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Report: Rwanda Coach’s Fate To Be Known By The End Of The Week
The coach has been under pressure after failing to guide Rwanda to Africa Cup of Nations finals.
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Nov 19, 2009 2:03:45 PM
Rwanda head coach Branko
Tucak will know his fate before the end of this week.
After failing to qualify Rwanda
to next year's Africa Nations Cup (CAN) in Angola, there is increasing
pressure for the Croatian to face the axe.
Sports and Culture Minister Joseph Habineza told the New Times that Tucak's future will be decided before the end of the week.
"You will know after we have met with the football authorities," he said yesterday.
Habineza, who had kept faith in the coach, last month confirmed that the Croat would face the axe if the national team failed to qualify for Angola.
"We know exactly what was asked of him. His task was simple; to qualify Rwanda for the 2010 CAN. Presently, we still have a chance," the Minister said on October 25.
"However, should the team fail to reach Angola, he will have failed in his task and appropriate actions will be taken."
The 57-year-old replaced compatriot Josip Kuze, who quit in January 2008 to join Japanese side JEF United Chiba.
In his first assignment, Amavubi failed to go past the preliminary round of the African Nations Championship qualifiers after a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Sudan in Khartoum.
Last December, the team also failed to progress past the group stages of the regional CECAFA Challenge Cup, which was hosted and won by Uganda.
His only achievement came when he helped Rwanda qualify for the second round of the World and Nations Cup qualifiers, finishing second in Group 8, which contained Mauritania, Ethiopia and Morocco.
Amavubi went on to lose four of their six Group 3 games in the next stage. The team managed two points out of a possible 18.
James Momanyi, Goal.com
Sports and Culture Minister Joseph Habineza told the New Times that Tucak's future will be decided before the end of the week.
"You will know after we have met with the football authorities," he said yesterday.
Habineza, who had kept faith in the coach, last month confirmed that the Croat would face the axe if the national team failed to qualify for Angola.
"We know exactly what was asked of him. His task was simple; to qualify Rwanda for the 2010 CAN. Presently, we still have a chance," the Minister said on October 25.
"However, should the team fail to reach Angola, he will have failed in his task and appropriate actions will be taken."
The 57-year-old replaced compatriot Josip Kuze, who quit in January 2008 to join Japanese side JEF United Chiba.
In his first assignment, Amavubi failed to go past the preliminary round of the African Nations Championship qualifiers after a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Sudan in Khartoum.
Last December, the team also failed to progress past the group stages of the regional CECAFA Challenge Cup, which was hosted and won by Uganda.
His only achievement came when he helped Rwanda qualify for the second round of the World and Nations Cup qualifiers, finishing second in Group 8, which contained Mauritania, Ethiopia and Morocco.
Amavubi went on to lose four of their six Group 3 games in the next stage. The team managed two points out of a possible 18.
James Momanyi, Goal.com
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