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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>National team Sihlangu are out of the 55\/55 double celebrations.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Dominic Kunene-led side was reportedly earmarked to participate in the double celebration to be held at Somhlolo National Stadium earlier this month. They were reportedly to welcome the Black Mambas of Mozambique in the match to celebrate 55 years since the country gained its independence from the British, as well as His Majesty King Mswati III\u2019s 55th birthday. According to an impeccable source close to the planners of the event, Sihlangu had been pulled out of the double celebration\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n

The squad is currently in camp preparing for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) \u2018dead rubber\u2019 match against Burkina Faso on September 8, 2023 in Morocco. \u201cThe senior national team has been pulled out of the 55\/55 double celebration as they will be playing a competitive match two days later after the event away in Morocco,\u201d the source said. The source said they had since penned the national Under-20 squad to play against their Mozambican counterparts on the day.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Eswatini Football Association (EFA) Marketing and Communications Officer Muzi \u2018Rhoo\u2019 Radebe said his office was not at liberty to comment on this issue as it touches the country\u2019s authorities. \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about that, the right office to talk to is the King\u2019s Office, as they are the ones who are planning on the event,\u201d Radebe said. He further said had it been an issue involving the squad playing friendly matches, he would have given clear comments.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eswatini. National team Sihlangu are out of the 55\/55 double celebrations. The Dominic Kunene-led side was reportedly earmarked to participate in the double celebration to be held at Somhlolo National Stadium earlier this month. They were reportedly to welcome the Black Mambas of Mozambique in the match to celebrate 55 years since the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-32665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nNATIONAL U-20S FACE MOZ COUNTERPARTS IN 55\/55 - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"National team Sihlangu are out of the 55\/55 double celebrations. 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