{"id":54277,"date":"2013-03-22T02:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T02:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=54277"},"modified":"2013-03-22T02:06:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T02:06:41","slug":"two-invited-sierra-leone-footballers-from-academy-in-tunis-for-saturdays-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=54277","title":{"rendered":"Two invited Sierra Leone Footballers from Academy in Tunis for Saturday\u2019s match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local Premier League outfit FC Johansen\u2019s George Davies says he is more particular about the experience he would gain than being part of Coach Lars Olof Mattsson\u2019s squad on Saturday 23<sup>rd<\/sup> March 2013, for the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Tunisia in Tunis at all cost.\u00a0 (Photo: Deen Conteh swimming at the hotel where Leone Stars are camped in Tunis (Photo Credit: James Jamil Fatorma)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Davies 16, also popularly known as \u2018Kwaku\u2019 and currently in Accra under the supervision of Manchester City\u2019s Right to Play Academy, said on arrival at the Tunisia Cathrage Airport yesterday, he welcomes the invitation to represent his country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIndeed it is a great experience to be part of a team representing my country more especially being together with the big names in Sierra Leone football,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The player who admitted never playing with the current crop of Leone Stars\u2019 big names in any major local league or competition when asked if Coach Mattsson did not include him in Saturday\u2019s match what would be his reaction fumed: \u201che is the coach and he decides the players that will fit in his system. For me what is most important is the experience I will gain from the match in Tunisia which as a young player, I think is good for now. But if the coach decides I should be part of the team I will just go out there and give up my best for my country as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another youngster Aziz Deen-Conteh from the Chelsea Academy (England), said his call up to the national team is good for his football career.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<strong>Nothing is better in the world for a footballer than playing for your country&#8230;it is a honour to have me invited,<\/strong>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says he is encouraged by the support he is getting from the back room staff, adding the call up came as a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \u201cI am looking forward to the match which by all indications will be difficult more so against a Tunisian side with wealth of experience in both club and continental football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The player said that notwithstanding, his desire is to get a positive result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aziz Deen-Conteh has been with Chelsea FC football academy since he was 13 years old and turned 20 in January this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tunisia are currently leading Group B with six points from two matches, followed by Sierra Leone with four points from the same number of matches played so far in the group.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Credit: SWASAL; Sponsor: Mercury International (SL) Ltd.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>By Frank Cole in Tunisia<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Premier League outfit FC Johansen\u2019s George Davies says he is more particular about the experience he would gain than being part of Coach Lars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":54278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,824],"tags":[15258,15259,14205],"class_list":["post-54277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-aziz-deen-conteh","tag-deen-conteh","tag-george-davies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}