Questions over Tanzanians’ age
Kabelo Boranabi | Saturday March 12, 2022 06:00
The Under-17 were in Tanzania on Sunday for the first leg of the 2022 FIFA Under-17 World Cup first round of qualifiers. The Junior Mares let in seven goals without a reply in a match played at the Amaan Stadium in the Tanzanian coastal town, Zanzibar.
Moeti, this week told Mmegi Sport that despite feeling discontent about their opponent’s physical structure, the local entourage has not yet filed a formal complaint to the Botswana Football Association (BFA). “There is nothing much we can do, only CAF can make a decision, or probably BFA could act. But for now, we have not acted on the matter, we are just waiting to play the second leg and that’s it. We are also yet to file a complaint to our association.
It is a situation where we feel we can grow from, we have seen before that CAF has acted on matters like these before.
“Yes, it was one of the things that impacted how the match (results) turned out.
The moment our players saw the physical appearance of the opponent’s players who appeared to be much older, you could see that it sent shivers down their spines hence why we ended up conceding seven (goals). To be honest, mentally it was too much for our players to bear,” Moeti said.
Before the trip, Moeti had anticipated a physical battle against the Eastern Africans and by halftime, the local girls were down by 4-0.
A brace from Neema Paul and goals from Clara Luvanga and Aisha Juma ensured the home side had a healthy lead at the break.
In the second half, the home side completed the thrashing as Juma added two more goals to complete a hattrick while Luvanga added another to bag a brace, as Tanzania are all but through to the next round.
The second leg match will be played at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium next week Saturday.