Former Ivory Coast coach Gasset dies

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF JEAN-LOUIS GASSET SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (FILE – APRIL 10, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTO OF THEN-MARSEILLE COACH JEAN-LOUIS GASSET DURING PRESS CONFERENCE MARSEILLE, FRANCE (RECENT – MAY 2, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 2. STILL PHOTO OF GASSET DURING EUROPA LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG TIE AGAINST ATALANTA ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (FILE – JANUARY 12, 2024) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. VARIOUS OF THEN-IVORY COAST COACH GASSET WATCHING OVER TRAINING 4. STILL PHOTO OF GASSET AT PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF GUINEA-BISSAU AFCON MATCH LYON, FRANCE (FILE – JANUARY 20, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF THEN-SAINT-ETIENNE COACH GASSET DURING MATCH AGAINST LYON LE MANS, FRANCE (FILE – JUNE 5, 2012) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 6. STILL PHOTO OF THEN-FRANCE ASSISTANT COACH GASSET STANDING NEXT TO THEN-HEAD COACH LAURENT BLANC AHEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY AGAINST ESTONIA STORY: Veteran French coach Jean-Louis Gasset, who was fired at the last Africa Cup of Nations by Ivory Coast before they went on to win the trophy, has died aged 72, his former French club Montpellier announced on Friday (December 26). Hosts Ivory Coast were sensationally beaten 4-0 by minnows Equatorial Guinea in their last group game at the 2023 edition in the biggest upset in tournament history, finishing third in their group. Gasset was dismissed after the shock defeat but the Ivorians earned a reprieve as one of the best third placed finishers to qualify for the knockout rounds and eventually won the title under Gasset’s assistant Emerse Fae. One month after returning to France, Gasset was appointed coach at Olympique de Marseille but stayed for only four months. He went back to Montpellier last season but when they were headed for relegation, he was sacked in April. Gasset spent most of his playing career at Montpellier, where his father had been one of the club founders. The cause of death was not given. (Production: Stefan Haskins)

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