Here comes Abraham with no tactical or technical analysis of the sport about Wednesday’s 1-1 home draw against visitors Mali U-20 national team. He didn’t tell us why we lost the game to a team that reached Addis Ababa less than twenty four hours before the game with three of their main players even reached hours before kick-off.
His focus was on his team’s superior ball possession and creating some good goal scoring chances. He stated Amanuel G/Kidan contributed lots despite injury. But he did not tell us that the home side domination was far from danger areas and Amanuel’s supply was cut short because of the mid field. Above all he never mentioned strong sides of Mali that managed to return home with a draw even being under such challenges. He failed to mention their discipline at defense and fast counter attack that almost earned them a winning goal at the final minutes.
Abraham promised an easy win on Tuesday’s away return leg contradicting his word that Mali is the strongest team in West Africa. Although football fans didn’t take it seriously, both Mekelakeya’s Seyoum Kebede and Jimma AbaJifar’s Zemariam told us the same joke days before they got booted out of tournaments. The same goes to Abraham who has better experience in public relation and media consumption.
“I am happy with the team’s performance and we were far better than Mali in both ball possessions and goal trials. Tactically my players were good and we were better in dominating ball possessions and creating chances. I am sure we will back from Bamako booking qualification” Abraham suggested.
In his turn the Malian Coach Fugnyeri Diyara told reporters that there is nothing to wait for Mali has already qualified for next stage. “You lost on your own back yard and now it is our turn and consider it done” Diyara remarked.
Abraham Mebratu’s joke on U-20’s Bamako return leg
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Yosef Tesfaye appointed U-20 Coach, named his assistants
Ethiopian Football Federation named former national team player Yosef Tesfaye in charge of the national U-20 team preparing for “The Peace and Friendship” tournament to be held in the host Country Asmara, capital of Eritrea. The tournament brings together Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti.
Yosef secured the responsibility of building a strong U-20 squad in so short time for the tournament that is set to take place in five weeks time. The former Ethiopia Bunna, Hawassa, Mugher Cement and Kidus Giorgis midfielder had been busy Coaching Ethiopia Bunna’s U-20 for the last three years. “He is the man behind Ethiopia Bunna’s youth scheme where young talents get a chance to bloom. It would have been better to have an experienced coach for the team but if it is supposed to be from youth team coaches, Yosef is the ideal coach” an unnamed senior Coach suggested.
Yosef has assigned his back room staffs on Thursday including Berhanu Worku, Hawassa’s U-17 coach for his assistant and Wolayta Dicha’s goal keeping coach Zelalem Matewos.
The former Hawassa, Dire Dawa and Sebeta City defender Berhanu has been with Hawassa’s youth side for the past three years and enable to produce considerable number of talents and feeding the senior teams all over Southern region.
The responsibility of producing a competitive goal keeper for the team falls on the shoulder of former Wolayta Tusa, Halaba City, Pepsi, Hawassa and Wolayta Dicha goal keeper Zelalem Matewos.
Huge transfer spending for Sehul, Dedebit
The mid season transfer window was meant to be about strengthening one’s squad to be better equipped for the second round. Signing two or three players is what is common in world football. But when it comes to bottom of the table Sehul Shere and Dedebit it is just like a pre season building a side from a scratch.
Just six months in to their debut season at the Premier League; bottom of the table Sehul-Shere was the busiest side in the league, as they signed new players. Records show that in addition to appointing a Coach, Sehul, transferred nine players including three foreigners. Struggling to survive yet starting the decisive second round from the scratch is a bizarre situation for a team determined to live on. Samson who was in semi retirement needs some time to adjust and know each of the players before rolling to team building. The rebuild and actual games are coming together therefore saving Sehul is likely to be very difficult. Of course considering the short duration so far in the transfer window the new Coach seems to have no say in the transfer of the foreign players. Can Samson harness these foreign professionals signed before his arrival? Samson’s debut away match against Wolayta Dicha ended in a draw and that seems a good omen.
Dedebit’s campaign took everyone by surprise for the club suddenly appeared to get a windfal therefore hugely participating in the transfer market. No more talk about financial constraint thus it all started by appointing Coach Daniel Tsehaye the Coach responsible for Sehul’s poor result. Though Daniel is unlikely to be part of the transfer of the three foreign players, he took in to his wings seven local players including veteran mid fielder Mulualem Regasa. Critics raise the question whether the transfer is about the good money behind or the club’s survival. A striker from Ghana, a mid fielder from Equatorial Guinea and a Nigerian defender, survival appears a must not an option to Dedebit.
