South Africans React to Pitso Mosimane Snub by FIFA At Awards Ceremony!
South Africans React to Pitso Mosimane Snub by FIFA At Awards Ceremony! The Al Ahly coach was not recognised as one of the best in the world.
South Africans React to Pitso Mosimane Snub by FIFA At Awards Ceremony! The Al Ahly coach was not recognised as one of the best in the world.
The FIFA Best Awards snubbed Pitso Mosimane as one of the best coaches of 2021. South Africans fumed at the decision to exclude the coach.
Jungles enjoyed a successful 2021, which included gold medals for two consecutive CAF Champions League victories. He also guided Al Ahly to a third placed finish at the FIFA Club World Cup.
He was however not nominated as one of the best coaches in the world for his successes in the previous year.
““It is not only Africa” that is overlooked, Mosimane told Rory Smith of the New York Times.
“It is as though it does not mean as much when you win in the competitions that do not generate the most money, that do not have the biggest audiences.”
“That is the reality,” the coach said.
No other coach had won the number of trophies that Mosimane has won in 2021. Yet, it was expected that he would not attain any individual success for this.
This is because of the weight of European influence. No coaches based outside of Europe win FIFA awards.
South Africans React to Pitso Mosimane Snub by FIFA At Awards Ceremony!
