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Algerian-based Liberian
Professional Commends Lone Star
-Calls for Sports Academies
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Sunday, October 27, 2002 Monrovia, Liberia
As congratulation messages keep
pouring in on the Liberian national soccer team for the recent victory over
the Mena of Niger in the ongoing African Nations Cup qualifiers, an
Algerian-based Liberian professional is commending Coach Kadala Kromah, the
technical staff and players of the Lone Star for “bringing joy to our
nation”.
“I must commend the team, especially our
local players, for their tremendous effort in bringing pride to our nation
in Africa’s most prestigious tournament,” said Abdullah Kamara.
According to a Press Release signed by the
Public Relations Manager of the young Liberian international striker, the
former Obeco Ranger linchpin who now plays Division One football in Algeria
for J.S. Kabilee also called on Coach Kromah to concentrate on bringing more
laurels to Liberia, if he (Kromah) must remain a household name outside of
the country.
Commenting further, the Algerian national football
league highest goal scorer asked players of the national team to put aside
personal differences and keep the dreams of Liberians alive by qualifying
for the African Nations Cup finals.
“We owe this much to the Liberian people,”
Kamara said.
Abdullah Kamara, alias “Coach Bracket” has established
himself as Algeria’s hottest African import. Besides being the highest goal
scorer with 12 goals in the 2002 Algerian national football league, Kamara
was recently voted the Most Valuable Foreign Based Player in Algeria.
“Football in Algeria,” says Kamara “is very
competitive, in comparison to West African football which is strenuous and
highly physical”.
He said the availability of training facilities in Algeria is
a major factor for the development of football in that country, and called
on those responsible for Liberia’s sporting programs to establish training
academies where kids who are interested in the game would be conditioned to
fill in the gap left by aged players.
Kamara who is currently on training camp in Algeria’s third
capital Ananaba, promised to return home December to spend “the season with
my Liberian people”.
“Thereafter, I will be leaving for Portugal, with three
Algerian players, to justify my inclusion with a leading first division side
that has expressed interest in enlisting my service,” Kamara has revealed.
Concluding, Kamara admonished local players on the Lone
Star to take their training serious, adding, “Opportunities abound outside
once you take your training serious and remain disciplined”.
Signed:
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Molley V. Paasewe
PR/Abdullah Kamara
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