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“Wow, I’m surprised! I have so many people to thank, mainly my coaches. If I had suspected I was winning, they would all be here now. I’m not the best, but I did win the award,” Klopp said. , who watched in awe at the virtual honor in Zurich, to which he, like Flick and Bielsa, was connected live.
According to media reports, Flick and Klopp are said to have been tied for the pick by the coaches and captains of the national teams, media representatives and fans. In the “tiebreaker” planned for such cases, the votes of the national coaches were rated higher – there Klopp was 686-572 ahead.
Before Klopp, national coach Joachim Löw had already won the title of coach in the year of the 2014 World Cup triumph and Munich’s first triple coach, Jupp Heynckes, in 2013. The election was held for the first time in 2010.
As in the year of the victory of the European Championship in 2017, the Dutch national coach Sarina Wiegman was honored as the best coach of a women’s team.
They beat England’s Emma Hayes (Chelsea FC) and Frenchman Jean-Luc Vasseur of Champions League winner Olympique Lyon.
Lewandowski overwhelmed: “A great day for me and Bavaria”
