Samaria prepares for Eritrea
Brave Warriors interim coach Bobby Samaria will continue to be in charge, until further notice.
The Brave Warriors confirmed over the weekend that interim coach Bobby Samaria will also be in charge of the team ahead of their crucial 2022 World Cup qualifier against Eritrea.
The former African Stars coach, who was tasked to take care of the team ahead of the African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier against the Comoros, which was successfully navigated, will be hoping for a similar vein of form against Eritrea. Samaria has named a provisional 35-man squad for the World Cup qualifier, with the first leg away on 4 September.
He will also be in charge of the team for the second leg at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on 10 September. Speaking to the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Samaria said: “The professional players will arrive from 29 August and Peter Shalulile will be the last one to join us the day we leave on 1 September to go and do the job away from home.”
Samaria also explained the absence of some key players from the training squad.
“The two European-based players, I have spoken to Ryan Nyambe and Manfred Starke, and we agreed that for now they fight for places at their respective clubs and later on we will consider them.
“Riaan Hanamub, our thoughts and prayers are with him, as he lost his mother and sister in a car accident this weekend and we also agreed with him to leave him out for now,” Samaria said.
He added the team has about 11 locally-based players who he will also use against Madagascar in the final round of the Chan qualifiers.
“We need to keep the guys active, hence this balanced and big squad. We will be going with 23 players to Eritrea and so ahead of this we will have a good fight for places and that can only make things a little easier for the technical team, in terms of the importance of all four matches.”
The locally-based players reported on Sunday and training started yesterday morning at the NFA Technical Centre, while the foreign-based players will report from 29 August.
The team of 23 players will depart on 1 September to Asmara, Eritrea and the match will take place on 4 September, with the return match slated for 10 September at 19:00 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.
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The 35-man squad is as follows: Virgil Vries (unattached), Loydt Kazapua (Baroka FC, SA), Junias Theophilus ( Tura Magic), Aprocious Petrus (Eleven Arrows), Charles Uirab (Unam), Ratanda Mbazuvara, Ivan Kamberipa, Obrey Amseb, Marcel Papama and Gustav Isaak (all African Stars), Dynamo Fredericks, Vitapi Ngaruka, Emilio Martin, McCartney Naweseb, Immanuel Heita, Wendell Rudath and Kamaijanda Ndisiro (Black Africa), Mapenzi Muwanei, Llewelyn Stanley and Absalom Iimbondi (Tigers), Isaskar Gurirab (Life Fighters), Elmo Kambindu (Mighty Gunners) Panduleni Nekundi, (unattached), Gregory Aukumeb (Blue Waters), Willy Stephanus and Petrus Shitembi (Lusaka Dynamos, Zambia), Denzil Haoseb ( unattached), Peter Shalulile (Highlands Park, SA) Chris Katjiukua (Black Leopards, SA), Calvin Spiegel (Okahandja United), Benson Shilongo (Ismaily, Egypt), Hendrik Somaeb (unattached), Deon Hotto (Bidvest Wits, SA), Joslin Kamatuka and Teberius Lombard (Zanaco, Zambia).
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
The former African Stars coach, who was tasked to take care of the team ahead of the African Nations Championship (Chan) qualifier against the Comoros, which was successfully navigated, will be hoping for a similar vein of form against Eritrea. Samaria has named a provisional 35-man squad for the World Cup qualifier, with the first leg away on 4 September.
He will also be in charge of the team for the second leg at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek on 10 September. Speaking to the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Samaria said: “The professional players will arrive from 29 August and Peter Shalulile will be the last one to join us the day we leave on 1 September to go and do the job away from home.”
Samaria also explained the absence of some key players from the training squad.
“The two European-based players, I have spoken to Ryan Nyambe and Manfred Starke, and we agreed that for now they fight for places at their respective clubs and later on we will consider them.
“Riaan Hanamub, our thoughts and prayers are with him, as he lost his mother and sister in a car accident this weekend and we also agreed with him to leave him out for now,” Samaria said.
He added the team has about 11 locally-based players who he will also use against Madagascar in the final round of the Chan qualifiers.
“We need to keep the guys active, hence this balanced and big squad. We will be going with 23 players to Eritrea and so ahead of this we will have a good fight for places and that can only make things a little easier for the technical team, in terms of the importance of all four matches.”
The locally-based players reported on Sunday and training started yesterday morning at the NFA Technical Centre, while the foreign-based players will report from 29 August.
The team of 23 players will depart on 1 September to Asmara, Eritrea and the match will take place on 4 September, with the return match slated for 10 September at 19:00 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.
Caption
The 35-man squad is as follows: Virgil Vries (unattached), Loydt Kazapua (Baroka FC, SA), Junias Theophilus ( Tura Magic), Aprocious Petrus (Eleven Arrows), Charles Uirab (Unam), Ratanda Mbazuvara, Ivan Kamberipa, Obrey Amseb, Marcel Papama and Gustav Isaak (all African Stars), Dynamo Fredericks, Vitapi Ngaruka, Emilio Martin, McCartney Naweseb, Immanuel Heita, Wendell Rudath and Kamaijanda Ndisiro (Black Africa), Mapenzi Muwanei, Llewelyn Stanley and Absalom Iimbondi (Tigers), Isaskar Gurirab (Life Fighters), Elmo Kambindu (Mighty Gunners) Panduleni Nekundi, (unattached), Gregory Aukumeb (Blue Waters), Willy Stephanus and Petrus Shitembi (Lusaka Dynamos, Zambia), Denzil Haoseb ( unattached), Peter Shalulile (Highlands Park, SA) Chris Katjiukua (Black Leopards, SA), Calvin Spiegel (Okahandja United), Benson Shilongo (Ismaily, Egypt), Hendrik Somaeb (unattached), Deon Hotto (Bidvest Wits, SA), Joslin Kamatuka and Teberius Lombard (Zanaco, Zambia).
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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