Coach Wants
Debbah Out "Gracefully" - From the Lone Star
July 29, 2004
Bobby Tapson
Monrovia
The head coach of Liberia's National Soccer Team Kadala Kromah, has
recommended that James Salinsa Debbah, one of the nation's most
celebrated players retire from the Lone Star "gracefully" rather
than "disgracefully"
In an interview Tuesday, the Lone Star coach disclosed that
Salansa's graceful retirement from the national team was one of
several recommendations submitted to authorities of the Liberia
Football Association (LFA) recently following the Liberia-Togo match
in which Salansa initially refused to leave the pitch.
Debbah, captaining the team at the time, had refused to leave the
pitch after he was called to be substituted by the technical staff
during the second half of the disappointing scoreless encounter.
Dabbeh's behavior was met with strong reactions from most of the
thousands of spectators as well as those monitoring the match on
radio.
As a result, Coach Kromah was requested to recommend to the LFA
possible actions against the Liberian International who had
immensely contributed to Lone Star for nearly two decades.
"I have submitted my recommendations to the LFA and it is now left
with them to start off from there", the coach stated.
But Debbah later regretted his action on the BBC and blamed the
technical staff for doing little to ensure victory for the team.
He told the BBC during the interview that age was not his problem
and that he was currently the highest scorer on his team.
Meanwhile, coach Kromah assured that he would recruit and make the
best selection to produce the best results for the remaining matches
of the Nation's Cup and World Cup qualifiers.
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