Adel Amrouche
By Our Reporter
Algeria-born Tazania men’s football coach, Adel Amrouche was banned for eight matches and fined $10,000 over comments about Morocco by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
He was also sacked by Tanzanian Football Federation with Hemed Suleiman promoted from assistant coach to caretaker boss for the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign.
Amrouche had said “The Morocco federation is a proven power in the world of African football. Morocco manages African football,”
“Moroccan officials within CAF decide who referees matches involving the senior men’s national team, and at what time they kick off.
“We wanted to play a World Cup qualifier against Morocco last November in the afternoon, but CAF scheduled the match for the evening,” Amrouche said in a pre-AFCON interview.
The coach believed an afternoon kick-off in the sweltering heat of Dar es Salaam would favour Tanzania as many Moroccan players would be coming from clubs in generally cold Europe.
Before Amrouche was
hired by Tanzania last year, the 55-year-old coached Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Kenya, Libya, and Fĺ⁰ and clubs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Algeria.
