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The Liberia National team - the Lone Star -
landed in the nest of the Malian Eagles on
Wednesday to sort things out with their
counterparts in continuation of the joint
2006 Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers.
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Zeo (white) - Yet to arrive |
Our Bamako Correspondent said the Lone
Star, with a predominantly home based squad,
received a poor reception on arrival in
Bamako Wednesday because authorities of the
local football house of Mali claimed they
did not receive a fax massage from the
Liberia Football Association (LFA) informing
them of the team’s date of arrival.
However, former International and Chief
Referee Idrissa Kaba, a multilingual person
who is on the delegation as an interpreter
from the Ministry of Youth and Sports had to
move fast to rescue the situation.
Mr. Kaba pleaded with the hosts before
they saw reason to attend to the Liberia
national team. The team is currently based
in the City of Segou, which is also the
venue of the match slated for Sunday, June
5.
Our Correspondent indicated that the
players are highly spirited and they were
said to have had a good training session
Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, one of the four foreign base
players, Bob Zeo, expected to stiffen the
squad is yet to arrive in Mali.
Striker Zeo, who plies his trade with
Ghanaian Premiership side Kpando Hearts of
Lion, is the only player absent from the
squad thus far.
The other three foreign base players who
left with the team from Monrovia included
Godfred Miller from the United States,
though unattached, Sekou Keita who is
reportedly attached to Senegalese elite Club
J’Andarc and Arcadia Toe of United Arab
Emirates Premier side Al-Shababa.
Prominent among the locals are Captain
Varmah Kpoto, Shelton Barlee, George Miller,
James Koko Lomell, Sackie Doe, Abu Sando and
Rufus Saydou.
The National Soccer team left the country
on Wednesday with a 28-man delegation to
honor its Group-A second leg match with the
Eagles of Mali. Liberia is fourth in the
group with four points from six matches
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