Tanzania’s head Coach Miguel Ángel Gamondi has said playing in the FIFA Series mini tournament has helped him give young players good exposure in competitive International Football.
Taifa Stars lost the opening Group B match 1-0 to Liechtenstein, and recovered to win 6-0 against Macau in the play-off match on Sunday at the Kigali Pele Stadium in Rwanda.
“I was very disappointed that we created many scoring opportunities, but lost to Liechtenstein in the first match. But we made changes in the second match and won against Macau by a big margin which gave the young players good exposure,” explained Gamondi.
The coach said that he used the FIFA Series to test many young players as they build the national team for future International competitions. “We need to start building a strong team because AFCON 2027 is not far from now and slowly the young players need to get the exposure,” added Gamondi.
He made it clear that the young players will need more International matches under their belts to be able to gain more exposure and maturity.
Gamondi praised the world Football governing body FIFA for coming up with the FIFA Series that gives teams from different Confederations opportunity to play friendly matches. Rwanda also hosted Group A at the Amahoro Stadium which included; Rwanda, Grenada, Kenya and Estonia.
