Riveiro deserves to coach the biggest club in Africa

FINAL WHISTLE

- MIHLALI BALEKA

NOT in his wildest dreams must Jose Riveiro have imagined that it'd get this big. But now that it surpassed his imagination, he must soak it all in. He's earned it!

Riveiro ascended to the hottest coaching seat in club football on the continent as he was announced as Al Ahly’s coach this week on a two-year deal.

Of course, this is Al Ahly we are talking about - he might even be lucky to last a full season at the club if he doesn’t win the CAF Champions League at first attempt next season.

I am not trying to jinx things for him - but he knows that he replaced Marcel Koller who came up short in the semi-final after winning back-to-back African crowns.

But let's not spend time increasing the volume on what comes with expectations of coaching the Red Devils, instead let’s congratulate Riveiro and wish him well in his new role.

Riveiro is proof that when one works hard in silence, their success speaks for them as he arrived on the continent as an unpopular figure and changed that in four years.