Aili Iilonga
A contingent of Namibian football supporters from Windhoek, Oshakati and Rundu arrived in Lusaka Zambia after travelling for two days to the Zambian capital in support of the Brave Warriors for the AFCON qualifier game.
The last bus arrived this morning in Lusaka where the make or break match is set to take place.
The Warriors left the country on Tuesday and made a stop in Midlands, South Africa for a training camp before departing for Zambia on Thursday
Coach Ricardo Mannetti at the last press conference held in Windhoek said that the team is in high spirit and are aware of the task at hand.
“I have been with this team for some years now and some players have worked with me since the days of their youth and we have the experience of doing well in the last four years. We won Cosafa, qualified for CHAN finals, and even lost in the quarterfinals and here we are. The players are motivated and seeing this number of people and knowing that more will turn up on Saturday means a lot,” he said.
On behalf of the players, Brave Warriors captain Roland Ketjijere said that the team is happy that fans came in numbers to support them in this crucial game against Zambia.
“It has come to this; we have so many happy people at the airport pushing us to do well on Saturday. We know the work to be done and we remain focused not to disappoint them on Saturday. AFCON is the biggest prize in African football and for our generation of players to make it and make it in front of these Namibians in Zambia will be sentimental indeed” he said.
The set to kick off tomorrow at 15:00.
