{"id":16449,"date":"2010-11-17T09:20:35","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T14:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=16449"},"modified":"2010-11-17T09:20:35","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T14:20:35","slug":"south-africa-under-20-excited-to-play-in-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=16449","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Under-20 excited to play in Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa Under-20 coach, Khabo John Zomba has revealed the over excited state of his players to take play in Sierra Leone. The South Africa Under-20 also known as the Amajitas are one of the eight teams that will be taking part in the African International Youth Tournament to be hosted in Freetown this month. And only few days to kick off on the 27<sup>th<\/sup>, the South Africans cannot wait to come to Freetown and challenge for the AIYT trophy.\u00a0<em> (Photo:\u00a0 South Africa Under-20 team)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe want to give the boys a better opportunity to step up for the future Bafana challenge. Players that have been selected are very very excited to come to Sierra Leone and face the challenges of playing in Sierra Leone,\u201d said the Kabo John Zomba. He also noted that although some of the Amajita boys have already travelled through Africa before, they still see this as a great opportunity in getting more experiences in international football. \u201cWe are in the tournament based on the invitation that was extended to us may be the organisers who felt we are very important and can play a very important role in boosting their competitions. We are going to use the players we used in the previous qualifiers and we hope to build this team further by taking part in such international tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_16450\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Khwela-Philani-of-the-South-African-Under-20-side.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16450\" title=\"Philani Khwela, South African Under 20 side\" src=\"http:\/\/sem.lamtech.sl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Khwela-Philani-of-the-South-African-Under-20-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philani Khwela, South African Under 20 side<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The coach has who been in charge of the South African Under-20 side for about six months lauded the efforts of FC Johansen in organising what he referred to as a high level international football competition in Africa, saying without such tournaments it would have been difficult for teams in Africa to expose their young football stars. \u201cWe appreciate what has been done by the organisers and I think it will benefit teams that will participate,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>Muctaru Wurie, Freetown<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa Under-20 coach, Khabo John Zomba has revealed the over excited state of his players to take play in Sierra Leone. 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