Immediate-past Black Stars coach, Otto Addo has lauded African coaches who represented their countries in the just ended FIFA World Cup in Qatar for an extraordinary showdown.[ads2]
The 47-year old was in charge of the Black Stars at the World Cup where the four-time African Champions failed to make it out of the group stage.
Even though Ghana, Tunisia and Cameroon were booted out of the tournament at the group stage, Senegal and Morocco were able to reach the knockout stage.
Coach Walid Regragui made history by sending Morocco to the semifinal and finishing fourth after the tournament.[ads3]
And Otto Addo, who resigned after Ghana’s elimination from the mundial, believes African coaches who represented their countries at the tournament in Qatar made huge impact and believes that will inspire other African countries to build confidence in their own coaches.
“I think you could see the impact of the (African) coaches being connected to the country. Also, tactically the teams were well prepared,” he told Forbes.[ads4]
“It (sends) the message to create, not only your own players, but taking the next step to create your own coaches. And also for the federations to believe in the coaches.
“This hopefully inspires other coaches in Africa to believe in themselves, to grow and maybe to get a chance to represent their country.”[ads5]
