{"id":19488,"date":"2011-12-22T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T13:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/michel-quits-as-eq-guinea-coach\/"},"modified":"2011-12-22T13:12:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T13:12:40","slug":"michel-quits-as-eq-guinea-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/22\/michel-quits-as-eq-guinea-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel quits as Eq Guinea coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"61.102880658436\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\/media\/images\/56372000\/jpg\/_56372202_henri_michel_gtty.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Equatorial Guinea coach Henri Michel\" \/> Michel has quit for the second time just weeks before the Africa Cup of Nations<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Henri Michel has quit as coach of Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea just weeks before the start of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He says he left in protest at interference from &#8220;a third party&#8221;, although he did not specify who.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second time the French trainer has left the job because of meddling in team affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He briefly left his post in October, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/15436008.stm\">before returning following the sacking of the then sports minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>21\/01\/12: Eq Guinea v Libya<\/li>\n<li>21\/01\/12: Senegal v Zambia<\/li>\n<li>25\/01\/12: Libya v Zambia<\/li>\n<li>25\/01\/12: Eq Guinea v Senegal<\/li>\n<li>29\/01\/12: Eq Guinea v Zambia<\/li>\n<li>29\/01\/12: Libya v Senegal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most recent dispute centres on an un-named Equatorial Guinea player who is based in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Michel had agreed that he be allowed to join up with the squad for the Nations Cup after the rest of the team got together.<\/p>\n<p>But pressure was then put on the player from elsewhere to try to get him to report for duty on 27 December, like the rest of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Michel is also angry about outstanding salary payments and the failure of the authorities to repay expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Equatorial Guinea are in Group A at the Nations Cup, along with Zambia, Senegal and Libya.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known who will take over from Michel, or if the Frenchman has yet left the country.<\/p>\n<p>They are the lowest ranked team at the tournament and will be competing at the CAN for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Michel has quit for the second time just weeks before the Africa Cup of Nations Henri Michel has quit as coach of Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Equatorial Guinea just weeks before the start of the tournament. 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