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Sport minister sacks Winfried Schaefer (19.11.2004)
Martin Etonge
The minister of youth and sport, Etame Massoma has sacked national football team coach, Winfried Schaefer for poor results.
The decision came immediately the Indomitable Lions lost 0-3 to Germany in a friendly on 17 November.
“We regret to inform you (Schaefer) that today we are unilaterally terminating your contract on grounds of grievous misconduct and poor results”, a letter from Massoma to Schaefer was read.
Before the minister’s letter fans and the media had called for Schaefer’s head. Some officials of the ministry and the Cameroon football Federation had also criticised the coach.
The Indomitable Lions have won only two of their 2006 World Cup qualifying games and stand third in Group C, four points adrift of leaders Ivory Coast.
Schaefer’s working tactics greatly annoyed the fans who considered
him very conservative. He kept faith with several players who were in extremely out of form, thereby inviting hatred from the public.
Prince Ndoki Mukete, deputy secretary general of the Cameroon football federation (Fecafoot) welcomed the decision.
“It was the best thing that happened to Cameroon football”, he told BBC sport in Yaounde.
Schaefer was recruited in September 2001and led Cameroon to their fourth African Cup of Nations title in 2002 and the final of the Confederation Cup in 2003.
Schaefer was the 14th foreign coach for the Indomitable Lions, but the second German after Peter Schittger between 1970 and 1972.
Meantime, the minister of youth and sport has dissolved the administrative department of the national team. This may be in line with recent FIFA directives that the management of the national team should be handed over to FECAFOOT.
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