{"id":25694,"date":"2021-03-23T17:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=25694"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:34:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:34:23","slug":"taifa-stars-opt-for-intensive-preps-for-equatorial-guinea-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/sport\/taifa-stars-opt-for-intensive-preps-for-equatorial-guinea-clash","title":{"rendered":"Taifa Stars opt for intensive preps for Equatorial Guinea clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Tanzania:<\/strong> TANZANIA&#8217;s senior national footall team are preparing well for a crucial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers&#8217; match against Equatorial Guinea, which will take place at Estadio de Malabo in Malabo on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Taifa Stars&#8217; head coach, Kim Poulsen, stated his charges are prepared to win the match and make the country proud.<\/p>\n<p>He said he needs his players to be on top of their game if they are to get good results against Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect Equatorial Guinea to be tough, but we are preparing well as the aim is to win the game,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week Taifa Stars lost 2-1 to Kenya in an international friendly clash and coach Poulsen said the game helped him a lot in creating combinations and coordination.<\/p>\n<p>He said the game against Kenya was an opportunity for his team to assess their strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed: &#8220;The match against Kenya was an opportunity for us to measure our strengths and weaknesses, I&#8217;m confident that we will do well in our game against Equatorial Guinea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The coach said he expects to have a full squad this week as foreign-based players join camp.<\/p>\n<p>After the Kenya friendly, coach Poulsen said he will work on improving his team&#8217;s defense and on scoring more goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the friendly match we made some defensive mistakes which cost us, but at the same time, our other challenge was failure to score, something we have to work on,&#8221; the Dane disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>He said they played good attacking football and, in the qualifiers&#8217; clash, they want to continue from where the team stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Taifa Stars are expected to play Equatorial Guinea in the 2021 AFCON qualifier at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Stars&#8217; coach maintained that the mission is to see Taifa Stars qualify for AFCON finals for the second time in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya&#8217;s Harambee Stars notched the first goal through Erick Kapaito on the 20th minute of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Taifa Stars equalized 12 minutes later through Ayoub Lyanga and in the second half Harambee Stars&#8217; attacker Hassan Abdallah netted the winner for them on the 59th minute of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Tanzania: TANZANIA&#8217;s senior national footall team are preparing well for a crucial Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers&#8217; match against Equatorial Guinea, which will take place at Estadio de Malabo in Malabo on Thursday. 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