President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐, has urged the National U-17 team, the Sierra Stars, to represent the country with pride, discipline and determination as they prepare for the ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐๐๐ ๐-๐) ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ.
Addressing the players and officials at the SLFA Academy today Tuesday September 1, President Kamara challenged the young players to believe in themselves and embrace the responsibility of wearing the national colors. โ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐,โ he stated.
The SLFA President also called on the technical team to uphold professionalism and fairness throughout the selection process, emphasizing that players should be selected strictly on merit and their ability to contribute to the national teamโs success.
SLFA Executive Committee Member ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ก, who will lead the Shooting Stars delegation to Senegal, assured the President and the people of Sierra Leone of a committed and professional representation. โ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐,โ Jalloh said.
Head Coach ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ welcomed the Presidentโs engagement, describing the message as a major source of motivation for the players. โ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ,โ he said.
The Tournament runs from ๐โ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ, with Sierra Leone scheduled to face ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ. The Shooting Stars are expected to depart for Dakar on Wednesday morning, carrying the hopes of the nation as they begin their campaign for regional glory.
