by FSL News | 9 Nov, 2019 | African News
Following his recent goals in the South African top-flight league with outfit Bloemfontein Celtic and without any exaggeration, Lesotho international Motebang Sera is a player to watch.
Motebang is coach Thabo Senong’s hidden gem his ability to score goals over the years, has been highlighted by Lesotho and South African media.
The striker is part of the Likuena final squad for their African Cup of Nations opener against Sierra Leone on Wednesday at the Siaka Steven Stadium.
Sera ‘s 50th-minute goal for Bloemfontein Celtic FC in their 2-2 draw against Maritzburg United FC in the Absa Premiership on Friday, signal a warning to Sierra Leone.
Bloemfontein Celtic FC are presently standing seven spot on the log after ten matches.
He featured in both matches against Ethiopia during the World Cup Preliminary qualifiers and played well despite unable to find the net. However, Sera, who was the 2018/19 Econet Premier League top goal-scorer has been a pivotal figure at Celtic after netting three goals in five appearances.
His goal Mamelodi Sundowns in their 2-1 defeat late August and recent goals against Maritzburg United, Highlands Park and SuperSport United have helped him settle in well in the South African league.
The striker was Lesotho league top scorer with 16 goals during the 2016/17 season. He came second with 14 goals during the 2017/18 season.
His 18 goals during the 2018/19 season emphasized why he was nominated for the Player of the Season Award at Lesotho Premier League side Matlama FC before his move.
The Likuena final squad is expected in Freetown later today to honour their Afcon opener before taking on the Super Eagles of Nigeria four days later at the Sesotho Stadium.
Lesotho Final Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sekhoane Moerane & Ntsane Lichaba.
Defenders: Bokang Sello, Kopano Tseka, Basia Makeup, Motlomelo Mkhwanazi, Lisema Lebokollane, Nkau Lerotholi.
Midfielders: Lehlohonolo Fothoane, Ts’oarelo Bereng Hlompho Kalake, Mohau Rammoneng, Litsepe Marabe, Tumelo Khutlang, Thabo Seakhoa, Jane Thabantso.
Forwards: Mokone Marabe, Motebang Sera & Nkoto Masoabi.
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by FSL News | 31 Oct, 2019 | African News
- Burkina Faso referee, Jean Ouattara, will officiate Sierra Leone 2021 African Cup of Nations opening qualifying tie against Lesotho on November 13 at the Freetown Siaka Steven Stadium.
The two nations for the first time will go toe to toe in their continental football history.
Ouattara, who has been an international since 2015 will take charge of Sierra Leone match for the second time in two months, but this time behind-closed-doors.
Before Sierra Leone’s Fifa sanction, Ouattara was the centre man in charge of Sierra Leone 1-0 victory over Liberia during the return leg encounter of the 2022 World Cup preliminary qualifier on September 8th, 2019 at the same venue.
Ouattara’s compatriots Seydou Tiama will be assistant ref 1, Ahabou Abdoura Wobgo assistant ref 2. Hamidou Diero is the fourth Burkinabe and will serve as the fourth official.
Liberia’s Deputy Minister of Sports G Andy Quamie is the Match Commissioner.
Meanwhile, the Lesotho Crocodiles are expected to arrive in Freetown on the 9th of November to honour their African Cup of Nations qualifier with a 26-man delegation.
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by FSL News | 29 Oct, 2019 | African News
- Mohamed Buya Turay, Mohamed Salah, and Jordan Ayew have all been consistent among the top African performers in major European leagues this season.
- Sierra Leone’s Turay, Egypt’s Salah, and Ghana’s Jordan Ayew scored vital goals in their various leagues over the weekend.
MOHAMED BUYA TURAY (Djurgårdens IF)
24-years-old striker on loan from Belgium side Sint-Truidense has been pivotal all season.
He is the joint scorer in the Swedish Allsvenkan with 14 goals after his goal against Orebro in Djurgårdens 3-0 victory on Monday. With a game to go, Buya Turay (pictured) will be hoping to win his first career golden boot in the Swedish to-flight.
Djurgårdens will take on Norrköping FC on Saturday 2 November hopefully will be a day to remember for the Sierra Leonean.
MOHAMED SALAH (Liverpool)
The winger kept his cool to fire Liverpool to a 2-1 win over Tottenham as the leaders moved six points clear at the top of the Premier League. With Liverpool battling back from the shock of conceding a first-minute goal, Anfield was stirring when Jordan Henderson equalised. That set the stage for Salah to raise the roof when he blasted home from the penalty spot after Serge Aurier caught the back of Sadio Mane’s leg in the 75th minute.
JORDAN AYEW (Crystal Palace)
Ghana forward scored his fourth goal of the season to give Palace an impressive 2-2 draw at Arsenal. Roy Hodgson’s side were two goals down after nine minutes but got one back through a penalty after Ivory Coast star Wilfried Zaha was fouled. Ayew completed the Palace fightback in the 52nd minute when he headed home.
WILFRED NDIDI (Leicester)
The Nigeria midfielder was part of a historic occasion as Leicester powered to a record-breaking 9-0 thrashing of Southampton. Although
Ndidi didn’t get on the scoresheet, he played the full 90 minutes and delivered a typically influential display as hat-tricks from Jamie Vardy, and Ayoze Perez to helped Leicester record the biggest away win in English top-flight history.
