Africa-Press – Lesotho. The newly appointed Lesotho Senior National team – Likuena interim Coach Leslie Notsi and Assistant coach Shalale Lehohla have announced the new changes to Likuena squad ahead of the Council of Southern
Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) tournament scheduled for July 7th in South Africa, Nelson Mandela Bay. “Eight of the players have left the team including
a player who had an angle injury. The technical team decided to release him. He will take four to five days to recover,” Notsi said during a media briefing at
Bambatha Tšita Sports arena on Tuesday. Notsi continued to show that the team currently has 24 players remaining and the trimming process will carry on until
they end up with the recommended final selection of 20 players expected to participate at the tournament. He, however said Lesotho is grouped with strong teams therefore they need experienced players.
“There is usually much pressure when preparing for this tournament but the players are working
hard and this gives us hope that they will be focused. Time is too short to prepare for the tournament and the technical team needs to bring back the nations hope which was somehow shaken by the resignation of the former coach,”
Notsi noted. The players that have been released from the team are Moteloa Khemisi from Matlama, Tumelo Ngatane – Lesotho Correctional Service (LCS), Thabo Seakhoa – LCS, Manyatheli Ntobo – Lesotho
Mounted Police Service (LMPS), Teboho Ratibisi – Lesotho Defence Force (LDF), Mokoteli Mohapi – Kick4Life, Koenehelo Mothala Linare, Tšeole Ranthimo – Linare
and Thabo Lesaoana – Bantu, who has been injured. On the other hand, Former Likuena star and the newly appointed Likuena Assistant Coach Shalale Lehohla expressed
gratitude for being part of the technical team, he noted that “some things happen at the right time”. “This is a great opportunity for me as a young coach to be part of the Lesotho Senior National team to share the skills
that I accomplished as a player and also learn and gain experience from the veteran coaches. The team will play against some of the countries that we used
to defeat when I was part of the squad, but lately those teams beat us,” he said. He added that they are determined to bring back the spirit. Lehohla said
they are going to be dedicated to their work to improve Likuena from where it was before so that they cannot be ashamed of expressing their views to others about Lesotho.
