Julian Nagelsman "Although his achievements are not too impressive, the tactics promoted deserve a thumbs up"

The coach is one of the main components of the formation of an extraordinary team. If there are no thinkers behind the scenes, we can be sure, the greatest players will walk without direction.

Therefore, a person who sits in the hot seat of a team must have performance and experience that is not arbitrary. Usually, those who become team racik interpreters have traveled a long journey. From starting to become a coach, to having worked as an assistant to world-class managers.

With such requirements, at least, those who decide to dive into the world of coaching already have the main stock to sit on top of their care players.

However, the current era is not rigid. Back to the reason why coaches are the type of profession that requires intelligence. More than that, they also need respect from those who are trained. That is why they tend to be the elder.

But there are some cases that violate the habit. One of them is Julian Nagelsman. When officially signed by Hoffenheim in 2016, he was still 29 years old. Not much was expected, because at that time, the team that signed him only asked Nagelsman to be the "father" of the players so as not to lose their way.

The name Nagelsman never shines as a player. He even just stuck to defend the FC Augsburg team.

Actually, Nagelsman has a dream to become a great player. But his dream shattered into pieces after being hit by an injury problem.

Told while still active as a player, the team of doctors stated that he had a serious problem with the ligament. For weeks he underwent treatment, but the condition was not possible. When Nagelsmann needed motivational encouragement from his family and loved ones, his father died.

The coach who, since the age of 15, decided to move to Berlin to get a greater soccer experience, then tried to stay away from the hustle and bustle of soccer.

When he was enjoying his solitude, an offer came from 1860 Munich, which was to become an assistant coach U-17. Without hesitation, he took the opportunity.

From then on, the great journey began!

After officially turning to the world of coaching, step by step, he then handled the Hoffenheim youth team in various age groups. He absorbed a lot of knowledge from the seniors he met.

In the Hoffenheim junior team, Nagelsman successfully brought his fleet to the U-19 Bundesliga championship, and twice to the South / Southwest U-19 Bundesliga championship.

He began to handle the senior team in 2013 when he was 25 years old. At that time, he acted as assistant to Frank Kramer who became an interim coach. He then returned as a junior team coach. Three years later, Hoffenheim entrusted the first team coach seat to him.

He understood very well the difference between training an academy boy and training professional players. At the academy, he emphasized the element of education for their future. In the first team, he handles adult players who already know what to aim and do. All players listen even though there are some older players.

At that time, Nagelsman was appointed to replace Huub Stevens who chose to resign due to heart problems. The heavy duty was directly imposed on Nagelsman. At that time, his first task was to get the club out of the abyss of relegation. What's worse, Nagelsman only has 14 matches left.

But he responded to the challenges quite well. The initial impression began when the club managed to draw against Werder Bremen in the debut match. When entertaining Mainz, Nagelsman even successfully brought his team to victory.

In the 23rd week when dealing with Borussia Dortmund, Hoffenheim lost with a score of 1-3. However, the Nagelsman-style game seemed to signal that they were able to escape the abyss of degradation.

With all the struggles, Julian Nagelsman successfully completed a difficult mission. They escaped the abyss of relegation and earned 23 points and settled in 15th place in the final standings.

The results also made the name of Julian Nagelsman in the spotlight. Although the achievements are not too impressive, the tactics promoted deserve a thumbs up.

Judging from the structure of Hoffenheim's ball circulation, there was an influence of Pep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel. However, Nagelsman played far more vertically and didn't focus too much on short balls.

In summary, Nagelsman is full of experiments and tactical ideas, both in the offensive and defensive phases. Although until now he still continues to develop the tactics that are carried, Nagelsman's presence in the list of the youngest Bundesliga trainers is a positive signal that developed countries are increasingly opening up to the presence of a new generation.

In the 2016/17 season, Hoffenheim's achievements really improved under his care. The public idol club Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena then finished fourth, and qualified for the play-off party towards the 2017/18 Champions League group phase.

For his achievements, Nageslmann was entitled to the 2016/17 VDV-Manager of the Season award and the 2017 German Football Manager of the Year.

Even though they failed to qualify for the group phase after falling in the play-offs, Nagelsman paid the disappointment of all those who were at the Hoffeinhem club with an achievement, where he succeeded in bringing the club to finish third in the standings at the end of the 2017/18 season, so they qualified automatically for the group phase. 2018/19 Champions League.

This also became a golden achievement. Because Nagelsman became the first coach in club history to be able to bring the team to qualify directly for the European Champions League group phase.

At the age of only 31 years, Nagelsman was even recorded to have handled more than one hundred Bundesliga games. He really enjoyed his creation in Germany's highest competition.

Until exactly in 2019, Julian Nagelsman was officially appointed as RB Leipzig coach.

In his new page now, he is trusted to replace Ralf Rangnick who is now the Head of Sports and Development of Red Bull GmbH. So far, with player material far better than Hoffenheim, Leipzig has been able to bring him into a team that continues to compete in the race for the Bundesliga champions.

Nagelsman is like an artist. He always gives "flavor" in his team concoction. Young age did not prevent him from becoming a great coach. In fact, he is increasingly confident to continue to pioneer his career to the championship stage.