2024-09-02 11:08:52
Time goes back to March 26 this year. News Manager Stefan Van Loock invites Anglo-Belgian correspondents in London”Have a coffee and meet the new CEO Piet Vandendriessche”. Meeting point: The bar on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel Wembley, just a short walk from the historic home of football.
Rarely have we felt so uncomfortable during a meeting with a football manager. The man barely introduced himself, painfully at times having to be filled in by reporters, and the man seemed more interested in cycling than football. We almost didn’t dare ask him questions about football for fear he wouldn’t know the answer. We already knew that day that Pete was a feathered feather in his cap for the Federals.
In January, the former CEO of Deloitte was the big winner at the job interview despite his extraordinary performance. All in all, he scored better than his predecessors Peter Bossart and Koen de Braband, who were also big names outside football but ultimately failed in the Belgian league. Vandendriesche knows nothing about football and this is obviously just a detail.
He assessed Tedesco on July 16. So funny.
If Vandendriesche hadn’t been fired on Wednesday, he would have sat next to Tedesco at Friday’s press conference. He’ll talk about what he said about the federation’s coaches. In fact, on July 16, Tedesco said that the two made a sports evaluation of the European Cup. Let’s imagine the following interview.
Vandendriesche: “Domenico, why did you let De Bruyne play so low against Ukraine? Are you so afraid of Chelsea’s Mudrick?
Tedesco: “Mudrick was injured in that game.
Vandendriesche: “Oh, just. Why don’t you play 4-4-2 against France, who also play 4-4-2?
Tedesco: “That’s what I did, France played 4-3-1-2.”
We invented it, but it’s interesting to have a non-football connoisseur judge the job of the Federation coach.
It’s good to have a neutral figure as president of the FA – at the time, Michel D’Hooghe was suspected of supporting Club Brugge when he was president, while Roger van den Stowe Roger Vanden Stock may support Anderlecht when he becomes FA president.
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