{"id":65133,"date":"2025-12-10T20:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/botswana-confident-of-superb-showing-at-afcon"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:24:01","slug":"botswana-confident-of-superb-showing-at-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/botswana-confident-of-superb-showing-at-afcon","title":{"rendered":"Botswana Confident of Superb Showing at AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>Zebras Head of Delegation, Maokaneng \u201cMax\u201d Bontshetse is confident that his troops will do the nation proud at their second appearance at the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking upon arrival in Tunisia where the Zebras will hold their last training camp, Bontshetse said, \u201cwe are confident, we\u2019ll not go home early. The boys are prepared (to battle) and they want to do it for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bontshetse hinted that the Zebras will play two friendly matches before heading out to Morocco on December 19. <b>\u201cWe are still negotiating with some countries and if possible we\u2019ll play three matches here in Tunisia. The coach (Morena Ramoreboli) has made it clear that he doesn\u2019t want to play any friendly matches upon arrival in Morocco,\u201d <\/b>he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The Zebras are in Group D alongside, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo and Benin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Zebras Head of Delegation, Maokaneng \u201cMax\u201d Bontshetse is confident that his troops will do the nation proud at their second appearance at the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON). Speaking upon arrival in Tunisia where the Zebras will hold their last training camp, Bontshetse said, \u201cwe are confident, we\u2019ll not go home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-65133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Botswana Confident of Superb Showing at AFCON - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. 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