As part of their preparations for the CAF U17 championship tournament, the new U17 national team has started training under the guidance of the Egyptian born coach Tarik, at the Independent Stadium in Bakau ahead of their qualifying rounds slated for August 2008.

Speaking to Point sports at their training ground at the Independence Stadium, the Head Coach Tarik said that his boys will certainly perform to expectation in the qualifier rounds.

“I am very impressed with the performance of the boys during the training sessions and I am confident that will qualify’.  We are working very hard with my technical staff to make sure we will qualify,” he stated.