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Brikama United coach Sulayman Kuyateh says he does “not
promise” to go on the offensive against African champions Esperance in the
second leg in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
The Gambian league champions held their north Africa
opponents in a 1-1 draw at home on March 24, 2012 at the Box Bar mini stadium
in Brikama, the capital of the West Coast Region.
Kuyateh led an attacking side in the first round second leg
of the CAF Champions league against US Ouakam in Senegal and won the game after
loosing 1-0 at home.
Asked if he would do the same against Esperance in the
second leg of the second round, he said: “Not promised this time around,
because Esperance is different from Ouakam.”
“I do not promise to attack them but I will see what
strategy to use against them. Am 100 per cent hopeful that we can win,” he
said. “I have young stars, we only need to reinforce the striking force and
then build on that before going to Tunis.”
Brikama United is a very young team compared to Esperance of
Tunis, so the result is really bad. We will try to prepare ourselves for the
second leg, Kuyateh said.
“Anything can happen,” he said, reiterating that they’ve
lost to Ouakam at home and turned the tie in Senegal. However, he said it will
not be bad if they are to defend against Esperance.
A goalless draw in Tunis
would however end their campaign based on the away goal rule.
Brikama were much relaxed in the second period of Saturday’s
game but Kuyateh said that was not an instruction from him. “That was not an
instruction I gave to my players, as you can see during the game I was pushing
them to go up,” he said.
Brikama United skipper Saidou Jammeh is equally hopeful
going into the return leg on the weekend of April 6-8. “Well it’s going to be
difficult on us in Tunisia,
but we are going to try our level best to make it to the group stage,” he said.
Author: Modou S. Joof
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