ties and a group match are very little evidence on which to base an assessment, but that is the absurdity of modern football: for Bayern, few games count and the type that do are just the fixtures in which Nagelsmann is yet to deliver. But Julian Nagelsmann found the formula to get everything out of the players.. Nagelsmann returned to Augsburg for the 200708 season coached by Thomas Tuchel, but injured his knee and meniscus for the second time, damaging the cartilage. He was always more mature than most but the extra responsibility he had to take on on behalf of his family had a huge impact on his development, says Kauffmann. The second top scorers in the Bundesliga with 66 goals, they won 3-1 against Dortmund on the final day to leapfrog the visitors. "If you ride a rollercoaster in amusement park, for example, it is really fun the first time. And with that, Nagelsmann is getting ready to head to training. Out of all the CPL clubs, Forge FC have enjoyed the quietest off-season. For more information: To provide further perspective, he was only 16 when in 2004 Jos Mourinho inspired Porto to Champions League glory, and was born in 1987, the year after Sir Alex Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United.. Nagelsmann has been heavily influenced by the pressing philosophy of . [14][15] He oversaw his 100th league game as Hoffenheim coach on 19 January 2019, in a 31 defeat to Bayern Munich. He laughs as he trips up over the word "successful" in his second language. Some felt we were crazy to appoint a coach with no first-team experience and said there was a danger his career prospects would be hurt. Julian Nagelsmann sits in the Allianz Arena dugout at Bayern Munich as manager of RB Leipzig. - ESPN+ viewer's guide: Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS, FA Cup and more. Hoffenheim then came from 4-1 down to hold Mainz on Matchday 2, part of a run of four consecutive draws. Infectious. Enter your email to receive new posts delivered directly to your inbox! One of his greatest qualities is the ability to read a game. So while Robert Lewandowski is incredible and probably the best player in the world at the moment, Bayern are by no means a one-man-team. Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool? Nevertheless, we can't wait to see what he might pull out of the bag for Leipzig's next European game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Our team-mates had no idea what was going on but it was one of those perfect sessions when everything seems to come off., Traesch, who now plays for Al-Wasl in Dubai, and Kauffmann were convinced their friend was destined for a career in the Bundesliga but a persistent back problem kept him out of the side for extended spells. [21], On 18 August 2020, RB Leipzig played against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals, where Nagelsmann faced his former boss during his time at Augsburg, Thomas Tuchel. The club were brave to put me in charge of that professional team and then others recognised it could be possible to work with younger managers. Required fields are marked *. Composite: Pool/AFP. Feb 20, 2023 83 After Dayot Upamecano was sent off for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity 10 minutes into the 3-2 defeat at Borussia Monchengladbach, Julian Nagelsmann had 80 remaining. Authentic. [29][30], On 12 April 2022, Nagelsmann and his team were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, 21 on aggregate by Villarreal. [27][28], On 24 August 2021, Nagelsmann led Bayern to a 120 victory against Bremer SV during the first round of the 202122 DFB-Pokal. This victory has Nagelsmann written all over it, he said. Bayern could win every Bundesliga game 5-0 and have clinched the title by February. Leipzig announced that one of Europes most sought-after tacticians would be heading northeast for the 2019/20 campaign. The . "Julian Nagelsmann to become new FC Bayern head coach", "Julian Nagelsmann: 10 things on Bayern Munich's record-breaking new coach", "Julian Nagelsmann wants to see more Gegenpressing from his midfielders", "The Bosses: Julian Nagelsmann, the managerial prodigy leading RB Leipzig's revolution", "Hoffenheim appoint 28-year-old Julian Nagelsmann as head coach", "Meet Hoffenheim's Julian Nagelsmann: the youngest coach in Bundesliga history", "Julian Nagelsmann: Hoffenheim boss taking Bundesliga by storm", "Knftiger Hoffenheim-Trainer: Wer ist dieser Julian Nagelsmann (28)? I remember when he said that he wanted to be a contender for the championship with Hoffenheim. Coaching is dealing with people. Here is a tactical analysis of Julian Nagelsmanns Bayern Munich in 2021-22. It is a story with an almost mythic quality: the young professional suffering serious knee injuries and committing himself to coaching, emerging as the brightest talent of the dominant German school. Mar 9, 2020. And then having looked backward, it's time to focus forward and how he's going to juggle replacing Werner, the interest in his best players and Bayern Munich. Bayern this season will complete a ninth straight title; the latest Deloitte report shows their annual revenues are 73% higher than those of the second-wealthiest team, Borussia Dortmund. In town, the car was fine but as soon you got onto the Autobahn and pushed 150 km/h, the wheel would start shaking violently, Traesch laughs. I wear what I like. This summer, he will fulfil what always seemed his destiny and become manager of. A newspaper wrote (appointing him in 2016) was a marketing gag but it had been our plan to promote him all along. Hoffenheim survived and shot up to fourth spot in his first full season the year after. Muller for example may drift out to the wide right to receive, particularly when Gnabry floats inside. Munich-born Raphael Honigstein has lived in London since 1993. Captaincy chaos and Waldrum ultimatums - Will Nigeria be ready for World Cup? Julian Nagelsmann adopts the same defensive strategy at RB Leipzig, executed through several principles of play that I have tried to identify (in bold below). He was quickly made the under-16s coach and then kept steadily progressing, winning the clubs first under-19 championship in 2014. Munichs second-biggest club were known as one of the best developers a talent at the time, a real hotbed of up-and-coming pros. It just happened more quickly than anticipated. Rosen describes Nagelsmann as a fastidious worker who is obsessed with details and sports an incredible knowledge of the game. ulian Nagelsmann is 33. In these situations they also use bounce passes to unlock an opposition defense, allowing a player seemingly blocked by three defenders to suddenly find space in behind. Zur Einstimmung: Assa Ladouni (Union) on Sunday's game against Bayern: "Bayern have the same point tally as us, we don't need to be afraid. Due to the disappointments and pain he had suffered, he had the ability to relate to players feelings in a way that few could especially at such an age.. Topics of this video Media event FC Bayern.tv Julian Nagelsmann Media event Re-Live Bundesliga Borussia Mnchengladbach But he will handle it well and have a good game," Nagelsmann said. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He was this incredibly funny, outgoing guy, with a wicked sense of humour, he says. Real Madrid's interest in Nagelsmann was well-known, but he turned down their advances in 2018. It was a bold, but accurate prediction. Neuer, Upamecano and Kimmich have each completed over 5 long passes per game this season, with Sule and Hernandez both over 3 per game. He had, after all, been thrust into the role four months ahead of schedule following the resignation of Huub Stevens on health grounds. He first looked outside football, at a business administration course at university. It was a disappointing end, but only a minor blemish on an incredible three-and-a-half-year period of calling the shots at the club. 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