Cologne / St.Gallen - bang on the black football Kontinennt! Globetrotter Otto Pfister (71) has jettisoned as national coach of Cameroon - exactly one year before the 2010 World Cup in South Africa!
In the interview, the native of Cologne EXPRESS explains why he quit. And why an African team will never be World Champion ...
EXPRESS: Mr. Pfister is why you resigned as coach of Cameroon? Pfister: I was observed in Greece players who come into our training camp in Brussels, and suddenly three people standing in front of me and say: We are your new assistant coach. The minister has simply changed my employees rod. My past Wizards were simply sold! I'm not going to do with me. I have principles. Imagine: In Cologne, Christoph Daum comes to training and his assistants are fired. Who can do that to himself? How can I explain this one Samuel EtoŽo? I still lose my face! I immediately canceled in writing.
Can you do it just like that? Pfister: Of course. The Federation has indeed committed a breach of contract. I have an exclusive right to pick me my staff. Goalkeeper coach Thomas Nkono was among them. And my assistant GWEA was the best I ever had. The take away I can not let me. He was crying on the phone. Do you know: Whether in Togo, Nigeria or Cameroon, it is the same everywhere.
What do you think? Pfister: It's about the clan. Coal. For positions and intrigue. 1000 people in Cameroon want to be coaches for the national team. There is a lot of money in the game. If you belong to, you have a good future. And so the politics of its people haggle about the team. For this reason, an African team will never be world champion!
Your dream of the 2010 World Cup has burst? Pfister: Not at all. I already have a job as national coach in the Arab Region and another. In addition, roll again soon anyway for a few heads in the qualification.
But the issue is final by Cameroon? After all, they led the country to No. 2 at the last African Nations Cup. ... Pfister: Even the President has called me. Certainly there is a chance. But that's all tralala. To 90 percent, the door is shut. As a coach you have to be cold. I've known this dirty business. Even Arsène Wenger and José Mourinho, whom I know very well, are cold. No other way.
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