Real Sapphire FC of Lagos coach, Abidemi Onaolapo is singing praises to high heaven for the noble personality of the club’s owner, Frank Peters.
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The United Kingdom-based businessman is blazing a trail in terms of club management, which Onaolapo (aka Barthez) says sets him apart from other football moguls.
‘Coach Barthez’ added that inspiration he receives from Peters has turned him into a calm and well disciplined coach, who will never raise his voice against match officials or his players.
The amiable gaffer added that Peters taught him the right attitude to adopt when under pressure, which has helped him personally in forging the right approach towards grooming his players cordially at Real Sapphire.
Speaking in the wake of his side’s hard-fought 1-0 win over Valiant FC on Friday, which kept them second in Lagos zone one of Nationwide League One (NLO), Onaolapo reckoned that any other coach would have been agitated and then vent frustration on his players.
Onaolapo thanked Peters for helping him adopt a calm demeanour and for supporting everyone at the Lekki-based outfit, into which he has distilled high standards and the kind of laudable leadership acumen that is seen in Europe.
‘Coach Barthez’ added: “I am happy to be working under a good president of the team. He wants you to grow on the job. When you have someone like that, it’s best for you to grow on the job.
“I really thank Real Sapphire, that is Frank Peters. He has taught me a lot about coaching and how I can stay calm, because he’s a gentleman. He’s a good man.
“He wants me to grow on the job. He’s based in Europe and knows the way coaches are treated over there. He wants all his coaches in Real Sapphire to grow to the highest level, and he’s pushing us to a professional level.
“He’s a good man who makes me disciplined on the line. That’s good for me, because it’s not good to give a player pressure during the game.
“He taught me that if you see some errors, you just have to call one of the players outside the field and pass the message to others in the team, while you stay calm on the line.”
