Blame Traore for Senegal's failure -Diouf

FORMER African Footballer of the Year, El Hadji Diouf has blamed Senegal's early Africa Cup of Nations exit on coach Amara Traore.The Teranga Lions suffered surprise back-to-back defeats against Zambia and Equatorial Guinea in their first two games, meaning they have no hope of progressing into the quarterfinals.Diouf believes Traore lacks the necessary experience to lead Senegal's national side and overestimated their abilities heading into the tournament.'The Senegal team has no soul. I have always said that Amara Traore knows nothing. He doesn't have the level of experience and knowledge to handle the team,' Diouf told Orange Sports.'See, Traore and the FA guys used the victory against Cameroon and the qualification to the 2012 Afcon to launch the Teranga Lions as a squad to be reckoned with on the continent, without really checking to see the true capacity of the team.'The team is weak, or let me say doesn't worth the big name pundits give to it and the true status has just been revealed.'I predicted the failure of Senegal at the 2012 Afcon and it has happened. The FA people are jealous of Senegal's 2002 generation. They don't want to associate us with the team. Some of us have experience."I'm completing my coaching course in England and I could be useful to the team but they have mixed politics with football in Senegal and things will never change for good for now,' he concluded.Diouf, who currently plays for Doncaster Rovers in the English Football League Championship, was handed a five-year ban from all football activities last year by the Senegal Football Federation for accusing the body's officials of corruption.
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