FAM should take Germany as role model: Velappan
Published on: Friday, July 25, 2014
Kuala Lumpur: Former Asian Football Confederation (AFC) secretary-general, Datuk Peter Velappan has suggested to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to hold an exchange coaching programme with the Germany Football Association (DFB) to take Malaysian football to a higher level.Velappan who was FAM's assistant secretary from 1963 to 1980, admitted that the European country had the best coaching structure in the world, leading them to emerge victorious at the recently concluded 2014 Fifa World Cup in Brazil.He noted that Germany was good in building up their talents starting with the foundation (school development programme), the pillars (club development) until the roof (national development), which was contrary to the situation in Malaysia.
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"In Malaysia, we prefer to build (focus on) the roof first, before going down to the lower structure, the foundation, which is not right.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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