Emerse Faé: “Coaches need to be allowed to work”

Former Ivory Coast manager Emerse Faé is calling for greater patience, stability and resources for coaching staffs to enable African football to take another step forward.

Former Ivory Coast national team coach Emerse Faé shared his vision for the development of African football during the strategic conference of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), held in Cape Verde. Speaking to Brut, the Ivorian coach stressed the need to give coaches more time and resources to build high-performing teams.

For Emerse Faé, the progress of African football depends in particular on better cooperation between administrators and coaching staffs. In his view, coaches must be able to work in a favourable environment, with enough time to implement their ideas and develop a genuine playing identity.

“Coaches have ideas and projects, but in football, not everything can be built in a day,” he stressed, calling on administrators to show patience and support coaches in achieving their goals.

The former Elephants manager also believes that the ambitions expressed by federations must be backed by suitable working conditions. For him, there must be essential consistency between the sporting objectives that are set and the resources made available to the coaching staff.

Rigor and discipline as drivers of progress

Beyond working conditions, Emerse Faé expressed confidence in the potential of African football. He believes that the quality of the players and the progress made in terms of infrastructure now enable the continent’s nations to compete with major European and South American teams.

“We have nothing to envy European or South American nations for,” he said, while stressing that this progress must be accompanied by a change in mindset.

The Ivorian coach is therefore calling for greater rigor, patience, discipline and a culture of performance—values he considers essential for building teams capable of establishing themselves at the highest level over the long term.

Editor: ‏Charles Zahe

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