Assistant coach is using psychological, tactical and physical profiling to help Thomas Tuchel give his England team an edge at the World Cup
Ten years ago, life looked a little different for Anthony Barry. The England assistant coach, whose focus is fixed on helping Thomas Tuchel win the World Cup next summer ? nothing less ? was playing for Accrington Stanley in League Two. He was in the twilight of a career spent in the bottom two divisions of the Football League and in non-league, and he had taken the first step on the journey that would define him, accepting a voluntary position as the Accrington Under-16s coach.
?It was in the evenings, third of a pitch, asked to do 11 v 11 ? flat balls, not enough bibs,? Barry says with a smile. ?I was hooked. I?d found what I was destined to do and I thought about what it could become. I?m pretty sure nobody else could see it. But that?s part of dreams.?
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