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WAFU-A U-15 Tourney: Sierra Leone upbeat to dominate Mauritania in opener

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson 


As they set to battle their Mauritanian opponents at 10:00am today at the Samuel K-Doe stadium in their tournament opener, Sierra Leone’s U-15 male trainer Alimu Koroma has expressed belief to dominate their day’s opponent.

He says: “bringing laurels at the end of the three days four-nation tournament to his country remains the top agenda of the 34-man Sierra Leone delegations currently in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.”

After holding a training session on Wednesday at the same venue where the match will take place, Coach Koroma told Tejan Fredickson Fatorma, the media officer attached that there are no injury worries the 21-man squad he has assembled for the tournament.


Other opponents the Sierra Leonean lads will have to battle in the tournament are Senegal and host Liberia.

However, the top two nations to secure the most wins from their respective three games in the group of four will proceed to the grand final while there bottom two will compete for the tournament’s bronze.

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