The inappropriate sentence of Canada’s DT after losing against Belgium in their World Cup debut

The technical director of the Canadian team, john shepherdhe harangued his players after falling to Belgium 1-0, despite the good performance for the first date of group F of Qatar World Cupwith the rudeness of telling them: “now let’s go and go c… to Croatia”, their next opponent.

“I just told them (the players) that they belong in this tournament. And now we’re going to go and we’re going to c… in Croatia. It’s that simple,” Herdman said when he had press contact after the game. played at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Rayyan City.

The speech aroused astonishment among the various reporters, not only for the sexist tone of the message, but it was even more counterproductive because the coach reached that position at the head of the Canadian men’s representative having successfully managed the women’s soccer teams of New Zealand (2006 to 2011) and Canada (2011 to 2018).

Just with the ladies of the North American country he managed to win the respective bronze medals of London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympicswhich earned him the Canadian Federation called him to lead the men in the CONCACAF qualifiers, in which they finished first, to qualify for this ecumenical tournament.

After having “evaluated” what his coaches did, “especially in the first half” in which they had to mistreat Belgium, the British manager, among other considerations, referred to what it means to lead a women’s team compared to a men’s team , especially since he is the first to be ahead of teams of different sexes in world competitions.

“It was a chance to step out of my comfort zone and change the country forever,” said Herdman, who was never a soccer player and trained to be a rugby and soccer manager.

“There may be older gentlemen who see this and think, ‘How is that possible?’ I don’t think there is a big difference between men and women, the training is similar, plus I promised not to change anything and to continue being myself”, acknowledged the person who will prepare the Canadians “with the necessary confidence”. to beat Croatia, next Sunday at 13:00 (Argentina time) for the second round of Group F.

Source: Telam