Liberia Ready To Crush Senegal On Sunday
The Lone Stars of Liberia say they are ready to die a little in ensuring that Liberia is represented at the World Cup or the African Cup of nations slated for 2010. Last weekend, the Lone Star lost to Desert Warriors of Algeria 0-3. This means that Liberia lies at the bottom of the table with just one point out of two games.
In their first game against the Gambia , Liberia was held to a one all draw. A major fund drive has been launched in Monrovia to ensure that lack of finance pose no blockade to the successful participation of the team.
The mobilization committee of the Liberia National Team has been visited communities in Monrovia creating awareness of the game between Liberia and Senegal . Yesterday, President Sirleaf shortly upon her arrival from the United States called on officials of the sports ministry to ensure a successful game between Liberia and Senegal .
She said the game between Liberia and Senegal is a must win situation and called on the coach to ensure nothing is left undone to see Lone Star win on Sunday at all cost.
Coach Tony Hey feels Senegal is no real problem. He indicated that while it true that the Taranga Lions have very experience players, he believes that big names are no matter in contemporary football. He said Liberia just needs to work a little harder to see Senegal defeated.
President Sirleaf has also called on sports officials to ensure that proper security is put into place during the Liberia/Senegal game so as not to have a repetition of what happened during the game with The Gambia.
Eleven Liberian fans lost their lives as a result of over crowdedness and suffocation at the Samuel K. Doe Sport complex. Thousands of Liberians are meanwhile poised to throng the stadium to cheer the red, white and blue boys to total victory.
Meanwhile, the a major sponsor of the Senegal, Liberia match, a leading mobile phone company, ‘Lone Star', has given US$200,000 to the Liberia National Team. The amount is to help prepare the soccer team take on the Taranga Lions.
