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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A 5-0 drubbing in the hands the Mozambican Os Mambas has earned the Lesotho senior national team, Likuena, a few new enemies. Likuena lost the Mozambican national team in a friendly match away in Maputo on Wednesday, as part of preparation for the upcoming COSAFA Cup set to take place in South Africa next month.<\/p>\n

Some local football coaches are annoyed by the shabby performance the team has dished since its South African mentor, Thabo Senong, took the reins, saying a 5-0 whipping is a disgrace to the country \u2013 regardless of the nature of the fixture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a humiliation,\u201d said former Jomo Cosmos, LDF FC and Likuena goalkeeper, Motlalepula Sepipi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mozambique team has humiliated us.<\/p>\n

\u201d Sepipi further said: \u201cI don\u2019t know what could have gone wrong. Maybe this is because of the Coronavirus lockdown which saw sporting activities suspended from January until last month.<\/p>\n

\u201d However, Sepipi said the local coaches who have been at the helm of the national team previously were far better than the imported Senong in terms of coaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur local coaches were trying their level best and there was a difference. We didn\u2019t lose like we do now.<\/p>\n

\u201d Sepipi also hinted that Likuena\u2019s poor performance may be a sign that there\u2019s something wrong with the country\u2019s football administration.<\/p>\n

Former FC Likhopo and Lioli coach, Rets\u030celisitsoe Lephaila, also labelled the Mozambique loss a shameful display and the reputation of local football fraternity and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, that performance is a shame to the nation,\u201d said Lephaila in an interview yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like to criticize other coaches but honestly speaking I think coach Thabo Senong really needs some self-introspection.<\/p>\n

\u201d Lephaila further said: \u201c. . I am saying because if we managed a 5-0 loss in preparation for the COSAFA Cup it means we are not serious.<\/p>\n

\u201d Lephaila said it\u2019s a waste of money and time for a national team to play away from home and lose with such a margin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think coach Senong should give justifications for this performance this time around.<\/p>\n

It is true that when you play friendly matches you play them with different objectives, and we are not his team could not have lost\u2026because as a coach you need to build combinations and give other players an opportunity.<\/p>\n

But Likuena are a senior national team, they are the country\u2019s pride. \u201d Lephaila said the Mozambique defeat was likely to demoralize the team ahead of the COSAFA Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to demoralize us. We should not go to friendly games with a mentality that it doesn\u2019t matter if we lose. \u201d Lephaila said since Lesotho is not a football power-house, the Lesotho Football Association (LeFA) and Senong should take COSAFA Cup very serious.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think coach Senong should have not have played these friendly games from the beginning (against Mozambique and eSwatini) without players like Tumelo Khutlang and others who ply trade outside the country because at the end of the day they are the players he needs most (for the COSAFA Cup).<\/p>\n

\u201d Lephaila said: \u201cBecause at the national team is not where you test players. But we need results because we have been humiliated enough and this is bad. \u201d<\/p>\n

Former Lioli, LCS and Lesotho Under-23 national team player, Ramashalane Taeli, holds a view that the Likuena team which lost to Mozambique was totally a different team.<\/p>\n

\u201cLikuena was completely a different team yesterday. Coach Senong has always been playing a 3-5-2 formation but yesterday he played a 4-3-3,\u201d said Taeli.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he was trying something new, especially because he didn\u2019t have that much pressure since it was a friendly game.<\/p>\n

\u201d Taeli further said: \u201cAgain, there were so many changes with players like Tau Masiu, Ts\u030coanelo Koetle, Lits\u030cepe Marabe and others. \u201d<\/p>\n

Taeli also indicated that compared to other countries, Lesotho is lags behind as far as football is concerned, adding \u201cbut the truth is that compared to other countries we are still behind as far as football is concerned.<\/p>\n

So I think it is better for us when we play a little bit defensive formation because we are better when we play behind the ball. \u201d Senong has failed to guide Likuena even to a single victory since he took over as the team\u2019s head coach in September, 2019.<\/p>\n

Likuena only played draws and losses under Senong until today. The team plays another friendly match against eSwatini tomorrow, also in Mozambique. The friendly match is also in preparation for the upcoming COSAFA Cup.<\/p>\n

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