Oman’s new coach Julio Cesar Ribas (Photo: Futbol)
Last week, Ignacio Pardo, an experienced Uruguayan journalist who is working for La Diaria newspaper, mailed me to know the details of the appointment of Julio Cesar Ribas as Oman’s coach. In the process, I asked him if he could send me some authentic info on Ribas, and this is what he had to say:
Ribas has won many titles as a coach here in Uruguay, but is above all famous because of his personality. He is quite strict with his players, who respect and like him in almost every case. For him, discipline is a very important part of a team’s work. He is also famous because of his ability to prepare players in psychological matters.He became champion with Peñarol (one of the biggest clubs here in Uruguay, 5 times inter-continental club champion) and got important achievements with smaller clubs such as Bella Vista and Juventud de Las Piedras. He also worked as a coach in “Serie A” in Italy. He is a Christian and talks a lot about his faith. He is said to be quite defensive in his style. His teams don’t receive many goals, but don’t play very nice football either. So be prepared to see many 1 – 0 or 0 – 0 games!