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he plan of the ieria oot‹all ederation to et the Sžper ales

e¡posed to hih rade internatio­nal ames to improve their level of confidence and aptitžde remains in placeǰ despite the defeat ‹yMe¡icoȂs ȁAȂ eam in Los Aneles on Satžrdayǰ resident of the ǰ Mr. Ama“ž Melvin innic” has stated.

innic”ǰ also a Mem‹er of the A ožncilǰ has also cožnseled the players to discožntenance the hih-score defeat and rather ta”e to heart the reat lessons of the encožnterǰ while em‹racin the fact that they need sžch ames to come to reat stead and ‹e a‹le to compete credita‹ly at internatio­nal level.

ȃ here is nothin that has happened here that will discožrae žs from pžshin ahead with the plan we have for the teamǰȄ

innic” said after the match watched ‹y an impressive śřǰŘśŞ spectators inside the LA olisežm in the State of alifornia. ȃOžr proramme to et the team to a hiher level throžh režlar e¡posžre to the tožhest ames possi‹le will continže apace.

ȃ ‹elieve the players ave their ‹est in the encožnterǰ and the resžlt cožld have ‹een different if we didnȂt concede those early oals and we too” ožr chances that came immediatel­y after.

he difference was in reater e¡perience and mžch more e¡posžreǰ and nothin stops ožr ‹oys from standin žp to the Me¡icans with a nžm‹er of ames žnder their ‹elts in the ne¡t few months.Ȅ

Star Ȯstždded l ri mined immense psycholoical advantae from scorin two oals in the openin fožr minžtes as ieriaȂs defenders were still settlin into the encožnter. Livewire Anayo

wžala mžffed an opportžnity and tripped on anotherǰ and l ri went ahead to score two second half oals to wrap žp the tie.

ȃ am stronly of the ‹elief that the players shožld ‹e commended for their efforts in the ame. hey did not “žst lie down to slažhtered.

hey pžt žp a fiht and were only žnlžc”y.

ȃ e will o ahead and deliver on the proramme we have for them to ‹e a mžch stroner teamǰ as we look forward to the next African ations hampionshi­p.Ȅ

he sšžad cožld make a retžrn to the SA in a few months as the cooperatio­n areement ‹etween the and the overnment of State of Maryland starts to take shape. innick ǻon ‹ehalf of the

Ǽ and the Liežtenant overnor oyd žtherford ǻon ‹ehalf of the

overnment of State of MarylandǼ last week sined a cooperatio­n areement ‹ased on shared vision and shared valžes and with the pillar of mžtžal žnderstandi­n for rapid developmen­t.

he deleation of Sžper ales is expected ‹ack in ieria on ednesday mornin.

Bronze medallists at the third edition of the A in Sožth Africa in ŘŖŗŚǰ the Sžper ales B won silver as ržnners-žp at the ęfth edition in Morocco in ŘŖŗŞǰ ‹žt failed to šžalify for the ŘŖŘŖ ęnals played in

ameroon early this year as a resžlt of the disržption to internatio­nal calendar ‹y the lo‹al coronaviržs pandemic.

he šžalifyin matches for the seventh edition of the A ǰ to ‹e staed in Aleriaǰ are schedžled to ‹ein ‹efore the end of the year.

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