Blast at the Africa Cup: Tanzania fires national coach in the middle of the tournament

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Unbelievable but true: Tanzania, which is participating in the Africa Cup of Nations for the third time in its history this winter, threw out national coach Adel Amrouche (55) in the middle of the tournament. On Friday evening, 48 hours before the second group match against Zambia, the Tanzanian Football Association dropped the blow.

Amrouche has himself to blame for the dismissal. At the beginning of this week he made a gross verbal derailment at the press conference before the first group match of his “Taifa Stars” against Morocco (0:3), for which he was suspended for eight games by the African federation on Friday morning. and a 10-minute fine. was fined $000.

Fraud allegations against Morocco

The Algerian unfoundedly accused the Moroccan Football Association of unfair competitive behavior. «The Moroccan federation selects the referees for its own matches. Morocco is the decisive authority in African football. Morocco determines everything.” His team must therefore prepare for possible ‘fraud’.

These statements now fall on Amrouche’s toes. Wallaca Karia, chairman of the Tanzanian Football Association, made it clear shortly afterwards that they did not share the national coach’s allegations. “We categorically reject these statements because we highly respect Morocco for the great work it is doing in the development of football. We know exactly what to do when confronted with our coach’s provocative statements.”

Said and done. In the middle of the tournament, Tanzania throws out its coach. Brave but consistent. It is fitting that Amrouche will now be replaced on an interim basis by a certain Hemed Morocco. (sbe)

Source : Blick