Sports News of Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Resource: purpose.com
2021-01-20
German coach, Bernard Lippert
German mentor Bernard Lippert thinks he will have to have more time to make an effect in his position as Ghana’s specialized director.
The 58-calendar year-aged assumed obligation very last October, filling up the purpose vacated by Francis Oti Akenteng.
He has been charged to formulate pointers, methods and policies for the education and the technological advancement of coaches of Ghana soccer, offer suggestions to the [Ghana Football Association] Executive Council on coaching and technological development matters in normal and supervise national football workforce coaches.
“There is usually really quick expectations of the complex director but the work is not performed in three months or 1 yr. Initial of all, you have to do an assessment to see where we are. It is not quick simply because you need to initially find the identification of football in Ghana,” Lippert instructed Asempa FM.
“It is complicated to discover for the reason that most of the players go to Europe and they play soccer absolutely different from what we play. We are going to explore the identity and when that is done we will make some improvements for guaranteed.
“I told you in advance of that I have to make an evaluation initial and locate out an identification due to the fact I never know the identity of your nation. When I find out, I will see but for certain, we want some improvements.
“We are unable to retain taking part in like this but the identity will not come in the future three months or the next yr.”
Just before getting up the Ghana career, Lippert labored in Azerbaijan since 2008, combining his responsibilities as technical director with coaching spells in cost of the nation’s U19 and U21 teams.
“I’m not delighted with the U17 performance we have goalscoring problems. We really do not have the type of strikers who are authentic strikers but in all the referee determined this match right now. Sorry to say this,” Lippert recently stated on Ghana’s to start with-round elimination from the 2021 Wafu Zone B U17 Cup of Nations in Togo.
“This was seriously apparent and there are a whole lot of points to do. This workforce didn’t existing alone as a staff but we continue to have four or 5 prospective customers in the team.
“We have to go over the overall performance of the team at the Govt Committee degree.”
Lippert also beforehand worked with German Bundesliga facet Eintracht Frankfurt.
