Just a few weeks ago, the publications of Pablo Franco on Instagram they rarely exceeded 400 ‘likes’. His latest post, however, is on his way to 14,000 likes. It is one of the signs that reveals his arrival on the bench Simba SC, one of the most important clubs in East Africa. “I was getting involved a lot with African football since last summer. I had an offer to go to South Africa and the option to go to a federation as a coach, but it was not clear to me. Tanzania sounds shocking, but when you inform yourself you see that it is a Wonderful country: safe and very beautiful. There is everything, you can go on safari to the Serengeti, if you like the mountain to Kilimanjaro, there are also paradisiacal beaches … Not long ago I received an offer from Egypt that was economically superior, but In terms of safety and being able to make work and family compatible, this seemed more interesting to me“reveals AS shortly before taking off towards one of the most demanding stages of his coaching career.
Pablo Franco was dazzled by Tanzania, but also by a club, Simba, that It has 85 years of history, a stadium with a capacity for 60,000 spectators and a social mass that has nothing to envy of any LaLiga club. The Spaniard was chosen to replace Frenchman Didier Gomes Da Rosa, who failed to qualify for the African Champions League and scored three wins and two draws at the start of the Ligi Kuu Bara. “They interviewed me for almost two hours. There were eight people and It has been the most professional interview I have had with a club. As soon as I started, I realized that Simba is not just any club. They are very prepared and very educated people. I like to be in clubs where the demand is maximum. I want to fight for titles, “discovers a Pablo Franco who aspires” to everything. “
It will not be easy, as their adventure in Tanzania starts with the club out of the African Champions League and four points behind their great national rival, Young Africans. “The demand is enormous. We rejoined the CAF -equivalent to the Europa League- and the idea is to reach, at least, the quarterfinals. In the league the team has not conceded yet, but they have only scored three goals in five games. The objective is to revalidate the title. For them, being four points away from your biggest rival when they come from winning the last four championships is a world“, adds from the plane Pablo Franco, who was Julen Lopetegui’s assistant at Real Madrid and directed, among others, Getafe, Saburtalo or Qadsia. The Spanish, who will be presented this Tuesday and will debut on November 19 in the field from Ruvu Shooting, he headed to Dar es-Salam alone, although he does not rule out the arrival of another Spaniard who works as a physical trainer.