The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has invited Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund and SAFA’s Acting Technical Director, Fran Hilton-Smith to attend a symposium to analyse the last two Editions of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations.
The gathering that will take place from 11 – 13 May 2013 in Cairo, Egypt will look at all aspects of the two Afcon tournaments that took place in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and the last one which South Africa hosted two months ago.
All head coaches of the countries that participated in the two editions are required to make a short presentation on the performance of their teams and share their experiences. They will also speak on their views about the technical trends in the development of the game in Africa.
“This is a great opportunity for us as a country to share ideas with other national teams and federations especially with a lot of emphasis on the development of the sport on the continent. Such opportunities in which great soccer minds come together in the same room don’t come along more often hence I intend to make the best of this trip. There is great talent on this continent but it just needs to be nurtured in the correct way and some day we will become world beaters,” said Igesund.
“If you look closely, most of the players from this continent are making massive contributions in big leagues around the world; the likes of Steven Pienaar (England - South Africa); Yaya Toure (England - Cote d’Ivoire); Emmanuel Adebayo (England - Togo); Michael Essien (Spain - Ghana); Alex Song (Spain - Cameroon), to mention but a few, so this debate could not have come at a more ideal moment.”
Bafana Bafana coach invited to Afcon symposium
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has invited Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund and SAFA’s Acting Technical Director, Fran Hilton-Smith to attend a symposium to analyse the last two Editions of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations.
The gathering that will take place from 11 – 13 May 2013 in Cairo, Egypt will look at all aspects of the two Afcon tournaments that took place in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and the last one which South Africa hosted two months ago.
All head coaches of the countries that participated in the two editions are required to make a short presentation on the performance of their teams and share their experiences. They will also speak on their views about the technical trends in the development of the game in Africa.
“This is a great opportunity for us as a country to share ideas with other national teams and federations especially with a lot of emphasis on the development of the sport on the continent. Such opportunities in which great soccer minds come together in the same room don’t come along more often hence I intend to make the best of this trip. There is great talent on this continent but it just needs to be nurtured in the correct way and some day we will become world beaters,” said Igesund.
“If you look closely, most of the players from this continent are making massive contributions in big leagues around the world; the likes of Steven Pienaar (England - South Africa); Yaya Toure (England - Cote d’Ivoire); Emmanuel Adebayo (England - Togo); Michael Essien (Spain - Ghana); Alex Song (Spain - Cameroon), to mention but a few, so this debate could not have come at a more ideal moment.”
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