AfricaPress-Tanzania: NGORONGORO Heroes face a must win match against Gambia in their second fixture of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals at Stade Municipal in Nouadhibou, Mauritania on Friday.
Both teams lost their opening clashes to Ghana and Morroco respectively as such, a side which will stand tall after the sweaty 90 minutes will rejuvenate their chances of reaching into the quarterfinals.
The Heroes suffered a 4-0 loss to Ghana whereas Gambia surrendered 1-0 to Morocco in another hot opening game of the glittering competition.
Even though Ngorongoro Heroes are making their debut in the competition, they still use it as a good platform to sell off themselves bearing in mind that many people around the world are watching the proceedings in Mauritania.
Speaking recently after the Ghana defeat, Ngorongoro Heroes coach Jamhuri Kihwelo was confident that his players will execute good job in today’s match.
He said even though they lost the match, he was satisfied to see that his players have known their mistakes and together, they will rectify them prior to their next two matches.
“To be honest, the loss did not mean that Ghana were better than us because even if you can look at statistics after the game, we were above them in everything. The only difference was that they positively used our mistakes,” he said.
He added that Ghana have vast experience in the competition and have won it several times as such, whenever you make mistakes, they do not hesitate to punish you.
“What I can say is that we are focused for the battle as such; we have to fight hard to make sure that we win two of the remaining encounters to create a good path to reach at the promised land,” Kihwelo said.
He then declined to blame any of his charges for the poor results insisting that they lost as a team and should work hard as a team to stamp success in upcoming duels.
“The entire team is responsible for the defeat and we have lost against a good side in the continent but all in all, I do not want to give Ghana much credit because we too played well than them
