The Angolan Football Federation (FAF) has sacked national team coach Romeu Filemon,
He was relieved of his appointment on Monday, after he allegedly failed to turn up for work following the Christmas holiday.
Radio Diaspora recalls that Filemon had on December 23 publicly told state-run Radio Nacional de Angola that he had not been paid his salary for eight months.
Filemon after the press statement by FAF which said he was sacked for“unjustified absence” from work on Boxing Day said he was present at the team hotel in Luanda and that he would hold a news conference later in the week to clarify the reasons behind his dismissal on Sunday.
“Things have to be said with truth. And, on Thursday or Friday, I will give a press conference to clarify what is really going on,” Filemon said.
Ranked 98th in the world, the Palancas Negras, or Sable Antelopes, were knocked out of 2018 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifiers by South Africa in October.