Tjongarero positive about Warriors’ Chan hopes
LIMBA MUPETAMI
The deputy minister of sport, Agnes Tjongarero, says the Brave Warriors will beat the other countries in the Chan qualifier group in Morocco next year.
The minister said this when a group from the Namibian senior men’s football side presented the 2017 Dr Hage Geingob Cup to her yesterday at her office in Windhoek.
Tjongarero is an avid supporter of the Brave Warriors and has on several occasions asked the team to retain the cup in the country.
Addressing the team, Tjongarero said the players should make winning a habit and culture and continue to win championships.
The minister, who was in a jovial mood, also said she would make arrangements for the players to present the cup in parliament on Tuesday in the hope of mobilising more funding for sport.
“I want everyone to see what we can achieve with more funding and what we do with the funding. Also, going forward, I am a positive person and I know the other countries in the same group will look and dismiss us, but we will beat them,” she said.
She said teams that won tournaments would be accorded the same privilege of going to parliament.
Ricardo Mannetti, Brave Warriors gaffer, said they heard and heeded Tjongarero’s challenge to win the cup.
“We were nervous at first but because we prepared well we managed to win the cup. We are people of our word,” he said.
He further said that the possibility of the minister and deputy minister of sport accompanying them to Morocco next year was high.
“The magnitude of the tournament is big. If there are funds available it will happen as they have always supported the team no matter what,” he said.
The Brave Warriors won the 4th edition of the Dr Hage Geingob Cup after beating Zimbabwe 3-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. The tournament was jointly sponsored with N$4.1 million by Namibia Breweries Limited, through its Tafel Lager brand, MTC and Huawei Technologies.
The team is now focused on preparing for Chan where they will cross paths with Zambia, Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire in group B.
The deputy minister of sport, Agnes Tjongarero, says the Brave Warriors will beat the other countries in the Chan qualifier group in Morocco next year.
The minister said this when a group from the Namibian senior men’s football side presented the 2017 Dr Hage Geingob Cup to her yesterday at her office in Windhoek.
Tjongarero is an avid supporter of the Brave Warriors and has on several occasions asked the team to retain the cup in the country.
Addressing the team, Tjongarero said the players should make winning a habit and culture and continue to win championships.
The minister, who was in a jovial mood, also said she would make arrangements for the players to present the cup in parliament on Tuesday in the hope of mobilising more funding for sport.
“I want everyone to see what we can achieve with more funding and what we do with the funding. Also, going forward, I am a positive person and I know the other countries in the same group will look and dismiss us, but we will beat them,” she said.
She said teams that won tournaments would be accorded the same privilege of going to parliament.
Ricardo Mannetti, Brave Warriors gaffer, said they heard and heeded Tjongarero’s challenge to win the cup.
“We were nervous at first but because we prepared well we managed to win the cup. We are people of our word,” he said.
He further said that the possibility of the minister and deputy minister of sport accompanying them to Morocco next year was high.
“The magnitude of the tournament is big. If there are funds available it will happen as they have always supported the team no matter what,” he said.
The Brave Warriors won the 4th edition of the Dr Hage Geingob Cup after beating Zimbabwe 3-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. The tournament was jointly sponsored with N$4.1 million by Namibia Breweries Limited, through its Tafel Lager brand, MTC and Huawei Technologies.
The team is now focused on preparing for Chan where they will cross paths with Zambia, Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire in group B.
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