Coaches bemoan poor football standards

Enos Mmesi and Onalethata Tshekiso signing the MOU. PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Enos Mmesi and Onalethata Tshekiso signing the MOU. PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Football Coaches Association (BFCA) has lamented the poor standard of local football.

Speaking at a signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the association and the Footballers Union of Botswana (FUB) in Gaborone on Monday, BFCA vice president, Enos Mmesi said the newly established association intends to improve the quality of play in the country after noticing a decline in the number of supporters at local games. Early this month, Zebras coach, David Bright slammed the poor quality of football in the league saying it had affected the performance of the senior national team.

“I have been going around, watching the league games. What I can say is that I am not impressed. I am not impressed at all with the quality of football played by our teams.

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