Adel Amrouche, coach of the Tanzanian national team, which lost the opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations, was dismissed after the first match after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) handed him a very long eight-match coaching ban for inadequacy Comments.
In Wednesday’s match, Tanzania lost 0-3 to Morocco and their midfielder Novatus Miroshi was sent off in the 70th minute of the match after a second yellow card at 0-1. Morocco then scored two more goals to secure the victory.
After the match, Algerian Amrouche spoke harshly about his opponents. “Morocco has enough influence in the African Union to manipulate both the match calendar and the refereeing,” he said. It wasn’t the first time Amrouche had referred to representatives of neighboring countries and corruption – he had said similar things before the final round began.
Wallace Karia, president of the Tanzanian subfederation, then announced that the head coach’s opinion in no way expresses the position of the subfederation. “It is his personal opinion and we do not agree with such statements. We know that the CAF relies on elaborate procedures in its actions and does not allow any country to influence it. The sub-associations of Tanzania and Morocco are linked by friendship, ” Karia said.
After the latest incident, the Moroccan confederation had enough of Amrouche’s words, lodged an official complaint with the African confederation and the Tanzanian coach was banned from training. Tanzania will meet Zambia on Sunday and in this match Hemed Suleiman Ali will be the temporary coach of the team, assisted by Juma Mgunda.
The 55-year-old Amrouche became Tanzania’s coach last March and led the team to the final stage of the tournament: in the decisive match he achieved the necessary equalizer against his native Algeria. In the past Amrouche has coached, for example, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Kenya, Libya and Botswana.
2024-01-20 09:33:09
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