Norwegian “Drillo” Egil Olsen reportedly sacked unceremoniously as the Iraqi National football coach?
Posted by African Press International on February 25, 2008
<Egil “Drillo” Olsen.
Drillo, the Norwegian self-booted man who was the Norwegian National Football Coach before his job was taken over by his then deputy has been reportedly sacked by the Iraqi National Football Orgnaization.
When “Drillo” Olsen lost his job in Norway to his deputy, he was employed as Coach in Wimbledon London. The English football was no match for him and he managed to drag the club to a lower division. He was later dismished and he returned to Norway.
It was not long before he got a job to train Fredrikstad football club, but lost the job soon after.
When an opening last year in Iraq, a country at the time looking for a National Coach, “Drillo” Olsen showed interest and he got the job because the Iraqis wanted him to be a connection to European football with a posibility to connect them with Norwegian football sponsors.
The media has got the news before he has been informed by the Iraqi Football Union, a sign that they did not have any respect for the man who considered himself golden when he got the job, thinking he would turn the Arab football nose-ward towards Europe styled football.
If the news of his dismissal is correct, this may ruin his chances to become a coach in the future.
Published by Korir, API africanpress@getmail.no