KARL TOKO EKAMBI (Villarreal)
Ekambi continued his hot streak by scoring twice to fire Villarreal to a 4-1 win over Alaves. The Cameroon striker sprinted clear in the 13th minute and lifted the ball in for the opening goal of the match to restored Villarreal’s lead shortly after the hour by poking in Moi Gomez’s cross at the near post. Ekambi has scored five goals in his last four games.
AMAD TRAORE (Atalanta)
Seventeen-year-old Ivorian forward Traore came on as a late substitute and scored six minutes later on his debut to complete a 7-1 rout by Atalanta over Udinese. “This goal will remain forever in my head,” said the brother of Sassuolo’s Hamed Junior Traore, after becoming the first player born in 2002 to score in Italy.
NICHOLAS OPOKU (Udinese)
The Ghanaian defender was sent off after picking up a second yellow card within half an hour of the kick-off. The 22-year-old’s absence hit Udinese hard with the club conceding six goals during the hour they were a man short to crumble 7-1 at Atalanta.
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by FSL News | 25 Oct, 2019 | African News
- Lesotho coach Thabo Senong has named a 24-man provisional squad for 2021 Afcon qualifier against Sierra Leone & Nigeria scheduled for November.
The Southern Africa nation are in Group L alongside Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Benin.
The Crocodiles of Lesotho will kick start their campaign in Freetown against Sierra Leone on November 13th before taking on Nigeria a few days later.
They are expected to arrive in Sierra Leone on the 9th of November with a 26-man delegation, and the tie is scheduled to be played at the Siaka Steven Stadium.
Sierra Leone will face Lesotho for the first time in history. The two nations have never previously met at any international level, but one thing they do have in common is the colours of their national flags are the same.
Meanwhile, Sierra Leone coach Sellas Tetteh has named 24-man home-based players in preparation ahead of matches against Lesotho and Benin next month.
All 21 players that represented Sierra Leone at the just-concluded West African Football Union (Wafu) Cup in Senegal are in the squad including Suffian Kolokoh, who scored the only goal that eliminated Liberia in the tournament that takes Sierra Leone to the quarter-finals.
Photo: Lesotho 1-1 Ethiopia FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifier at Setsoto National Stadium, Maseru.
Provisional Squad:
Goalkeepers: Sekhoane Moerane (LMPS), Ntsane Lichaba (BANTU) and Ntsane Molise (LIOLI)
Defenders: Basia Makepa (LMPS), Bokang Sello (BANTU), Mohai Mohai(MATLAMA), Kopano Tseka (LCS), Motlomelo Mkhwanazi (TTM SA), Rethabile Rasethuntsa(LINARE), Lisema Lebokollane(MATLAMA, Nkau Lerotholi (LMPS).
Midfielders: Tshwarelo Bereng (BLACK LEOPARDS), Tumelo Khutlang (BLACK LEOPARDS), Lehlohonolo Fothoane(BANTU), Litsepe Marabe (BANTU), Mohau Rammoneng (LIPHAKOE), Phafa Tsosane (MATLAMA), Jane Thabantso (MATLAMA), Thabo Matsoele (LIPHAKOE), Thabo Seakhoa (LCS) and Hlompho Kalake (BANTU).
Strikers: Nkoto Masoabi (REAL KINGS), Mokone Marabe (BANTU) Motebang Sera (BLOEMFONTEIN CELTIC)
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by FSL News | 20 Oct, 2019 | African News
Togo home-based national team reached their first-ever Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) despite a 2-0 defeat in Lagos on Saturday.
Imama Amapakabo’s side was defeat 4-1 in the first-leg at the Stade de Kégué in Lomé, last Month.
As a result, Nigeria has failed to a ticket to Cameroon 2020.
Sikiru Alimi scored either half of the game; in the 9th and 62nd minutes, but his efforts weren’t enough to see Nigeria through.
It is the first time the Eagles have failed to qualify for the CHAN since 2014, and the third time in the competition’s history that Nigeria will not participate.
The team previously missed out of the first-ever edition in 2009 and fell short in 2011 as well.
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by FSL News | 15 Oct, 2019 | African News
Photo: Soccer Football – World Cup – Group D – Croatia vs Nigeria – Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia – June 16, 2018, Nigeria’s Francis Uzoho reacts REUTERS/Murad Sezer
- Nigeria goalkeeper Francis Uzoho is facing an extended lay-off after rupturing ligaments in his knee, BBC Sport reports.
- Uzoho, 20, suffered the injury after the hour mark during Sunday’s 1-1 friendly draw with Brazil in Singapore and had to be carried off on a stretcher.
“Francis Uzoho has been diagnosed with a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and external meniscus,” said his Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia in a statement.
Despite being ruled out for an unspecified period, Uzoho, who is currently the first choice for both club and country, believes he will ‘come back stronger’.
“Thank you all for the kindness. Trust me you all will see a stronger and the best Uzoho Francis when I’m back in a very short time,” he wrote on social media.
In search of regular football, Uzoho returned for a second loan spell in Cyprus by joining Omonia Nicosia in July from Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna.
A lack of top-flight football had cost him his place as Nigeria’s number one keeper ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, going into the tournament as third choice behind Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa.
Capped 16 times by Nigeria, he played all three matches as the Super Eagles were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup in the group stage and made a solitary appearance at this summer’s Nations Cup against Tunisia as the Super Eagles sealed a third-place finish in Egypt.
He has since regained his starting place and been picked for both of Nigeria’s most recent friendly internationals against Ukraine and Brazil.
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