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| Peter Bonu Johnson |
Just
four days before facing Ivory Coast in a crucial 2014 World Cup qualifier, the
Gambia has announced a change in the Scorpions’ coaching setup with Peter Bonu
Johnson taking over from the man he lost the position to – Italian Luciano
Mancini.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports says they in consultation
with the football authorities have decided to put Bonu Johnson back in charge
of the Gambian national team, the Scorpions.
This follows Bonu’s recent success at the Umbria
International Tournament in Italy where he steered an Under-19 Gambian side to cup
victory.
The Ministry of Youth and Sports, which appoints and pays the
country’s national team coaches, confirmed to this blog that Peter Bonu Johnson has been reinstated as
head coach of the Scorpions and the man for whom he was made to stand aside
exactly a year ago, Luciano Mancini, is now to serve under him as an adviser.
Exactly a year to the month, Mancini was brought in and
placed above Bonu in the coaching order. But after three high profile games
without a point – Tanzania in the World Cup qualifiers, Algeria in the Nations
Cup qualifiers and Ivory Coast in the World Cup qualifiers – the Ministry of Youth
and Sports decided to put Bonu back in charge for the remainder of the
Scorpions’ World Cup games.
The former national player will now steer the Gambia for the
remaining 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania, Morocco and first
this weekend, Ivory Coast.
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