Secretary General of the Fédération Camerounaise de Football (FECAFOOT), Tombi Roko Sidik has said they have decided to host Sierra Leone’s national team in Yaoundé for the two leg 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers out of solidarity.
Sierra Leone was expected to host the Lions of Cameroon in Freetown but the African football governing body CAF which had announced a ban on matches in the country maintained it recently because of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
Sierra Leone was expected to host the Lions of Cameroon in Freetown but the African football governing body CAF which had announced a ban on matches in the country maintained it recently because of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
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This decision forced the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to ask their Cameroonian counterpart to host both legs of the matches in Yaounde on 10th and 15th October respectively.
The FECAFOOT Scribe Tombi a Roko Sidiki said: "After consultation with the sport minister the federation agreed to host the two matches in Yaounde for the sake of solidarity." He added that it would have been costly to have hired a special flight to and from Lubumbashi.
Sierra Leone played their last home match last month in the Congolese city Lubumbashi against the DR Congo which they lost 0-2 following a two-day journey travel from the Ivory Coast to the Congolese capital. Coming into this match two defeats Sierra Leone is at the bottom of Group D without a single point.
The FECAFOOT Scribe Tombi a Roko Sidiki said: "After consultation with the sport minister the federation agreed to host the two matches in Yaounde for the sake of solidarity." He added that it would have been costly to have hired a special flight to and from Lubumbashi.
Sierra Leone played their last home match last month in the Congolese city Lubumbashi against the DR Congo which they lost 0-2 following a two-day journey travel from the Ivory Coast to the Congolese capital. Coming into this match two defeats Sierra Leone is at the bottom of Group D without a single point.
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