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Nigerian football legend, Daniel Amokachi, has tipped the Sierra Leone U-20 team, Shooting Stars, to win the AFCON U-20 in Egypt this year.
“Sierra Leone is the surprise for me because they are the first to qualify for the quarter-finals,” Amokachi shared. He praised the team’s captain, Momoh Kamara, who scored three against Egypt on match day two.
The Nigerian also tipped Morocco as the second favourite to win the competition. He also selected West African teams Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal as competitive sides in this year’s competition.
The Shooting Stars will play Morocco in the quarter-final. The Sierra Leoneans are optimistic of advancing to the Semis with their head coach, Mohamed Lamin Kamara, setting his eyes on the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile later this year. Teams reaching the semis in this competition gain automatic qualification for the FIFA competition as per CAF regulations.
Sierra Leone topped Group A with 7 points, leaving Egypt, South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania trailing.
This is the Shooting Stars first appearance in the competition but their performance has changed perfections classing them as minnows.
They really impress us