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By Mohamed Fajah Barrie<\/span>
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There is confusion as to whether Lars Olof Mattsson is Sierra Leone coach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

There is confusion over who is coaching Sierra Leone’s national football team.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) insists it has never recognised Swede Lars Olof Mattsson as coach.<\/p>\n

Mattsson was recently appointed by the Sierra Leone sports ministry, who pay his salary, to lead the team for the remainder of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.<\/p>\n

But the SLFA insists that Christian Cole is the coach and will be in charge for the rest of the 2012 campaign.<\/p>\n

However the SLFA also admitted its executive committee is yet to consider Mattsson’s credentials, which have been sent to them by the sports ministry.<\/p>\n

The Swedish coach was originally only going to take charge of the Leone Stars for March’s qualifier in Niger.<\/p>\n

Despite its stance over Mattsson, SLFA officials were present when he was named as coach for the one-off game and travelled to Niamey for the match.<\/p>\n

Subsequently Mattsson was named as coach by the sports ministry for the final three games in 2012 qualifiers but the SLFA now say it does not recognise this decision.<\/p>\n

“The SLFA has opened up a challenge with the Sierra Leone government and we’ll see who controls who,” said sports minister Paul Kamara.<\/p>\n

“I want the SLFA to know that the National Sports Council which is under my ministry supervises and controls all sporting bodies in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

“As far as we are concerned, coach Mattsson is in charge of Leone Stars’ remaining matches in the 2012 qualifiers.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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