Lunch lasted a long time.
So long that the topic kept changing, from Ajax to Liverpool, then from Liverpool to Man City, and finally to the other teams.
What caught Yang Yang's attention was a brief comment from Tuchel himself.
The Paris Saint-Germain Head Coach had not achieved ideal results last season, especially considering Paris Saint-Germain's strength. Yet he had still earned a contract extension from the club, which clearly showed that the Paris Saint-Germain management approved of him.
But people absolutely must not be like some fans who always assumed that the owners of European clubs were all fools and idiots who could easily be deceived. That simply was not true. In this day and age, nobody was a fool. Every club had its own evaluation system, especially a team like Paris Saint-Germain, which would only have stricter requirements for its Head Coach.
Tuchel winning a contract extension at least proved that he had done many things right and made the Paris Saint-Germain management feel that his coaching had a future and offered hope. Otherwise, who would be foolish enough to offer him a high salary?
Tuchel did not talk about his contract extension. He only spoke about the difficulties he had encountered while coaching.
Last season, he had always hoped to experiment with more formations at Paris Saint-Germain. So for a period of time, he repeatedly refined their formations, switching from 4-3-3 to 3-4-1-2, from 4-4-1-1 to 4-2-3-1. The constant changes between all kinds of formations left the Paris Saint-Germain players unable to adapt.
One had to understand that the players' positions and duties were different in a 4-3-3 and a 4-2-3-1.
Tuchel had tried 4-4-1-1 because he originally wanted the team to play more steadily. But the players ended up struggling to adapt instead, making the lineup