No foreign-based players for Warriors

By: CORRY IHUHUA

THE Brave Warriors have been dealt a blow, as no foreign-based players will be available for the Cosafa Castle Cup match against Botswana on April 16 in Windhoek.

Warriors coach Max Johnson yesterday revealed that most of the

players that he wanted for the clash were declared unavailable by

their clubs and will thus not make the trip to Namibia to play in

the annual regional competition.

Johnson told The Namibian Sport that Santos duo Ricardo Mannetti

and Robert Nauseb, who play in South Africa, will not be available

due to club commitments.

 

Another key player is Moroka Swallows defender Mohammed Ouseb,

who has also been ruled out, while from Germany, Collin Benjamin,

Geoffrey Roman and Dumisa Jantze will also not head home.

 

Ouseb, Mannetti and Nauseb will be expected to play in the Absa

Cup semi-final matches on the same weekend.

 

Santos will play against Bush Bucks on the same day the Warriors

are taking on the Zebras, while Ouseb is expected to help Swallows

in their match against Wits University on Sunday, April 17.

 

Benjamin, who plays for Hamburg, will do duty for his Bundesliga

side on the same weekend, while Jantze and Roman also have club

commitments.

 

Johnson said they have not heard from Oliver Risser, who plays

for Borrusia Dortmund in Germany.

 

He said although the foreign-based players will be missed, the

local players have demonstrated that they are capable of doing the

job and he firmly believes that they will stand tall against their

opponents.

 

Johnson told The Namibian Sport that Santos duo Ricardo Mannetti

and Robert Nauseb, who play in South Africa, will not be available

due to club commitments.Another key player is Moroka Swallows

defender Mohammed Ouseb, who has also been ruled out, while from

Germany, Collin Benjamin, Geoffrey Roman and Dumisa Jantze will

also not head home.Ouseb, Mannetti and Nauseb will be expected to

play in the Absa Cup semi-final matches on the same weekend. Santos

will play against Bush Bucks on the same day the Warriors are

taking on the Zebras, while Ouseb is expected to help Swallows in

their match against Wits University on Sunday, April 17.Benjamin,

who plays for Hamburg, will do duty for his Bundesliga side on the

same weekend, while Jantze and Roman also have club

commitments.Johnson said they have not heard from Oliver Risser,

who plays for Borrusia Dortmund in Germany.He said although the

foreign-based players will be missed, the local players have

demonstrated that they are capable of doing the job and he firmly

believes that they will stand tall against their opponents.

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