FIFA Questioned for Overlooking Pitso Mosimane in 2021!
FIFA Questioned for Overlooking Pitso Mosimane in 2021! This followed the FIFA Best Awards last night for performances in 2021.
FIFA Questioned for Overlooking Pitso Mosimane in 2021! This followed the FIFA Best Awards last night for performances in 2021.
Pitso Mosimane was not nominated as one of the best coaches in the world by FIFA at the ceremony. New York Times writer Rory Smith scathed FIFA in their dismissal of the South African.
Jingles won more trophies that any other head coach in world football in 2021. This was not considered though as only European based coaches received recognition.
Mosimane guided Al Ahly to two CAF Champions League triumphs. During this time, he also won the Egyptian League, Egyptian Cup, Egyptian Super Cup and two CAF Super Cups.
FIFA nominated Thomas Tuchel, Roberto Mancini, and Pep Guardiola for the awards. Thomas Tuchel won the FIFA Best Men’s Coach, after guiding Chelsea to the UEFA Champions League.
“Europe is more distant still.” Rory Smith wrote for the New York Times.
“He has noted the almost complete absence of Black coaches — let alone Black African coaches — in Europe’s major leagues.
“He has spoken with former players of the highest pedigree who feel they are denied opportunities easily afforded to their white counterparts. ‘That is the reality,’ Mosimane said.
“That is not to say he does not harbour ambitions. His latest Champions League crown has earned him another tilt at the Club World Cup next month.
“It is the trophy that he would like to win, with Al Ahly, above all others. ‘There is nothing left for me to win in Africa,’ he said.
“Once his time in Cairo ends, he would like to try his hand at international management again. The ‘timing’ is not right for South Africa, he said, but perhaps Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast or Egypt might be feasible: one of the continent’s traditional powerhouses.
“He would cherish the chance to coach the best players in the world in Europe, of course, but he knows soccer has imposed a ceiling between them and him.
“His ambitions run as high as they can, given the way the world has been constructed around him, one in which opportunity is not always contingent on achievement. FIFA Questioned for Overlooking Pitso Mosimane in 2021!
