Eritrea coach proud in defeat
Omer Ahmed, the Eritrean national team coach, is delighted with his side’s effort despite the Red Sea Camels losing all their two opening games of the GOtv Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup. Eritrea lost by 3-0 margins
Omer Ahmed, the Eritrean national team coach, is delighted with his side’s effort despite the Red Sea Camels losing all their two opening games of the GOtv Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.
Eritrea lost by 3-0 margins for the second successive game, this time against champions Uganda at the City Stadium on Monday.
The defeat left them with the slimmest of chances, if any, to progress as the best losers while victory ensured Uganda made the last eight with a game to spare.
But while the Cranes were all over Eritrea in the first half, scoring all goals in the period, the Red Sea Camels did make an impression after recess, boasting of great chances themselves but being let down by inexperience and poor application in front of goal.
That second half display especially gave Omer some encouraging notes. “For me I think I have been happy with my boys’ performance,” he told supersport.com.
“As you can see, we have been losing big in previous campaigns but not playing well, but now we lose 3-0 against Sudan, and now 3-0 against Uganda, but we play better (than before).”
Omer added: “We play a very tough team, Uganda… we play the champions. In the first half they play better and score their chances.
“But for us in second half we play very well, beautiful football, we pass the ball better but when we reach the box, my players don’t have experience to score. We are a young team and have no experience like Uganda. But we are growing and will be better.”
Eritrea face Rwanda in their last group opener with each side hoping to score as many as possible to hang in there, depending on results elsewhere.
Source: Super Sport
simerrr21012 December 3, 2013
I think bado seleste 03 is so close to Eritrean life. All the misinformation what we used to get from 03 higdef propoganda now we got them in Kenya and Uganda. Before we get basketball kind of goals please Mr Coach wake up from your dream and see the reality on the ground. Mr.Coach you can’t just go like GIFA style gathering young boys from the corner and go to regional or international matches. My Eri boys, we will not blame you if you abandon the regime and look for freedom but we do blame you if you bring us terrible defeat which will go in Eritrean football history for the coming generation. A country who made Ethiopia to won the 3rd African Cup should not act like circus clown in football field. You guys have been mistreated for years by the mafia regime and not ready to play heart fully for this regime again I’ll say for this regime…higdef want us to dance, play . work , pay for him and we will not do that. I’m 100% sure the player from inside Eritrea will decide to stay in Uganda and that should be the right decision…
Kalighe December 3, 2013
Omer Ahmed is acting like his boss … even when Eritrea is losing, Issu thinks the country is moving forward .. .
Shame on all Higdefites.
razen December 3, 2013
Don’t mix sport and politics
Robel December 3, 2013
Hahahaha
I never heard a coach in this planet to be happy when his team is losing by 3 goal to 0. No mater who you playing agains I think this coach a Childers community coach in Saudi Arabia. He must be !
Gemati December 3, 2013
iwuwyyyyyyyyyyy mehferti,,,,,,,Iwuyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy,tinfer imber tel iya” Bzeweta zigedefnalom yeblnan,iwayyyyyyyyyyyy,ata kulom diyom hade ?iway hifrettttttttttttttttt,gezkum tirhaQ ehhhhhh
Brhane December 3, 2013
The team travel to kenya to get experience as always.
jos December 3, 2013
Bo it was not experience that their looking after, it assylum they are looking arter.
Million December 3, 2013
Assenna,
The way you presented the topic( the news ) is not fair.
Yes Eritrea has lost. But when reporting about the comments made by the coach , u are misreporting it in your analysis. Never ever can a coach say that he is proud of his team’s defeat. Read carefully to what he is quoted as saying.
He has not indicated that he is proud because of the defeat. He is comparing the defeat with the previous defeats the eritrean team have had experienced. All he is saying is that the loss we faced is not as bad as it used to be.
More over, do not associate the failure of the team with the coach as u have neither attached it with any individual of the team. The poor performance of the National team is only a reflection of the irresponsible and careless treatment given to the members ( as it is to all youngster Eritreans ) by the government .
Thanks.
sorobeti December 3, 2013
Million
You said amillion fair on the issue of the ckachbeing prkud and you were very fair on the poor players treTment by the mafia regime as it is with entire life of the country.
dan December 3, 2013
eten kebti wesidomen eyom ente tserfi gin zhadegnalom yeblnan aye higdef riesi hamham
sawra1 December 3, 2013
Assena you are only report the negative side of Eritrea. How come you do not report the success of our Red sea cycling team who is making history in Egypt. You need to be fair when you report our sportsmen are representing Eritrea they are not political party. They are ours we should be proud of them. Few weeks ago they made history in Rwanda and now they are making history in Egypt. WE might not be good in soccer but we are the best in cycling in Africa. I am proud of our team.
Awet December 3, 2013
Sawra1:
Assenna job is to report as it is. We are proud of our cycling team. Assenna did report it along with a picture of the team. Scroll down and you will see you on it’s home page.
Gebez December 3, 2013
Typical eritrean mentality. No sense of reality at all.Next time, the players have to try playing with pistols on their hands. hahahahahahahahahaha