The French Footballers’ Association (UNFP) has just announced the list of 5 coaches nominated for the Ligue 1 best coach award 2022/23. PSG manager Christophe Galtier is not named despite his team leading the Ligue 1 table with 81 points from 35 games.
Coaches are on the list of nominees of UNFP are Paulo Fonseca (LOSC), Pascal Gastien (Clermont), Franck Haise (Lens), Philippe Montanier (Toulouse), Igor Tudor (OM).
Onze Mondial said that Christophe Galtier’s predecessor, coach Mauricio Pochettino, was also not on the list of UNFP votes last year. For two years in a row, the PSG coaches have been absent from the UNFP nomination, although the Parisian team is always at the top of the Ligue 1 rankings. The last person to win the UNFP award is Rennes coach Bruno Genesio.
Coach Christophe Galtier won the Ligue 1 title in the 2020/21 season with Lille. The 56-year-old leader then moved to Nice before joining PSG in the summer of 2022. At PSG, Mr. Christophe Galtier won the 2022 French Super Cup title (Trophee des Champions). Currently, Christophe Galtier and his students are aiming for the Ligue 1 championship.
In another development, two PSG players, Mbappe and Messi, are both on the UNFP’s list of the best Ligue 1 player nominations this season along with Lois Openda (Lens), Seko Fofana (Lens) and Jonathan David (Lens). Lille). Remember last season, Messi was not on the list of UNFP nominations. At that time, Mbappe was the only PSG player present.
Nguyen Son | 15:00 May 17, 2023