{"id":140602,"date":"2022-01-27T19:29:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=140602"},"modified":"2022-01-27T19:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:29:07","slug":"guinea-president-demands-refund-from-national-team-after-crashing-out-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/27\/guinea-president-demands-refund-from-national-team-after-crashing-out-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea president demands refund from national team after crashing out of AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interim President of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/afcon-2021-pele-reacts-to-nigerias-2-0-win-over-guinea-bissau\/\">Guinea<\/a>, Mamady Doumbouya, has forgiven the country\u2019s national men\u2019s football team for crashing out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon, but wants a partial refund for the games not played in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The National Elephants suffered a 1-0 loss to the Gambia in the round of 16 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The president held a meeting with the Guinea football team after they returned home, where praised them for their performance and also told them he has forgiven them for not winning the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>According to Doumbouya, his utmost intention was to encourage them, having understood that building teams take time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cPresident Mamady Doumbouya has forgiven the team. Says his ultimatum was just to encourage them. He understands team building takes time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBut the money given to the team covered QF, Semi-final, and final games and that must be returned to the state coffers,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Ghanaian sports journalist Saddik Adams tweeted on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interim President of Guinea, Mamady Doumbouya, has forgiven the country\u2019s national men\u2019s football team for crashing out of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon, but wants a partial refund for the games not played in the competition. 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