Visit the new AsenaTv Website

https://asenatv.com

Eritrea National Soccer Team Arrives in Nairobi Ahead of this Year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup

Nov 24, 2013 | Goal.com Somalia and Eritrea national teams have arrived in Nairobi ahead of this year’s Senior Challenge Cup. Somalia coach Mohammed Abdulle said he hopes to help the team qualify for the second round

Nov 24, 2013 | Goal.com

Somalia and Eritrea national teams have arrived in Nairobi ahead of this year’s Senior Challenge Cup.

Somalia coach Mohammed Abdulle said he hopes to help the team qualify for the second round of the tournament.

The coach also wants to reduce the high number of goals his side always concedes in the regional competition.

“We have never missed participation in the last 50 years and we hope this year, we can have better results in Kenya. We are looking at perhaps a second round finish,”

“We cannot pretend that it will be easy. Our opponents are quite formidable. Tanzania for example beat us 7-0 last year while Burundi hammered us 5-0.

“Zambia who are also in the same pool with us won the Africa Cup of  Nations finals two years ago and are the favorites to win the tournament this year,” he told Goal.

 

aseye.asena@gmail.com

Review overview
35 COMMENTS
  • suzi November 24, 2013

    amnuel i think u looks changed in ur point of view what does a journalist means. it is for ur first time to see such news in ur web.apriciate ! no matter if u an oppositioner or what…………… u r a journalist and u deserve to stay all the time journalist .
    mlki emru yhtser fthi ynges

    • i and i November 24, 2013

      i bet ethiopian women team(lucy) will win eritrean man team if they play.

  • simerrr2012 November 24, 2013

    The big question is not how many goals the Eri boys scores but how many of them come back to Eritrea. Isayas Afeworki here we go now we are number one in Africa in running out of the country number of Military pilots, athletics , footbalers. artists , graduate medical doctors, students, and women and children . Number one in Africa Mr. Dictator.

    • The Truth November 24, 2013

      And sadly most of those that left are working miserable jobs barely getting by or simply living off the tit of their host nations. Who really suffers in the end?

      • ertrawit November 25, 2013

        but at least they got their freedom.wow so thats miserable to you?i got news for ya that how they lived in eritrea the first place.PFDJ NOT letting you do ur job is waay more worst than doing “miserable job” .the comments you post are so pathetic.who suffers in the end?every eritrean, we dont have a place to call home while so called eritreans like u, suffering from identity crisis, enjoy the previliges you get from the dictator for serving him.

  • Tamrat Tamrat November 24, 2013

    The delama of military dictators is under quesion now. If they send only Ypfdj to represent eritrea in football they loose 5-0 or more. If they send the best eritrean footballers then they dont return. 23 years of confussion and hunger for controll. Lousy controll fricks!

  • The maverick November 24, 2013

    As usual all eyes will not be on the performance of the players or the result of the games but on how many players will make it back to Asmara.

    • hanetay November 24, 2013

      Dearest Maverick your comment is a bad omen to the Eritrean footballers. i am sure you are one of those who who hate and despise the dignity of your country and people!!!!!!

      • Kennedy November 24, 2013

        Maverick is right…..all of us have the same idea
        by the way i am expecting 9 of the 11 will seek asylum there in Nairobi
        do you agree with me ???/

      • Tes November 24, 2013

        Hanetay,

        Dignity!!! What are you talking, as you have some left? We lost our dignity the HGDEF came to power. The whole fighting against PFDJ is to restore our pride and dignity. Period.

        • The Truth November 24, 2013

          When are you going to lead the charge? Or do you plan to fight behind the computer screen?

      • The maverick November 24, 2013

        Dear hanetay, when did I say I hate and despise the dignity and pride of my country and people???do u know why Eritrean athletes and footballers are famed for their defection than their performance …because they have been stripped of their dignity by the cannibalistic mafia regime u seem to have a love affair with. If u really care about human dignity,the last thing u shouldn’t do is going to bed with the regime that highly specialised in taking way it.

    • Genet November 24, 2013

      Who wants to go back to hell?

