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Zebras leave for Eritrea
The Zebras left for Eritrea yesterday looking to emerge unscathed in
the first leg of preliminary round of the 2018 World Cup qualifier.
The Zebras are fresh from a 3-2 loss to Ethiopia.
ByKabelo Boranabi Tue 06 Oct 2015, 18:00 pm (GMT +2)
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The Zebras play Ethiopia on Saturday with the return leg in
Francistown next week Tuesday.
The Zebras won their last competitive fixture against Burkina Faso by
a solitary goal in a 2017 Africa Cup on Nations (AFCON) qualifier. The
Zebras, who are ranked 121st in the FIFA rankings, will look for a
positive start to what is expected to be a gruelling campaign. This
would be the first meeting between the Zebras and the East Africans.
Zebras coach, Peter Butler gave a number of fringe players the chance
to prove themselves in the Ethiopian game, which was used as a
preparatory game for the Eritrea fixture. They include Police XI
anchorman, Joseph Joseph, the league top goal scorer Moatlhodi
Ralesotla of Green Lovers and Miscellaneous’ Keolopile Moremi.
The ‘Red Sea Boys’ as Eritrea are affectionately known are ranked
202nd in the FIFA rankings.
They have never qualified for
a major tournament with their first ever World Cup goal coming in the
2014 qualifiers when they played to a 1-1 draw with Rwanda. They lost
the reverse fixture 3-1.
The Zebras were forced into the preliminary round as there were among
the 26 bottom ranked teams in Africa.
The 13 winners in the preliminary rounds will then join 27 top ranked
teams on the continent in the second round. The 20 winners from the
second round would then be drawn into five groups of four teams with
the top teams qualifying for the tournament to be hosted by Russia.
Squad to Eritrea
Mwampule Masule, Kabelo Dambe, Goitseone Phoko, Tebogo Sosome,
Gaopatwe Seosenyeng,
Obonye Moswate, Mosha Gaolaolwe, Hendrick Moyo, Keolopile Molemi,
Lebogang Maswena, Kaone Vanderwesthuizen, Joseph Joseph, Letlhogonolo
Senwelo, Galabgwe Moyana, Kabelo Seakanyeng,
Phenyo Molefe, Segolame Boy, Lebogang Ditsele, Mogakolodi Ngele, Joel
Mogorosi, Lemponye Tshirelesto, Boitumelo Mafoko, Ofentse Nato
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