Diego SIMEONE and Mauricio POCHETTINO are both on FIFA’s shortlist for Coach of the Year.
The two Argentinians are among the list of 12 managers who have been nominated for the FIFA 2017 Coach of the Year award. Here’s the list of managers on the list:
FIFA Shortlist:
Massimiliano ALLEGRI
Carlo ANCELOTTI (Italy)
Antonio CONTE (Italy)
Luis ENRIQUE (Italy)
Pep GUARDIOLA (Spain)
Leonardo JARDIM (Portugal)
Joachim LOW (Germany)
Jose MOURINHO (Portugal)
Mauricio POCHETTINO (Argentina)
Diego SIMEONE (Argentina)
Tite (Brazil)
Zinedine ZIDANE (France)
Here are the 1⃣2⃣ candidates for #TheBest FIFA Men’s Coach 2017 👌 pic.twitter.com/eHAYON2Kkg
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) August 17, 2017
Some big competition for the two Argentinians who in all likelyhoodm, will not win the award. There is one more Argentinian involved in all of this and that is Diego MARADONA. The 1986 World Cup hero is part of the pannel who came up with the list.