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The football association of Africa Cup host country Ivory Coast responds to the poor performance in the preliminary round and dismisses national coach Jean-Louis Gasset without notice – despite the fact that he still managed to qualify for the eighth finals.
The association announced this two days after the embarrassing 4-0 defeat in the last group match against Equatorial Guinea. “The contracts of coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant are terminated due to insufficient results,” the press release said. 70-year-old Gasset has been caring for the ‘elephants’ since May 2022. After his departure, Emerse Fae, assistant to the Frenchman, takes over as interim coach.
Ivory Coast finished Group A in a disappointing third place, missing out on direct qualification to the knockout stages. The host can still reach the next round via the table with the best third-placed teams. The Ivorians are in third place for the final matches of the preliminary round, with the best four teams qualifying.
A few hours earlier, Ghanaian national coach Chris Hughton was fired after being eliminated from the preliminary round. The Ghanaian association GFA announced the divorce on Wednesday morning. Ghana also had a miserable preliminary round, with the proud Black Stars finishing third in Group B, just two points behind Cape Verde and Egypt. With this result it is clear that reaching the eighth finals is no longer possible.
Hughton only took over as coach in February 2023. “The Ghana Football Association will present a roadmap for the future direction of the Black Stars in the coming days,” it continued.
Overall, the number of dismissals of coaches at the African Cup of Nations has increased to three: Tanzania started on Friday. National coach Adel Amrouche was suddenly thrown out by the Tanzanian association after insulting comments at a press conference against group opponent Morocco. (AFP/sbe)
Source : Blick
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