Sébastien Desabre is no longer named only in an announced programme: CAF now confirms his contribution to the final-day technical discussions at its strategy conference in Cabo Verde. In reports published on October 10, the governing body lists DR Congo’s coach among those who contributed to the review of the 2026 World Cup. The conference ended on Friday, October 9 in Santa Maria on Sal Island.
The session linked performance analysis with national-team coaches’ experience. According to CAF, Arsène Wenger, Otto Addo and Aaron Ackerman presented the technical review before a coaches’ panel moderated by former Ghana international Anthony Baffoe. Desabre is named alongside contributors including Mohamed Ouahbi and Pedro Brito, known as ‘Bubista’.
The closing report describes discussions about team preparation, managing international windows, tactical adjustments and the pressures of tournament football. The technical review also covered chance creation, counter-pressing, transitions and late-game management. These were conference topics, not newly announced instructions for the Congolese national team.
The publications therefore establish a concrete change from the earlier announcements: Desabre’s contribution is now reported after the session took place. They place the lessons of 2026 within preparations for the 2030 cycle. CAF itself, however, flags transcription and translation errors in the section devoted to the coach’s remarks, so his detailed wording is not reproduced here as established direct quotations.
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