by FSL News | 22 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
The Confederation of African Football has rescheduled two matches in the Champions League for 28 February to be played at neutral venues, BBC Sports reports.
Both ties involve teams from South Africa who were unable to secure the necessary visas to travel due to restrictions imposed because of the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic.
Algeria’s CR Belouizdad will now face South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns in Tanzania at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
The Group B encounter was due to play in Algeria on Tuesday 23 February.
The other tie to be rearranged is Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca against Kaizer Chiefs, who will now play n Burkina Faso at 4 August Stadium in Ouagadougou.
The Group C match was initially meant to be played on 13 February in Morocco while a later suggested date of six days later in Egypt was rejected by Kaizer Chiefs.
Both the Burkina Faso and Tanzania football authorities have both given the go-ahead for the matches to be played in their countries.
The issue of travel restrictions has also affected games in both the European Champions League and Europe League with several tied being played at neutral venues.
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by FSL News | 19 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Former Leicester City academy player, Alie Sesay, has made his Sabail debut in the Azerbaijan Premier League at the ASCO Arena on Friday.
A win may improve their standing in the Azerbaijan Premier League log.
Sesay impressed with Greece side Kissamikos making 28 appearances in all competitions in 2018-19 seasons.
He has capped eight times with Sierra Leone since his debut in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Cameroon on 11 October 2014.
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by FSL News | 19 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Huddersfield Town’s Spanish boss, Carlos Corberan, has admitted that he admired Sierra Leone native Josh Koroma’s willingness to flourish’ since his arrival in the summer.
Koroma, 22, is the club’s top scorer with six goals but was injured in December against Sheffield Wednesday.
Corberan’s side has struggled to cope without their key man, to say the least.
Koroma had just scored five goals in eight games when he suffered his hamstring injury while sliding to reach the ball, and they have struggled to replace those goals.
“I cannot say that he was in my mind for the first eleven when I arrived here. In my mind was to analyse if he would be a player ready to help the team, and I found a player with a lot of demand to improve and a lot of skills that could be adapted very well to play as a left-winger in our team,” Corberan said.
“I think the mission of Koroma was an important mission for us up until his injury as he was performing really well for us.”
He added, “After we lost Koroma, we needed to re-adapt the team.”
The former Leyton Orient attacker is set to return to action in March.
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by FSL News | 18 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, is happy that Nigerian strikers are firing on all cylinders for their respective teams in Europe, but has hinted he will have to select the best ahead of games against Benin and Lesotho.
Nigeria leading Group L with 8 points after four games. They will take on Benin before hosting Lesotho in their final 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium next month.
Rohr, 67, admitted to Daily Sunspots/SportingSun a few days ago in Lagos, that he’s happy that most Nigerian strikers in their various European leagues doing well by scoring goals for their respective teams.
“I’m happy that my strikers are doing well and scoring goals. Taiwo Awoniyi is scoring, same as Paul Onuachu, Josh Maja, Terem Moffi and Henry Onyekuru,” he explained.
“We also have Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Iheanacho doing well with their clubs. It is important that these players are doing well in their various teams and it’s a positive signal for the Super Eagles,” the German said.
There have been 236 goals scored in 104 qualifying matches, for an average of 2.27 goals per match as of 17 November 2020 with Napoli striker Victor Osimhen leading the top scorer chart with four goals.
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by FSL News | 16 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Alusine Koroma pleased with RB Linense B winning debut
Alusine, who is the twin brother of Alhassan, has spoken of his delight after his side’s 2-0 triumph over CD Alcalá Del Valle in their away contest.
Tercera División is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system.
Speaking to FSL News after the win, he said: “It’s always good to start with a win on your debut, especially in a tough away match like this, and I’m delighted.
“I was pleased to play my first professional match and looking forward to playing more games with this club.”
Alusine, 20, who is a loan from Marampa FC, was part of the East End Lions 2019 Sierra Leone Premier champion-winning team.
The central attacking midfielder has also represented Sierra Leone in various competitions, including the friendly against Iran in Tehran on March 17 2018.
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