Tanzania's Taifa Stars have been grouped in the same
group as Angola in the forthcoming COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup slated to held
in South Africa next month. According to the draw released yesterday, the Taifa
Stars have been drawn in Group A alongside Angola's Palancas Negras, Mauritius
and Malawi. The draw took place on Tuesday in Johannesburg, South Africa with
Salum Mayanga's boys placed in what seems a fair preliminary round group A of
the 2017 COSAFA Castle Cup. Taifa Stars will be competing for the third time
after 1997 and 2015, with Comoros Islands having declined to take part this
year. The Tanzanian outfit performed poorly last time out when they lost all
their three group matches. Taifa Stars fell 1-0 to Swaziland in their open ing
game as well as 2-0 defeat against Madagascar that dashed their hopes of
reaching the knockout stages. A 1-0 loss to Lesotho in the final group match
meaning they packed their bags without a win and without scoring a single goal.
The overall winner will clinch a quarter-final berth against defending
champions, Bafana Bafana, who were seeded, based on their performance in the
cup alongside Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia and Lesotho, www.cosafa.com
reported Tuesday. The draw shows that Swaziland will face the winners of Group
B, which is a hugely competitive pool that includes Zimbabwe, Madagascar,
Mozambique and Seychelles. The other two quarterfinals will see Botswana take
on Zambia in a titanic battle and 2015 winners Namibia play Lesotho in another
COSAFA Castle Cup classic clash.
SOURCE” Daily News
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