By Francis Kobena Tandoh
FIFA on Monday appointed former Black Stars coach Otto Addo, together with ten others as members of a technical study group (TSG) for the 2026 World Cup, according to a release on Monday.
The TSG, which will be guided by FIFA chief of global football development Arsène Wenger, has other members, including Tobin Heath (USA), Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany), Jayne Ludlow (Wales), Michael O’Neill (Northern Ireland), Gilberto Silva (Brazil), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica), Aron Winter (Netherlands), and Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina).
The panel will be led by FIFA senior football expert Pascal Zuberbühler and lead of football performance insights (FPI) Tom Gardner and supported by a team of football analysts, data engineers, data scientists, and performance analysts based on-site in Miami and Dallas and off-site in Manchester (United Kingdom).
The team of experts will share more and deeper insights into all 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches, according to the world football governing body.
For the first time in FIFA World Cup history, fans can also get real-time insights from the TSG.
During the tournament, FIFA will share the most modern metrics and performance data in FIFA World Cup history with the worldwide TV and online audience, as well as with the participating teams and their players.
Developed by FIFA’s FPI team and Wenger, the enhanced football intelligence service will offer new and exciting insights to enrich the coverage and analysis of every game at the tournament through a unique set of both in- and post-match visuals presented as augmented reality and traditional graphics.
Addo, who qualified Ghana for the 2022 and 2026 World Cups, was dismissed by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) last month after defeats to Austria and Germany in pre-World Cup friendlies. Enditem
Source: Ghana Eye Report
