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Shame On Schafer
Published:Tuesday | October 6, 2015Oral Tracey, Contributor
Schafer ... Will be suspended for the first two games of the semi-final round of the Russia 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign.
THE SUSPENSION of Reggae Boyz coach Winfried Schäfer ...
The specific offence of unsporting behaviour against a match official will cost the German his place on the bench for the games against Panama at home and Haiti away. Looking at the circumstances under which the offence itself was committed, I think it was totally unnecessary, unbecoming, and absolutely unforgivable for a coach of Schäfer’s experience.
Don’t get me wrong. I love to see my technical leader involved, expressive and passionate while going about his job, but he has got to be controlled and smart about it, especially when so much is at stake. The point in the game at which the Jamaican bench flared up with indiscretion was when the Reggae Boyz had just seized control of their destiny.
The crucial second goal scored by Simon Dawkins with less than five minutes of regulation time remaining was actually being celebrated when Lance Laing got yellow carded, then reacted, and got a red.
Schäfer ’s impulsive reaction to that sequence of events landed him and the entire campaign in the current hot water.
That’s not what is expected from such a senior and experienced coach who has seen and done it all at this level. Calm, cerebral leadership, and astute situational analysis is what is expected in those crucial minutes counting down to the Boyz achieving the bigger objective of advancing to the semi-final round.
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