Namibia eliminated from CHAN after defeat to Tanzania
Namibia were eliminated from the TOTAL African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Saturday when losing 1-0 to Tanzania in the historic match in Cameroon.
A second-half strike by Farid Mussa was all the Taifa Stars needed to win the first all-female match officials in a CAF senior men s in the game played at the Limbe Stadium.
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The result means both Zambia and Guinea maintain their places at the top of the group with four points apiece while Tanzania keep alive their hopes of advancing with three points in third place.
Namibia have no points after two matches and have thus been eliminated from the competition because they cannot finish at least second the group even if they win their final match.
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Thanks to their result against the Brave Warriors, Guinea lead their group that also parades Zambia and Tanzania.
Notwithstanding their good start, Gnagna made it clear that it is still very early to rate them amongst the tournament’s favourites.
“As a team, we must treat every match like a final because this will help us reach our goal,” he continued.
“I am also glad that we have very passionate fans that came to the stadium on Tuesday and cheered for us.”
Guinea will earn a place in the quarter-final should they defeat the Chipolopolo in their next outing on January 23. Zambia made a winning start to the competition, defeating the Taifa Stars 2-0 courtesy of second-half strikes from Collins Sikombe and Emmanuel Chabula.