AS Monaco has officially announced the departure of Adi Hütter from his position as coach, after a disappointing start to the season. In the process, the princely club named Sébastien Pocognoli, 38, to succeed him.
The former Belgian international full-back arrives crowned by his excellent work at Union Saint-Gilloise, with whom he won the Belgian championship last season, ending a 90-year drought for the Brussels team. Under his leadership, the Union has developed a strong identity and a formidable collective, regularly in the race for European places.
What style of play?
Known for his demanding and modern approach, Pocognoli advocates intense, vertical football based on rapid recovery of the ball. He likes his teams to impose high pressure, multiply forward projections and alternate fast play and collective control. Its playing model, inspired by German and Belgian schools, is based on a balance between intensity and tactical discipline.
In Monaco, he will have to adapt this style to a technically richer squad, while instilling the rigor and energy that have been the strength of his previous teams.
For the Principality club, the arrival of Pocognoli marks the start of a new cycle. The Belgian will have to quickly find the right tone in an ambitious locker room and relaunch a dynamic that Monaco had lost in recent weeks.
