No country has ever won the World Cup under a manager or head coach born outside its borders, yet this tournament features more teams with non-native bosses than in any previous edition.Of the 48 nations competing in North America, 28 managers who are classed as foreign — including the two employed by Tunisia — have sat in the dugout.Unlike with players, there are no requirements for managers to have any family ties with the country they represent, which is why it’s acceptable, if not totally normal, for England to be led this summer by a German, the United States by an Argentinian and Canada by an American.Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic appThe list, as you can see below, is extensive and features five Frenchmen, five Argentinians, three Spaniards, three Italians (awkward, as Italy didn’t qualify) and two Englishmen, plus 10 coaches of other nationalities.Some of the more striking appointments are Thomas Tuchel taking charge of England, Mauricio Pochettino coaching the United States and Jesse Marsch at the helm of Canada, but perhaps the biggest of the lot is Carlo Ancelotti, who is hoping to guide Brazil to a sixth World Cup as the first foreigner in charge of their team.If Ancelotti’s huge success at club level was not enough for Brazilians to get excited about, then the sight of the 67-year-old performing keepy-uppies with his coaching team might have done the trick.So what is it like to manage the national team of another country?