      • EYENSN November 24, 2013

        Why don’t we just wish them the best and hope they win. They are just national succer team plus they are eritrean and they play for eritrea not for dictator. So let wish them good luck and support them if we can so they can make us proud.

        • i and i November 24, 2013

          EYENSN
          agree

        • GOJAM November 25, 2013

          EYENSN, Why we jest wish them the best hop they win and not not go back that is best CHRISTMAS GIST FROM ALL OF AS.

          • EYENSN November 25, 2013

            What do we get if they don’t go back? I mean I am not trying to say they should go back or not, it’s up to them but I want them to win and after that if they go back it’s good they are just going back to their family not to the dictator but if they seek asylum then it’s good for them but doesn’t mean anything to us. What I am trying to say is, whatever they do will not change anything in our life but it could be for them so let them do whatever they want to do

  • hager November 24, 2013

    Issayas knows very well that these players aren’t going back to Eritrea. He is giving them free tickets to the west and settle . They won’t go the horrific way to reach the west. They will support him for not been hard on them.

  • john November 24, 2013

    The regime is only interested about participating no winning.

  • Dawit November 24, 2013

    ምስጢራዊ ዜናታት ዯንበ ህግዯፍ

    1. ቅድሚ ሕጂ ገባቲ ስርዓት ህግዯፍ ኣዯስኪልዎ ዝነበረ ንጥፈታትን ምንቅስቓስን ተቓወምቲ ሱዲን፡ ኣብ ሎኮየብን
    ሕመረት ኮልበይን ዝተባህለ ቦታታት መዯበራት ከፊትሎም ዲግማይ ከበራብሮም ምጅማሩ፡ ንተቓውምቲ ሱዲንን
    ኢትዮጵያን ብምርካብ፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ሓላፍነት ኮረኔል ዜንን ኮረኔል ዮናስን ዝተባህሉ ተጠርፊፎም ዝተዋህቦም
    መምርሒታት ብቅጽበት ተግባራዊ ክገብሩ ትእዛዝ ተዋሂብዎም ምህላዉ፡ እቲ ዝተዋህቦም ዝርዝር መምርሒ
    ብምስጢር ክተሓዝ ቀጢን መጠንቐቕታ ምሃቡ፡-
    2. ብ04/11/2013 ኣብ ኣስመራ ብሜጀር ጀነራል ተኽለ ማንጁስ ንኣዘዘቲ ሰራዊት ዝተገብረ ኣኼባ ብዘይፍረ ምዝዛሙ፡
    ብተመሳሳሊ ብ10/11/2013 ኣብ ባረንቱ ንሓለፍቲ ሰራዊትን ምምሕዲራት ዓድን ብተኽለ ማንጆስ ዝተኻየዯ ኣኼባ
    ብቆይቂ ምፍንጥሑ፡-
    3. ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ፡ ብጀነራል ስብሓት ኤፍሬም ንሓለፍቲ ክፍልታት እዝን መሓውራት ስለያን ዝተካየዯ ኣኼባ
    ካብ ትጽቢቱ ወጻኢ፡ ጠለባትና ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣይተመለሰን፡ መነባብሮ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ዝኸፍአ ኩነታት ከሎ፡
    ተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝሓሸ መነባብሮ ይነብሩ ኣለዉ…………ወዘተ ብዝብሉ ሕቶታት ተዯናጊጹ፡ ኣብ መወዲእታ
    ምስ ብርጋዯር ጀነራል ርእሲ ምራኽ ዝተካየዯ ብርቱዕ ክርክር፡ ተጠንቐቕ ልዕሊ ሕጊ ኣይትዛረብ ከይትዛረብ ናብ
    ዝብል ምውጣጥ ምስ ተለወጠ፡ ርእሲ ምራኽ ኣኼባ ረጊጹ ምውጽኡ፡-
    4. ኣብ መንጎ ኣዘዝቲ ሰራዊትን መሓውራት ስለያን ዘሎ ዘይምስምማዕ፡ ኣብ ጥርዙ በጺሑ፡ ኤሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ
    ጋሽ ባርካ ሕቡእ ዑዯት ብምክያድ ንክልቲኡ ኣካላት ኣኼባ ምክያደ፡ ብድሕሪ’ቲ ዝተገበረ ኣኼባ ስብሓት ኤፍሬም
    ነቲ ህግዯፍ ዘርጊሕዎ ዝጸንሐ፡ ንመሓውራት ሰለያ ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብ ዶባት ኢትዮጵያን ሱዲንን ዝርከብ መሓውራት
    ስለያ እናፈረሰ፡ ብሓድሽ ጉጅለታት ይትክኦ ምህላዉ፡-
    5. ቅድሚ ሕጂ መሓውራት ስለያ ብምልኡ ብተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ይምላእን ኣብ ትሕቲ ኮረኔል ፍጹም ዝበሃል
    ይመሓዯርን ምንባሩ ዝፍለጥ’ዩ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ብገባቲ ስርዓት ህግዯፍ ዝተሓብሓበ ጉባኤ፡ ዯምህትን ግንባር
    ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ንፍትሕን ልምዓትን ዝተባህሉ ተቓውምቲ ኣብ ሓዯ ኣስሚሩ፡ ከም ብሓድሽ ክውዯብ ተጌይሩ
    ምህልዉ፡ በዚ መሰረት ከኣ፡-
    6. ሞላ ኣስገዶም ዝተባህለ ኣዛዚ ዯምህት ምስቲ ሓድሽ ዝሰመረ ግንባር ናይ ጸጥታን ስለያን ሓላፊ ብምዃን፡ እቲ
    ዯስኪሉ ዝነበረ መሓውር ስለያ ዲግማይ ኣብ ትሕቲ ሓላፍነት፡ ኮረኔል ዮናስን ኮረኔል ፍጹምን ተወዱቡ ከም ዘሎ።
    7. ሞላ ኣስገዶም ካብ ጉጅለታት ተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ተወኪሉ ብ10/11/2013 ኣብ ከባቢ ሎኮየብን ሕምረት ኮልቦይን
    ኣብ ዝርከብ መዯበር ተቓውምቲ ጉጅለታት ሱዲን ዝተገብረ ኣኼባ ተረኺቡ፡ ኣብ ዝሓጸረ ግዜ መስመር ልዝብ
    ብምኽፋት፡ እቲ ብመሬት ሱዲን ኣቢሉ ዝሰግር ጉጅለታት ተቓውምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝበለጸ ውሕስነት ዘለዎ ምዃኑ
    ምዝርራቡ፡ እንተ’ቲ ካብ ኩሉ ተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተዋጽአ ናብ ውሽጢ ኢትዮጵያ ንምእታው፡ መዯባቶም
    ተሓንጺጹ ኣብ ዝቐልጠፈ ግዜ ተግባራዊ ንምግባሩ ዝጽዕርሉ ኩነታት ምህላዉ፡
    8. ገባቲ ስርዓት ህግዯፍ ምስ ኢራን ስምምዕ ብድሕሪ ምግባሩ ሰለስተ ዯሴታት ምሃቡ፡ እቲ ስምምዕ ብቀጥታ ምስ
    ኢሳይያስ ምንባሩ፡ ዕላማ ንኢራን ሰለስተ ዯሴታት ከም መዯበር ምሃቡ፡ ባህልን ምዕባሌን ሽዓ ትኩረት ኣብ
    ዝገብርሉ ሃገራት ዓረብ ንምዝርጋሕ፡ ኢራን ኣብ ገምገም ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ሓይሊ ምቁጽጽር ንምፍጣን ምዃኑ፡
    9. ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙናት ኢሳይያስ ሓሚሙ ተሰዊሩ………..ወዘተ ዝብል ክንፋሕ ዝቐነየ ሓበሬታ ካብ ሓቅነት ዝረሓቐ
    ብህግዯፍ ዝዝርጋሕ ዝነበረ ምዃኑ፡ ኣብ ጋሽ ባርካ ሕቡእ ዑዯት ብድሕሪ ምክያደ፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋናት ምስ
    ወከልቲ ኢራን፡ ተቓወምቲ ኢትዮጵያን ጽዑቕ ርኽባት ክገብር ምጽንሑ፡ ትማሊ ብ23 ሕዲር 2013 ብማእከላይ
    መንግስቲ ሱዲን ዘይፈለጥ ብኣማሓዲሪ ኣውራጃ ፖርቱ ሱዲን ዝተገብረሉ ዘይወግዓዊ ዕድመ ንፖርት ሱዲን ኣትዩ
    ምህላዉ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ካብ ዝርከቡ ምንጭታት ኤርትራዊ ስምረት ንዯሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ኤስዯለ)
    ዝተላእከ ሓበሬታ የረጋግጽ።

    ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜናን ሓበሬታን
    ኤርትራዊ ስምረት ንዯሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (ኤስዯለ)

  • Truly Truly i say to you November 24, 2013

    I agree with Maverick comment;”As usual all eyes will not be on the performance of the players or the result of the games but on how many players will make it back to Asmara.”

    However, i totally differ with the confused guy called Tamrat, Tamrat views like always be it in politic, religion and now about sport from he has understanding. Because as far as i know little about football,i have seen many times when the first division best sport clubs; when defeated by 3rd division even by amateur sport club players. In otherworld what i am saying is the world champion best nations like, Brazil, Germany or Italy, i bealive as they can be defeated by nameless any African nations, if you like by Eritrea. as well. So, who knows for your surprised weather Eritrea could be a champion this Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.

    By the way do you know In the 1962 nations cup won by Ethiopia, 9 of the 11 starters of that team as were Eritreans? hear is their names.
    ————————————————————————————————————————————
    Their names were: Lucian Vassalo, Tesfay Gebremedhin, Berhe Goitom (Patata), Etalo Vassalo, Kiflom Araya, Gilamichael Tesfamariam (wedi Mariano), Haile Tesfagaber, Tekle Kidane, Asmelash Berhe, Tsegay Tesfay, Negassi Gebremichael and Berhane Beyene were Eritreans who were part of the 1962 historic Ethiopian National team. (by Esseyas Fsehaye, Shabait, 2010)

    Ok! as politic sometimes influences sport, like i assume the reason 9 of the 11 starters of the team chosen to be Eritrean that time, i guess because Eritrea was inforced to Unite on federation with Ethiopia, as excuse for Eritrean soul and so that Eritreans feel as Ethiopians could be the purpose. Who knows weather that time the reason Ethiopia won Africa cup also , because the sport manuplated in the name of Ethiopia to favorite Eritrea could be ,as excuse foe Eritrea lost its nation status? I even believe the reason Ethiopia qualified for African nation last year, i don´t think the Ethiopia football was becoming better, but as excuse for good leader PM Meles death could be. But the grief about Meles already because forgotten; Ethiopia soccer team is too early already disqualified last week. So the question remains, for 365 perished Eritreans may as excuse Eritrean soccer will win this Cecafa cup? I don´t think so, because the cause for death Esayas self is 100% responsible, no other nations.
    According እንተይዝትደፍአኒ መን መጽደፈኒ? principle.
    However sport is sport everything is possible! But the best if all refused to play was or those from inside nation selected players if all defect.

    • i and i November 24, 2013

      truly
      u r so confused yourself, get help.

    • Tamrat Tamrat November 26, 2013

      Truly Tryly, you forgott to take Your medicine today. Take Your medicine and read what you worte then you may find out how Your Health is deteriorating.

  • abel November 24, 2013

    Most people are here so stupid you hate the government is one thing and loving your country is another thing , They play for Eritrea under Eritrean flag why you wish for them to defeat makes you only an enemy more than an opposition. Regardless what they choose to defect or not they still love their country and I don’t see a single person joining opposition so you guys are still the losers

  • ERITRAWIT November 25, 2013

    abel,
    I do agree with you they are playing for Eritrea under Eritrean flag good luck !!!! after all it is only a foot ball not politics but for saying that I think they should defeat him they know how many Eritrean there age are suffering they need to show they don’t agree with his nasty MMHDAR!!!!!

POST A COMMENT