In order to win the hearts of the English, Thomas Tuchel also has to convince apart from the football performance. But it still takes time.
With the English national soccer team, Thomas Tuchel hopes for a perfect start in his debut in the coming week – only musically the new coach of the Three Lions does not want to convince for the time being.
He would “not sing the national anthem in my first games”, the 51-year-old announced during the squadramination before the upcoming World Cup qualification: he first had to “earn with results”.
With his text security, however, this has nothing to do, the Lyrics for “God Save the King” know Tuchel well. The hymn “means a lot to me”, assured Tuchel, but he does not see it as “a matter of course”. He feels “that I have to earn the right to sing it because it is so meaningful, emotional and powerful”.
Tuchel is waiting for the Englishman signal
Instead, Tuchel waits for the English officially allow him to sing. He wanted to create a feeling that may even tell her at some point: Now it’s time, “says Tuchel,” now he is one of us. “
As the third non-British coach in England, the former coach of record champions Bayern Munich wants to carefully navigate the delicate topic of the national anthem. His predecessor Lee Carsley, part of the Irish team in his player career, had refused to sing and thus caused many headlines.
Tuchel made his debut as an English national coach on Friday. Three days later, the Vice European champion welcomes London Latvia again.