The Spanish head coach of the Bangladesh national football team, Javier Cabrera. On the one hand, he is unable to bring regular success to the national team. On the other hand, his strategy and player selection are also highly questionable. Former footballers, football fans and even an executive member of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) have asked for Cabrera's departure. Although the highly criticized Cabrera remains in charge of Hamza and Jamal, the coaching staff is being changed every window.
In football, the results of the match largely depend on the performance of the goalkeepers. A mistake or an extraordinary save by the goalkeepers can change the outcome of the match. The performance of the goalkeepers in turn depends on the practice and strategy of the goalkeeper coach. The goalkeeper coach in the Bangladesh football team is constantly changing.
In the March window, the goalkeeper coach of the Bangladesh team was Nuruzzaman Nayon of Bashundhara Kings. The physio was Bashundhara Kings' Abu Sufian Shakil. The club's coach-physio was criticized in the national team for this. This led to BFF resorting to foreign coaches again. In the June window, Mitul-Shraban's coach was Miguel. The Miguel who worked in the Singapore window did not come again this time. Instead, another goalkeeper coach came from Spain. His name is also Miguel.
In the March window, Bashundhara Kings' Nuruzzaman Nayan was the goalkeeper coach.
Changing the coach naturally affects the goalkeepers' performance and practice. The goalkeepers in the current squad of the national team did not want to comment on this. Former goalkeeper and captain of the national team Ashraful Islam Rana said in this regard, 'This is a very important issue. Many goalkeeper coaches are attacking and some are defensive. If the coach is changed repeatedly, the goalkeepers have to adapt to it. The national team's camp is also for a short period of time. As a result, it is quite difficult.’
Goalkeeper Pappu Hossain was called up to the national team for the FIFA window in September. Last season, Ashraful Rana played almost all the matches for Brothers Union. A goalkeeper was called up to the U-23 team who had not been in top-level competitive football for a long time. Therefore, the responsibility of the goalkeeper coach should be permanent, said former captain Rana, ‘A goalkeeper was not called up to the U-23 team and taken to Bahrain again. Why he was called up and why he was dropped is not understandable. If there was a permanent goalkeeper coach in the national team, he would have called them after seeing the performance of the players and he would also have a reserve list. If a new coach is brought in every window, it will take a week to know the relationship between the goalkeepers.’
Two different foreign coaching staffs worked in the June window.
BFF has a permanent contract with the national team’s head coach Javier Cabrera. Goalkeepers and fitness coaches only get paid for the time they work in tournaments or camps. So, like the goalkeeper coach, the fitness coach is also being changed. Spanish Peso was the fitness coach in the March window. Another Spanish youngster, Josef Maria, was seen in practice yesterday. The team's performance and plans also depend to a large extent on the fitness coach.
The National Team Committee has the authority to appoint the national team's coaching staff. Several members of the National Team Committee said they were not officially aware of the change in the coaching staff. They believe that head coach Javier Cabrera brings in a coach of his choice in each window. Like team selection, choosing the coaching staff also falls within the responsibility of the head coach.
New goalkeeper coaches Miguel and Joseph Maria in training for the September window
The question of whether Cabrera, who has been in Bangladesh for more than three years and still cannot decide on player selection or strategy, will rise above his own interests and bring in a qualified coaching staff has also been raised loudly in the football world. Although the camp for the September window started four days ago, he has not yet appeared in front of the media, so no comments were received on the process and impact of the coaching staff reshuffle.
