Julian Nagelsmann, a much-loved young coach before the RB Leipzig Champions League quarter-finals against Atletico Madrid, however, the Bundesliga club’s surprise victory in Lisbon took the young German to a whole new level.
The 33-year-old beat his opponent Diego Simeone in his 2–1 win in Lisbon to lead the German to just two wins from a clash of European names.
Nagelsmann is a coach that football has rarely noticed before: an injured player who was forced to retire from the game as a teenager.
RB Leipzig’s Julian Nagelsmann led him to a Champions League semi-final
Nagelsmann (right) is a better season and his team beat Jose Mourinho’s Spurs this year
But the harsh paintings he made at the age of twenty the scenes have made him one of the wonderful analytical minds and tactics of world football. He will take note of his team despite being younger than PSG captain Thiago Silva, who will be guilty of preventing his attacking team on Tuesday.
It is poetic that the Leipzig Champions League semi-final against PSG on Tuesday – Nagelsguyn’s race match to date – sees the young coach collide with the guy who gave him the platform to enter the guyagement.
The German, a teenage defender of the Augsburg momentary team, when a recurring knee injury ended his career as a player at such a young age. After this setback, Thomas Tuchel, now head coach of PSG, asked the 19-year-old to look for his team.
Leipzig will reach PSG in the quarter-finals and Thomas Tuchel has given Nagelsmann a special touch as coach
With the help of Tuchel, nagelsmann Hoffenheim’s coach at the age of 28
Nagelsmann fell to the ground as he fled the box and Tuchel’s brilliant references allowed the young man to improve through his training badges. He then became coach of the Hoffenheim Youth Academy when he was just a teenager.
He made such an impression that he appointed him coach of the Hoffenheim first team at the age of 28. Within 18 months he had taken the contenders to relegation to Europe, before sealing a place at the Level of Organization of the Champions League a year later.
After taking Hoffenheim to heights they couldn’t even dream of, RB Leipzig chose Nagelsmann as the ideal candidate to take their well-known mission to the next level. Like the young German, Leipzig came out of the shadows and a German fourth division team. just seven years ago.
Nagelsmann took Hoffenheim from the brink of relegation to the Champions League in a year
He then went through Leipzig in 2019 and created a great football logo there.
And after one season, Nagelsmann has consolidated the club’s position as the most productive team of Bayern Munich and Dortmund in the German elite, while taking them to a new environment on the European stage.
Nagelsmann’s Leipzig won only matches, surpassing their war parts most of the time. Sometimes they can be relentless: they have scored more than 3 goals in a game 8 times this season, but Nagelsmann’s Leipzig is also methodical in their offensive intent.
The 33-year-old used the same philosophy to meet the challenge of Atletico Madrid de Simeone, known for having invested the odds in the Champions League. He would play directly in the hands of his Spanish opponents.
Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid (above) was unable to check out to prevent Leipzig on Thursday
The German coach allowed Atletico to have more ball, Simeone’s team in a position he rarely found each year.
However, while Simeone’s appearance took only 28 possessions to beat Liverpool in the previous round, they had almost doubled it overall on Thursday night. Nagelsmann, who implements an intense and urgent style, ordered his team to oppose Atleti, who made only two matches attempts in the game part of La Liga.
Leipzig winner summed up Nagelsmann’s game plan: a quick getaway while his wartime parts were for a winner, young replacement Tyler Adams scored minutes after his coach guided him to avoid Atleti’s momentum.
Substitute Tyler Adams (above) scored the winner while Nagelsmann’s game plan was perfect
Nagelsmann’s ability to get the most out of young players like Adams, 21, makes it an exciting control option for European teams.
Dayot Upamecano demonstrated why he is one of the continent’s most productive young defenders, while new recruits Christoph Nkunku and Dami Olmo have also inspired Nagelsmann’s look in the future.
Serge Gnabry of Bayern Munich, who spent a year on loan at Hoffenehim with Nagelsmann, told The Athletic: ‘He kept pushing me all the time. He said, “Serge, you want to do more. You have a lot of potential. You have to make the most of the game. You have to force more. “
“There were a lot of comments and the education was excellent. He replaced the way I saw the game and taught me to analyze myself much more.
Players like Serge Gnabry (above) and Reiss Nelson have talked about Nagelsmann’s abilities
It’s only a matter of time before large groups start calling Nagelsmann’s (left)
Identifying a reasonable skill and turning them into first-team stars is precisely what the most productive groups are for in their club’s strategy, especially in this urgent economic environment. .
Hoffenheim ranked 17th on the most sensible flight and seven problems in protection when Nagelsmann took over in 2016, but played European football 18 months later.
And if the German can finish a surprising win in the Champions League, the big clubs will not be for the top outstanding young coach in football.
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