Two national team coaches sacked @ CHAN 2018
Some
national team coaches have been shocked with abrupt termination of their
appointments as the round robin group stage of the Championship of African
Nations (CHAN) 2018 ended.
As
at the filling of this report the contract of the German Rwanda’s Coach,
Antoine Hey has been officially terminated and Kanfory Bangoura who handled
Guinea’s senior team as well as the CHAN squad of locally-based players since
July 2016 could not escape the axe.
The
Rwandan Football Federation (FERWAFA), reportedly laid off their German
employed coach; Hey over poor outing of the East-central African team at the ongoing
championship in Morocco.
The
federation however, in a Twitter statement said the contract termination was at
the request of the foreign trainer. FERWAFA further stated it was going to meet
with the sports ministry to review the coach Hey ‘s request.
Rwandan
team, the Amavubis were pooled in Group C of the tournament along with Nigeria,
Libya, and Equatorial Guinea. They managed a goalless draw against Nigeria in
their first match, a one-nil win against Equatorial Guniea and a late loss in
their final game against Libya.
Eight national teams
have crashed out at the group stage of the biennial tourney and Rwanda led by
Hey was the second casualty.
Reportedly, Guinea
could not also wait for the tourney which ends February 14, to also fire their
national team coach, Kanfory Bangoura over poor outing at the tournament.
Bangoura who’s also
known as Lappe had been apermanent coach of Guinea’s senior team close to 12
years but met an anticipated ending at the tournament.
The CHAN enters the
knockout rounds this weekend. Two games will be played on Saturday, January 27,
2018, with the host, Morocco taking on Namibia and Sudan facing Zambia.
In the other round
will see the Super Eagles of Nigeria trail tackles against Angola while Congo
and Libya will lock horns to complete the fixtures.
Quarter-finals:
Saturday:
Morocco v Namibia
(16:30 GMT in Casablanca)
Zambia v Sudan (19:30
GMT in Marrakech)
Sunday:
Nigeria v Angola
(16:30 GMT in Tangier)
Congo v Libya (19:30
GMT in Agadir
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