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First Published: Jan 28, 2008
Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak has resigned following his side's crushing 3-1 loss to Angola at the African Nations Cup on Sunday, press reports said here on Monday.
Le Soleil newspaper said that the Pole announced his intention to stand down hours after Sunday's defeat in Tamale that leaves the west African side on the cusp of an early departure from Ghana.
There was no immediate word from Senegalese football officials if the resignation had been accepted.
"He told the players about his decision and also Cheikh Seck, the vice-president of international competitions," the paper said.
"He then packed his bags with the aim of catching the first flight he could get out of Ghana."
Assistant coach Lamine Ndiaye will step in as caretaker boss for Senegal's remaining Group D tie against South Africa in Tamale on Thursday, RFM radio reported.
Kasperczak, a veteran African campaigner who played at the 1974 World Cup in the then West Germany, was named Senegal coach in May 2006 after previous stints with Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Mali.
Sunday's crushing defeat which left Senegal, second and third in the previous three Nations Cups, on one point was greeted with disappointment and scepticism by the Senegelese press.
"It's the African Cup of damnation" was the headline in the Cocorico newspaper.
Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak has resigned following his side's crushing 3-1 loss to Angola at the African Nations Cup on Sunday, press reports said here on Monday.
Le Soleil newspaper said that the Pole announced his intention to stand down hours after Sunday's defeat in Tamale that leaves the west African side on the cusp of an early departure from Ghana.
There was no immediate word from Senegalese football officials if the resignation had been accepted.
"He told the players about his decision and also Cheikh Seck, the vice-president of international competitions," the paper said.
"He then packed his bags with the aim of catching the first flight he could get out of Ghana."
Assistant coach Lamine Ndiaye will step in as caretaker boss for Senegal's remaining Group D tie against South Africa in Tamale on Thursday, RFM radio reported.
Kasperczak, a veteran African campaigner who played at the 1974 World Cup in the then West Germany, was named Senegal coach in May 2006 after previous stints with Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Mali.
Sunday's crushing defeat which left Senegal, second and third in the previous three Nations Cups, on one point was greeted with disappointment and scepticism by the Senegelese press.
"It's the African Cup of damnation" was the headline in the Cocorico newspaper.
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