Tjiueza stars for Baby Warriors
The Baby Warriors secured a semi-final spot at the U-17 Cosafa Cup yesterday, with an emphatic 2-0 victory over Botswana.
Prins Tjiueza has continued his magical exploits at the Under-17 Cosafa Cup in Mauritius, to earn his team a semi-final spot in the competition.
Tjiueza, who netted four goals in the Baby Warriors 8-3 win over Seychelles in their opening match, extended his goal tally to five in the competition, after scoring one of the two goals against Botswana.
Namibia came to the match on the back of a 1-0 defeat to hosts Mauritius and had everything to play for against their neighbours.
The team proved they have what it takes to go all the way, after a dominating display.
Namibia finished top of Group A with six points, followed by Mauritius.
Seychelles exited the competition without registering a point, while Botswana were also eliminated.
“This victory came down to a team effort, as illustrated by our first goal. After we lost to Mauritius, we had to concentrate more on the mentality of the boys and we had to encourage them to still believe.
“There was a lot at stake and they came right. We are through and we now have to relax and then regroup to plan for Angola in the semifinals and then see how far we can go.
“The sky is the limit; the boys have really surprised us and they can do more from now on,” coach Paul 'Shakes' Malembu told the NFA website.
Namibia will meet Angola at 13:30 at the St Francois Xavier Stadium on Friday.
This year's winner will qualify directly for the Afcon U-17 tourney.
The Afcon winner will qualify for the Fifa U-17 World Cup, which the Namibian team has never featured at.
The Baby Warriors starting against Botswana was as follows:
Ikuaterua Mungendje, Vinceno Ganeb, Promise Gurirab, Aiden Eisab, Gonzales Tsuseb, Steven Damaseb (captain), Prins Tjiueza, Bradley Hanixab, Gerald Goraseb, Amazing Kandjii and Edmar Kamatuka.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
Tjiueza, who netted four goals in the Baby Warriors 8-3 win over Seychelles in their opening match, extended his goal tally to five in the competition, after scoring one of the two goals against Botswana.
Namibia came to the match on the back of a 1-0 defeat to hosts Mauritius and had everything to play for against their neighbours.
The team proved they have what it takes to go all the way, after a dominating display.
Namibia finished top of Group A with six points, followed by Mauritius.
Seychelles exited the competition without registering a point, while Botswana were also eliminated.
“This victory came down to a team effort, as illustrated by our first goal. After we lost to Mauritius, we had to concentrate more on the mentality of the boys and we had to encourage them to still believe.
“There was a lot at stake and they came right. We are through and we now have to relax and then regroup to plan for Angola in the semifinals and then see how far we can go.
“The sky is the limit; the boys have really surprised us and they can do more from now on,” coach Paul 'Shakes' Malembu told the NFA website.
Namibia will meet Angola at 13:30 at the St Francois Xavier Stadium on Friday.
This year's winner will qualify directly for the Afcon U-17 tourney.
The Afcon winner will qualify for the Fifa U-17 World Cup, which the Namibian team has never featured at.
The Baby Warriors starting against Botswana was as follows:
Ikuaterua Mungendje, Vinceno Ganeb, Promise Gurirab, Aiden Eisab, Gonzales Tsuseb, Steven Damaseb (captain), Prins Tjiueza, Bradley Hanixab, Gerald Goraseb, Amazing Kandjii and Edmar Kamatuka.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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