Africa-Press – Tanzania. TANZANIA Football Federation will honour the former National team, Taifa Stars skipper Aggrey Morris for his excellent 10- year service he rendered to the team.
It will be this Sunday when Morris will be honoured during an international friendly match against Democratic Republic of Congo at Benjamin Mkapa stadium in Dar es Salaam.
The match is part of the Taifa Stars drills for CHAN 2021 finals to be staged late this month in Cameroon.
The 36-year-old player has served Taifa Stars as a central back for more than 10 years since 2010 when the team was under Marcio Maximo.
Prior to his recruitment in the Maximo squad, he also served Zanzibar Heroes from 2009. Morris joined Azam in in the season 2011/2012 from Mafunzo of Zanzibar.
Meanwhile, THE government has pledged to fully be involved in all necessary affairs needed for the national team, Taifa Stars to do well in their upcoming continental matches.
Stars are already on the ground drilling themselves ahead of the approaching two friendly games against Congo DR plus the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) finals to be held in Cameroon from January 16th this year.
Speaking recently after visiting Taifa Stars training sessions at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana grounds in the city, the Deputy Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports Abdallah Ulega reiterated that government will take the leading role to support Taifa Stars.
“As government, we will ensure that we speak the same language with the National Sports Council and the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) so that everything that is needed for the senior team to do well is timely provided,” he said.
He also disclosed on January 8th, they will have a meeting with all the concerned stakeholders to find out on what they ought to fuel for the good results for Taifa Stars in CHAN finals.
“We want to sort all the affairs of these players before they depart for the CHAN assignment so that while there, they should focus on playing only other than thinking about how their families are progressing financially,” Ulega noted.
A 30-member strong squad was recently unveiled by Taifa Stars Head Coach Etienne Ndayiragije which will be responsible to fly high the national colours throughout the hot contest.
Tanzania is packed in group D of the competition together with Namibia, Guinea and Zambia whereby the best two top teams in each group will advance into the quarterfinals.
Pundits have since described the group as fair for the country’s envoys such that they just need to put in extra effort to excel and be among the key title contenders.
They also reacted positively about the two friendly games versus Congo DR as a good test for the team before landing at the battlefield in Cameroon.
CHAN, which only attracts players who trade in their national domestic leagues, is one of the lucrative football competitions on the continent after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The official kick-off date of the contest is from January 16th all the way to February 7th this year where 16 teams will splint for the CHAN championship in Cameroon.
However, some teams like Uganda have already arrived in Cameroon ahead of the competition where they want to tune up themselves before the games start to unfold.
