‘I can see a lot of talents, many beautiful talents for the future’ – Black Stars coach
Ghana national team head coach Milovan Rajevac has shared his experience with the team and his plans towards the remaining fixtures regarding player quality, the future of the team, African football and the difference between the 2010 squad and the current team.
The 67-year-old Serbian trainer beat Zimbabwe 3-1 on his second bow and led the team to record a 1-0 win against the Warriors in the reverse fixture in Harare.
Speaking to the media in the early hours of Monday, October 18, 2021, the Serbian said the two games were a test of confidence for both himself and the team.
“Yeah, definitely it was a relief because we managed to achieve our target. The last few weeks were very hard, I didn’t sleep well because there were too many things to be done and after that period, now it is a relief so we can focus on our next challenge”.
The Black Coach also shared his opinion concerning his second coming “I was aware of the challenge and the task because nobody was more motivated than me to go to the World Cup especially to take Ghana because this was the biggest success in my career in Ghana and we have a history. Very often I rewind in my mind the match against Uruguay and the famous penalty so this is something that drives me forward and I believe we can achieve even more so the motivation is high and nobody wants this more than me.”
He also took the opportunity to discuss his relationship with the team “We really had a great relationship, mutual understanding and very nice communication. I managed to set up the team with big stars playing in big teams and also some young promising talents who proved themselves, some were good at the U-20 and won the World Cup and later introduced into the first team so many players really made their name Kwadwo Asamoah, Vorsah, Dede Ayew, Samuel Inkoom, Opoku Agyemang. Kelvin Prince Boateng joined us for the World Cup so definitely I managed to set up a mixture of experienced and young players and this was the perfect combination for the success. This made the team ready for the next World Cup after 2010. This was a beautiful generation of players and I was privileged to have the ability to work with them in the past”.
On the difference between the previous generation and the current squad, he mentioned that “It is not easy to compare but definitely the last generation was very strong and successful and in this generation, I can see a lot of talents, many beautiful talents for the future so Ghanaians shouldn’t worry about the future of Ghana football. It is important to develop them well and as I said, this is just the beginning and it takes time to set up everything and to correct something’s and to make Ghana okay competitive football at the highest level”.
By: Elisha Aberiganya | Follow us on Twitter @activtvgh
