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Pfister to continue coaching Cameroon

By Xinhua

Berlin : Coach Otto Pfister Tuesday said that he would continue to coach Cameroon and will try to lead the team to the 2010 World Cup finals.

The 70-year-old German, who had hinted at quitting after Cameroon’s 0-1 loss to Egypt in Sunday’s African Nations Cup final in Ghana, told German football magazine Kicker that he would be staying.

“I am going on holiday for three weeks and then we go on. We have friendly matches in the next month and then the World Cup qualifiers begin at the end of May,” Pfister was quoted as saying by the magazine.

The final defeat to Egypt was the second Nations Cup final loss for Pfister, who was also beaten in 1992 when Ghana lost on penalties to Cote d’Ivoire in Senegal.

“I have to accept it, I cannot change it. Life goes on,” he said. “The whole team was really down after the loss but after two-three hours everyone was laughing again.”