Portuguese tactician Carlos Quieroz has announced his immediate departure from the Egyptian national team after failing to steer the Pharaohs to the upcoming 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup.On Tuesday evening, Egypt’s hopes of making it back to back appearances at the World Cup were shattered as Senegal, for a second time, got the better of them in an epic post-match penalty shootout where Liverpool ace Sadio Mane, cool as ice, scored the deciding penalty to send the African champions to the quadrennial tournament slated to start in November 2022.Mane sends Senegal to QatarFollowing the result that saw the Mohammed Salah captained side fail to get their 2021 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) final revenge and consequently miss out on the prestigious global tourney, Quieroz announced his departure from the team with immediate effect.“Dream is over. We tried our best but today was not enough. From the bottom of my heart my gratitude to Egypt Federation for this honor of coaching the National Team. To all my players and my staff, my recognition and humble thank you so much,” the coach posted on his official social media platform.Official: Carlos Quieroz has announced his departure from the Egyptian national team after failing to steer the team to the upcoming 2022 Qatar World Cup#Egypt #CarlosQuieroz pic.twitter.com/XQbxwykOo2— Ochi (@soo_ochieng) March 30, 2022 “You will be always in my heart. It was my privilege to work and be helped by such dedicated and capable professionals and wonderful friends. Without you, nothing could be possible for me in my life. I am very much proud of you lads. My best wishes and enormous gratitude to all Egyptian fans. To the future,” he added.Before posting on his platform, the former Manchester United assistant coach informed journalists of his decision to step down during the post-match conference.“My dream was to get Egypt to the World Cup, but it was Cissé who qualified with Senegal. The game is over. We, unfortunately, failed to reach the World Cup. It is all over and there is not a lot of things to say. It is time for me to leave the leadership of Egypt to someone else,” he is quoted on Kingfut.The 2022 World Cup will be without Mo Salah 😔 pic.twitter.com/izk8xFXUmt— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 29, 2022 With a goal advantage coming into the second leg, the Pharaohs failed to make it count as they conceded just three minutes into the game before going on to lose in the penalties, the head coach noting that it played a part in their exit.“You saw for yourself that we conceded an early goal in the opening five minutes. We started the game out of focus and at a high temperature, we do not say these are reasons for the defeat, but they are contributing factors,” Quieroz remarked.
