The Sierra Leone senior menโs national team, ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ delegation, led by ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐, has today Sunday, November 8th safely arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, ahead of its two-legged encounter against DR Congo in the ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐๐ ๐๐๐) ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
Foreign-based players ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ have joined the delegation, alongside ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฒ, who was already in Freetown on holiday. At least 12 more foreign-based players are expected to join the camp tomorrow, with the remaining players due to arrive the following day.
Meanwhile, following ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌโ last-minute withdrawal due to โ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ, Sierra Leone National U-20 team star ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ has been called up as his replacement. The Ports Authority winger is already with the team in Kinshasa and is set to make his first appearance in the senior national team setup.
Sierra Leone will face DR Congo away in the first leg on ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐, before meeting the Congolese side in the return leg on ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐, ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐จ.
The Leone Stars delegation is accommodated at the five-star ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ง-๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ in Kinshasa as preparations continue for the crucial AFCON qualifying encounters.