{"id":4376,"date":"2022-01-27T15:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sierraleonefootball.com\/?page_id=4376"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:21:24","slug":"coach-beaumelle-not-worried-about-losing-ivory-coast-job-after-afcon-exit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sierraleonefootball.com\/coach-beaumelle-not-worried-about-losing-ivory-coast-job-after-afcon-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Beaumelle not worried about losing Ivory Coast job after Afcon exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Patrice Beamelle Ivory Coast coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Mohamed Fajah Barrie in Douala<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivory Coast coach Patrice Beaumelle says he\u2019s not worried about losing his job after his side crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Cameroon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Elephants lost 5-4 on penalties to Egypt\u2019s Pharaohs after goalless at full time and extra time in the round of 16 in Douala on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Frenchman who was appointed in March 2020 to lead The Elephants at the Afcon finals is technically out of contract as they\u2019ve exited the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team under his guidance had also failed to make it to the final play-off stage of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo be honest I don\u2019t think about losing my job,\u201d the 43-year-old Beaumelle told Sierra Leone Football.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m a competitor, I don\u2019t fear losing my job. I don\u2019t want to talk about myself and my contract for now, in my mind I\u2019m still in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI need two or three days to cool down, and we see what\u2019s going to happen, it’s football so for that I have no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Beaumelle was named coach of The Elephants, he was assistant manager to Ivory Coast\u2019s 2015 Afcon winning coach Harve Renard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had also previously served as head coach of the Zambia national team Chipolopolo.<\/p>\n