From: michael seium (michael.seium@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 05 2009 - 16:06:56 EST
In what was a very simple game for the Red Sea boys the Eritrean side
defeated the Somali Ocean boys, as they are known by the score of 3-1 in
Nairobi today. The Red Sea boys will make the quarterfinals and face
Tanzania on Tuesday. Congratulations to Coach Negash Teklit and the entire
national team for advancing to the next round. It is to be remembered that
the Red Sea youth (under 17) team made it to the finals a couple of months
ago and we hope the adult team will win the 33rd edition of the Orange
CECAFA tourney.
There is no doubt in the minds of Eritreans that the Eritrean national
soccer team will one day make the African nations cup and the World Cup as a
participant. The game is so loved by the people of Eritrea, that during a
recent trip to Asmara the world cup trophy got such a huge welcome and an
awesome Eritrean hospitality. It is just a matter of time before the Red Sea
boys will make their way to one of these big events. Like everything else in
Eritrea the development of the game and athletics in general has seen a huge
leap in a very short period of time.
Meanwhile the world cup draw took place yesterday in South Africa. Ivory
Coast with one of the best players in the world and Ghana seem to be the
strong favorites from the African continent while South Africa as a host may
also be a good candidate along side of traditional powerhouse Cameroon.
Algeria with an easier group and Nigeria are the other African sides.
Eri-TV recently conducted an interview with Eritrean super star Italo
Vassalo who alongside of his older brother Lucciano represented the
Ethiopian national team along side of 8 other Eritreans in the 1962 African
nations cup. You might as well say that Eritrea won the cup even though the
glory goes to Ethiopia. Italo in a two part series spoke to the Amharic
program of Eri-TV and expressed his passion for the game and that he has no
ill will towards the Ethiopian people despite his deportation from Ethiopia
by the current regime in Addis.
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The 1962 African Cup of nations champions with 9 Eritreans including the
Vassalo brother.
In other soccer news related to Eritrea we will fill you in on the progress
of Henok Goitom. There is word that the quarter finals of the CECAFA games
will be televised and if we get any information here at Eri-International
sports we will feel you in, until then enjoy this clip of the Eritrean
national team taking on the Zimbabwe team which ended in a 0-0 tie on Day 4
of the Cecafa tourney that was played last week. Check out the link and
enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2_dJDoqdak&feature=related
For Eri-International sports blog
This is Mike Seium
http://eri-internationalsports.blogspot.com/
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