AFCON 2021: Six Coaches Already Out

AFCON 2021: Six Coaches Already Out Sampson Adedeji With the 2021 African Cup of Nations seriously knocking on the door, six countries have already sacked their respective coach in the last 3 months, BSNsports.com.ng can report . Sudan late on Sunday evening joined the national teams of Egypt, Ghana, Mauritania, Guinea and Nigeria as the countries to have askedd their manager. The Pharaohs of Egypt was the first country to sack El-Badry in September, after the first two days of the second round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and was replaced by Portuguese Carlos Queiroz. The ousted coach had not lost a match since taking office the day after an African Cup of Nations played at home and finished in the round of 16. Also in September, Ghana fired their former striker Charles Akonnor, installing in his place their former national coach, Milovan Rajevac, who led the Black Stars to the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup. Last November, Mauritania split from Corentin Martins after disappointing World Cup qualifying results. The latter was replaced by Didier Gomis Da Rosa, who led several African clubs, including Coton Sports de Garoua (Cameroon), Horoya AC (Guinea) and Simba FC (Tanzania). Guinea, for its part, decided to entrust the reins of the national Syli for CAN 2021 to Kaba Diawara, after allowing him to be in charge during the last days in the World Cup qualifiers, the interim of the French Didier Six who had fallen. sick. Less than a month before the start of the AFCON in Cameroon, Nigeria and Sudan have in turn decided to separate from their coaches. These are respectively Gernot Rohr in post since 2016 and Hubert Velud in place since 2020. In Nigeria, it is the technical director Augustine Eguavon, former captain and coach of the Super Eagles (2005-2007) who will be in charge of the national team for AFCON. Nigeria finished 3rd in the previous edition and qualified for the 2022 World Cup play-offs, housed in group D along with Egypt, Sudan and Guinea. Out of these six selections, only Nigeria and Egypt are qualified for the World Cup play-offs.