His squad travels to Barnsley for our FA Cup fifth-round tie tomorrow evening with a place in the quarter-finals of the world’s oldest knockout competition. up for grabs

It is often seen as a very English tournament, with the importance and history of the famous old trophy perhaps lost on those coming to the country from overseas when they first arrive here.

However, for Tuchel there is no need for explanations as he reveals he is a big fan of the FA Cup and it would be a dream come true to lead the Blues to glory at Wembley, even if his focus remains solely on the next hurdle we need to overcome at Oakwell.

‘This would be absolutely huge,’ he said about the prospect of lifting the trophy. ‘The FA Cup is one of the most prestigious cups in the world, is played in Wembley. Even if you're a little boy in Germany with no internet at that time and no sports channels where you can watch every game like nowadays, for sure you know the word Wembley and the words FA Cup.

‘You know that it is a big game to play and a big goal to achieve, but my approach is always that tomorrow is the most important game of this cup campaign, because tomorrow is a decisive match and is an elimination match and we all know very well that we can expect anything in the game of football.

‘So we have to go step by step, but for sure we do everything to prepare to win this game and then to go one round ahead. When we play any competition we play to win it, so every round in any cup competition is the most important round because it is an elimination game and we have to be totally focused and totally on point tomorrow when the match starts to finish with a win.’

He also admitted that, while he knew what to expect from English football in general before taking the role of Chelsea head coach, there is no substitute for living it every day and his early experiences here have still made quite an impression on him.

‘It was not a surprise, but in the end when you feel it and you experience it on the sideline every three days it’s different, because suddenly you experience what you expect and it is big intensity. It is a big intensity also in coaching and in the dugout next to me, a big physical input, very disciplined defending, very disciplined teams in their structure and in their belief in their approaches.

‘Also a lot of confidence in the approach that the teams show against the big teams. Everybody is trying to fight hard for a win, nobody's settling for a good draw or maybe a close defeat. This is what football is all about and this is what we love about this game, and you find it all in this league, and this is why we are very excited, very happy, and it hopefully brings out the best in us.’

Tuchel's team is undefeated and has conceded just one goal in his four matches with Chelsea so far, having followed up the draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers that opened his tenure with three wins in a row.

However, the German insists the credit must go instead to his players, who have impressed him with both their ability and their mentality, for the way they work on the pitch and have remained focused on winning matches, with his tactical changes merely looking to give their talent more opportunity to shine.

‘I'm very pleased with the quality I see and with the mentality I see and with the team performances because it is always a team effort and we have seen the quality of the players. Of course we want to help and guide them but in the end it is down to the quality and the determination and the mentality to stick to a game plan and to help each other out and to attack together and defend together.

‘This is what we have seen and in terms of all these segments I see a lot of quality and I'm very happy with the attitude, the mentality and the energy we show on the pitch. This is a good start and if we can manage to show some patterns it will help us to increase the amount of attacks, it will help us to play faster because everybody gets used to it. It will help us to keep the game fast and to bring the intensity.

‘But how it is played is the most important thing and that is how the players play, it is their credit and this is a very high level that we find here in the dressing room and on the pitch. It is now on us to keep this momentum going.’