Bright fired
The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has announced it has parted ways with national coach David Bright, following a spell of unconvincing results.
He was shown the door with about 18 months left on his contract. During a press conference last week BFA general-secretary Mfolo Mfolo said: “We have parted ways with the national team coach. We gave him targets to improve the Fifa ranking of the national team by 15 places.
“We have also not qualified for Afcon 2019.” Botswana's Zebras are now ranked 145th in the world, after slipping 24 places from their 121st position in July 2017 when Bright was appointed.
They are also without a win after five matches in the qualifiers for Afcon 2019.
Mfolo explained that given the unsatisfactory performance of the national team “it was prudent that we part ways” with the coach.
He said the BFA will soon appoint an interim technical team that will help prepare the Zebras for their last Afcon qualifier against Angola next month.
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He was shown the door with about 18 months left on his contract. During a press conference last week BFA general-secretary Mfolo Mfolo said: “We have parted ways with the national team coach. We gave him targets to improve the Fifa ranking of the national team by 15 places.
“We have also not qualified for Afcon 2019.” Botswana's Zebras are now ranked 145th in the world, after slipping 24 places from their 121st position in July 2017 when Bright was appointed.
They are also without a win after five matches in the qualifiers for Afcon 2019.
Mfolo explained that given the unsatisfactory performance of the national team “it was prudent that we part ways” with the coach.
He said the BFA will soon appoint an interim technical team that will help prepare the Zebras for their last Afcon qualifier against Angola next month.
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