Friday, January 11, 2013

Taifa Stars ready for Ethiopia trip


The national football team (Taifa Stars) are expected to leave today for Addis Ababa for Friday international friendly match against the host side Ethiopia.
According to the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) media officer, Boniface Wambura, the match is very important for the national team preparations ahead of the 2014 World Cup Africa qualifiers.
Stars will lock horns with Morocco in March.
Meanwhile Wambura said two Young Africans (Yanga), Kelvin Yondan and Frank Domayo, are expected in the country today to join Taifa Stars which is preparing for match against Ethiopia.
The two utility players were with their side in Turkey where they are training ahead of the Mainland Premier League second round matches.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Wambura said Yanga have agreed to release only two players to join the national team.

The last time Ethiopia qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations was in 1982.
Despite winning the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup four times, they have found it hard to penetrate into the Africa’s biggest soccer bonanza, the Africa Cup of Nations.
The team qualified for the last 16 after beating Sudan 2-0 at home.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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