It will therefore be without Didier Deschamps. The coach of the France team, finalist of the last World Cup in Qatar, has indeed not been selected by Fifa among the last three candidates and will therefore not receive the prize The Best which rewards, in addition to those of the players. , the best coach of the year, during the ceremony which will take place in Paris on Monday 27 February. The 1998 world champion had previously been crowned in 2018, ahead of Zinedine Zidane. Sonia Bompastor, the Women’s coach of Olympique Lyonnais, was however selected for women.
The three selected from the coaching staff are Carlo Ancelotti (Champions League winner with Real Madrid), Pep Guardiola (England champion with Manchester City) and Lionel Scaloni (World Cup winner with the Manchester national team). Argentina).
On the women’s side, Sonia Bompastor (Champions League and French Championship with OL) will face Pia Sundhage (Brazilian national team) and Sarina Wiegman (winner of the Euro with England).
The winner of these prizes is determined by an international jury made up of the coaches of all the women’s and men’s national teams, as well as the captains of all the women’s and men’s national teams, a specialized journalist ) of each territory represented by a national team, and finally the supporters and supporters registered on Fifa. com.
The list of players will be unveiled this Friday.
