And yet the Guineans had hoped to qualify for the CAN since Michel Dussuyer took charge of the team. It is obvious that the Frenchman, who thus marked his return for the third time on the bench of the national eleven, took a little trouble to pick up the pieces of a team left in tatters by his amateur predecessors who are Kaba Diawara and Charles Paquillé.
But it was insufficient to be part of the meeting of the great football nations, in Morocco for the CAN 2025.
To tell the truth and without embellishment, it is a failure for Michel Dussuyer who will have it on his conscience. He whose mission was to qualify Syli. He talked about this on every occasion and had to follow this logic. And not succeeding is neither less nor more than a failure on his part, a failure which will certainly ruin his long career as a coach. He probably ends up in Guinea, where he left. On a defeat which will remain in the dark history of the country’s football.
The defeat, in Tanzania, during the last day of the qualifiers for this CAN will forever remain in our minds. Difficult to digest. When we know that Guirassy’s teammates had two options to qualify. Victory or draw. But none of this was possible, while the supporters are convinced of having one of the greatest teams on the continent.
Mognouma Cisse
Senegal
