The National Technical Director of the Beninese Football Federation made the rounds of certain media over the past weekend. Adolphe Ogouyon discussed the organization of Beninese football and its activities at the head of the structure.
One of the important information to remember is that Adolphe Ogouyon is no longer acting. "It's over. The interim lasted at most two months” corrected the National Technical Director of the Beninese Football Federation before adding that Benin will have its philosophy of play. “We must have a philosophy of play at least at the level of the age categories. There is an English identity, a German identity, you have the Spanish culture made of possession… We have this vision that we need an identity”. The DTN has traced in watermark what will be the philosophy of Benin. "It will be made of Beninese realities and based on the future" said the guest of Mesmin Afanou on Capp FM. The realities of Benin will he say, are among others the morphology of the players. “Being less powerful and less athletic, We must focus on developing technical skills, the explosiveness and the reading of the game” he indicated. To see this philosophy take shape, Adolphe Ogouyon asks to wait for two World Cups, or in eight years, the time that the children of 10 and 11 years selected as part of the FIFA talent program complete their training cycle. “Benin will have its style of play. Envied or not it will be effective ».
To the question of whether the National Technical Department works in harmony with the Beninese Football Federation, he asserts that on the 10 points of the action program of the new executive committee, five relate to his department : "This is proof that the two entities are working together".
For his action plan, He says that a central organization is planned according to the requirements of FIFA and the needs of Benin. There will be “Four technical departments, the first of which is grassroots and youth football. The 2nd, it is women's football that is a FIFA requirement. Then the 3rd department is that of the elite. A department in which we have the Pro League, women's football and the training of young people entering training centers. The 4th department is that of training and supervision,” informed Adolphe Ogouyon..
Believing that the national selections are too privileged, to the detriment of training centers : “Our objective is to put the pyramid back in the right direction and to develop football at the base”.
Arnaud ACAKPO (Coll)