The premier league will meet this Sunday the third team that will rise from the Championship this season. With Fulham and Bournemouth promoted directly to the highest competition in British football, Wembley will host a decisive match starting at 5:30 p.m. with a special interest in our country. Carlos Corberancoach of Huddersfield Townhas the opportunity to become the 12th Spanish coach to occupy a bench of the absolute elite in England.
Nottingham Forest will be the last stone on the road to the Premier for Corberán’s team, which finished the campaign third in the EFL Championship table with 82 points – the best record in the club’s history. Huddersfield have not lost for more than two months: chains nine meetings undefeated. Despite not investing anything in transfers (all the signings came with the freedom letter) and having the 11th most expensive squad in the category, the ‘terriers’ have only lost two of the last 28 commitments they have played.
“The team has competed very well, especially in the second lap. Thanks to that we have reached this moment & rdquor ;, reflects the Valencian coach, who at 39 is the third youngest coach in the Champions League, second only to Wayne Rooney and Russell Martin (36). Corberán will be the first Spanish coach to fight for promotion in the Premier since Aitor Karanka in 2015 with Middlesbrough.
Bielsa and Juanma Lillo, his ‘teachers’
Carlos’ stamp -especially his obsession with understanding and living football– is very characterized by everything he learned from Marcelo Bielsa in his stage in the coaching staff of the Argentine at Leeds. From 2018 until he signed for Huddersfield in July 2020, the man from Cheste was able to soak up the knowledge of one of the best South American coaches. Another of his ‘masters’ are Juanma Lillo, Pep Guardiola’s assistant at Manchester City from whom he inherited the “restlessness & rdquor; and the “sensitivity & rdquor; for the game, and Raul Canedawith whom he shared many experiences in Arabia.
“Every second of the day he thinks about football. He is completely obsessed. It is constantly bombarding us with information to help us improve&rdquor ;, considers Tom Lees, Huddersfield player. “He is unique. Watch many videos of the teams we play against. And he knows how to move us perfectly the essential things we need to know about our rivals to exploit their weaknesses” adds Lewis O’Brien, another footballer on the ‘terrier’ squad. Those who know Corberán best highlight his meticulousness. At the highest level, small details make huge differences.