ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� How does England coach Thomas Tuchel handle the pressure of a run to the semifinals of the ?
Simple. A bike, a parking lot and an ice cream.
Tuchel said ahead of that he relaxes by reconnecting with his inner child.
鈥淪ometimes you just go on a bike and then you just need a big parking lot, an ice cream in your hand for 15 minutes on a bike and then you feel like you’re 15 years old,鈥� Tuchel said Tuesday. 鈥淵ou enjoy your evening on a warm, summer evening for 15 minutes with the ice cream and you reconnect to the beauty of that feeling that we all have inside of us and that鈥檚 sometimes all it needs.鈥�
German coach and charged with the responsibility of leading England to its first trophy since winning the World Cup in 1966.
He is one win away to leading the team to only its second World Cup final.
England plays defending champion Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday and it would be understandable if Tuchel was feeling the pressure 鈥� especially coming up against Messi and resuming one of the fiercest rivals in soccer between the Three Lions and Argentina.
While he said the tournament had been draining due to traveling to Mexico and playing at altitude and also a 鈥渞oller coaster鈥� due to comeback wins against Congo and Norway, Tuchel also said the experience had been energizing.
鈥淚 can tell you that it fuels me and it makes me feel alive,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 love it so much that it gives me energy every day.鈥�
Tuchel, a serial trophy winner with Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich, said he was grateful for the opportunity to coach at a World Cup.
As for ending England鈥檚 60-year trophy drought?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 feel the burden,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou feel the tension and I will be nervous and of course that is normal. But I feel no burden.鈥�
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