The Blues boss explained what he expects from his team before the London derby on Thursday night
Thomas Tuchel responded to Jose Mourinho’s comments that PSG’s work “cannot compare” with that of the Premier League before Chelsea’s trip to Tottenham on Thursday night.
Mourinho seemed to believe that training in the Premier League will be more difficult than in France, with recent comments addressed to the new Chelsea coach.
On taking charge of his first derby in London, Tuchel will also face Mourinho for the first time as a coach and responded to the comments made by his opponent.
“You cannot compare. I absolutely agree. It is totally different. It is a totally different culture. It is a different attitude. It’s a different way of playing, ”Tuchel told reporters. “I want to make it very clear: for me there is no better or worse – it is [just] very, very different.
“José is right, it is a big difference. It is not a question of what is better or what is worse, it is just whether it fits and is now perfect for me. I feel absolutely comfortable. “
Tuchel’s departure at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will be his third in charge after the resignation of Frank Lampard last week.
It will be against the only man to be fired twice by Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea, famous for being ruthless with his managers. Still, Mourinho is widely regarded as a success at Chelsea, having won three Premier League titles in two seasons.
Tuchel was asked how he would handle the desire to get quick results with long-term performances in his approach to West London.
“I think for that we need a good relationship between the players and me, so that we can always talk about performance,” he said. “Hopefully, the results will come. They don’t follow football all the time.
“It is the most difficult thing to control for a coach who wants to control everything and for a coach who wants to plan everything, but in football, you have to accept that you cannot control the result. In the Premier League, you cannot control the result. It’s impossible.
“What is performance? It is: ‘what does the manager expect from me, why does he expect from me and what does the team expect from me as a player when I play and how should we play together as a group’. It is like an orchestra; we have to follow a certain pace, discipline and style.
“If you ask me if I prefer to win with luck, or lose undeserved, I seek a lucky victory, of course, because it is easier to improve on that. But, we are here to act at a level that allows us to increase the chances of victory, because in football there is no more that we can do ”.