{"id":14709,"date":"2020-09-04T17:16:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T17:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/tanzania\/?p=14709"},"modified":"2020-09-04T17:16:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T17:16:33","slug":"be-vigilant-stars-coach-advises-tz-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sport\/be-vigilant-stars-coach-advises-tz-players","title":{"rendered":"BE VIGILANT, STARS COACH ADVISES TZ PLAYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: BENJAMIN BEN<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> TAIFA Stars coach Etienne Ndayiragije has urged Tanzania players who opt to return back home after unimpressive professional life outside the country to never lose hope but work on the shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after some players who previously went to seek green pastures abroad decided to return home prematurely and proceed to play for the domestic clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have seen a number of African players who get it tough on their first attempts to play professional football abroad, and as a result, they return home without seeking second attempts. \u201cWhen you go outside and you find the going is tough, return home and work hard on areas which made you look inferior there and make a path to go back. That is what professional football is all about,\u201d Ndayiragije said.<\/p>\n<p>He gave an example of Senegalese Liverpool player Sadio Mane saying on his first attempt to play in Europe, he was not successful such that he had to come back to Africa, work hard and upon going back to Europe for the second chance, he became successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of African players find it hard to excel in Europe on their first attempt that is why most of them prefer to go back to their homes without trying for another opportunity to prove again their potential which is not right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing is for the player himself to concede and identify what areas his colleagues were better and try to improve them. Then, just work on such things and look for the second attempt,\u201d the Burundian trainer said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ndayiragije faces an uphill task ahead as he will be navigating the country\u2019s envoys to do well in the group D of their African Nations Championship (CHAN) against Namibia, Zambia and Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>The competition which was initially planned to take place this year in Cameroon, has been shifted to January next year due to Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Since the competition relies on domestic players, it is the opportunity for them to work lungs out during the various football leagues slated to begin soon so that they can earn a chance to be selected to join the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Ndayiragije succeeded Emmanuel Amunike at the helm of the Stars last year following the exit of the latter who was fired after a poor campaign in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Egypt. Prior to that, Ndayiragije was a Head Coach of Azam FC, KMC and Mbao FC respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: BENJAMIN BEN AfricaPress-Tanzania: TAIFA Stars coach Etienne Ndayiragije has urged Tanzania players who opt to return back home after unimpressive professional life outside the country to never lose hope but work on the shortfalls. 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