US EditionGabon Government Suspends National Team, Axe Aubameyang over AFCON Calamity
Gabon suspended its national team and dismissed all coaching staff after finishing last in their AFCON group with zero wins, citing poor management and lack of patriotism, officials said.
- Gabon's government has suspended its national soccer team and fired the coaching staff after a poor performance at the Africa Cup.
- The interim sports minister, Simplice-Désiré Mamboula, announced the decision on national TV but later removed the video clip.
- The decisions included removing captain Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Bruno Ecuélé Manga from the squad, citing an erosion of patriotic sentiment.
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The Gabon government has suspended the men's national team, banning talismanic striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from selection, and sacking the entire backroom staff following their group stage exit
The early elimination of Gabon from the African Cup of Morocco, after losing the three meetings of the group phase, has caused the government of the country to have taken some harsh measures, such as suspending the selection until further notice, dissolving the technical body and excluding its great figure, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The ministry of Youth, Sports, Cultural Dissemination and Arts, in a ruling this Thursday, qualifies the performa…
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