Saintfiet wants to win

BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet is confident that his players will get away with a win in their last 2010 World/African Nations Cup qualifier at the Independence Stadium on Saturday.

Kick off is at 16h00. He told The Namibian Sport in a brief interview yesterday that the players have responded well to training, are super fit and raring to go for what could possibly be their last international match for the year.”According to my analysis, not yours, I am satisfied with the level of fitness of the players.They have behaved very professionally and I know that they are ready for the challenge,” said the Belgian coach.Saintfiet said the three training sessions he had with the players showed that they can deliver the goods on match day.”I am very positive and they are too.I can confidently say that we will get a win from this match.I want to win and we have to win,” he said.Namibia lost its first-leg match in the qualifiers 2-0 away to Zimbabwe, and their 1-0 loss to Kenya last month has seen them out of contention.Saintfiet has assembled what he believes are his finest players at the moment, with Collin Benjamin, who plays for Hamburg SV, expected to lead the side as captain.Benjamin, defenders George Hummel and Hartman Toromba, midfielder Quinton Jacobs and goalkeeper Athiel Mbaha are the most experienced members of the team and share over 80 caps among them for the national side.Their contribution will be crucial in ensuring that Namibia finish on a high note on its home turf after a disastrous campaign.BENJANI OUT Meanwhile, the Chronicle in Zimbabwe reports that Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari has been ruled out of Saturday’s match as he is still undergoing rehabilitation at Manchester City in England.He has been joined out of the match by Cyprus-based defender Noel Kaseke, who is also injured.The forward was injured two months ago and has missed the start of the English Premiership despite setting a October 2 return.Warriors’ general manager Shariff Mussa said: “He is not coming in as he is finalising his rehabilitation at his club.Life has to go on without him.He is the team captain, a player of high calibre playing in one of the best leagues in the world, but we have to carry on.”We believe that everybody who has been selected to play will do the job on Saturday,” Mussa said.Zimbabwe can still sneak in through the back door if they convincingly beat Namibia and Kenya defeat Guinea.Veteran Harlington Shereni, Joseph Ngwenya, Takesure Chinyama, Vusa Nyoni, Musa Mguni and Honour Gombami were not called up this time.He told The Namibian Sport in a brief interview yesterday that the players have responded well to training, are super fit and raring to go for what could possibly be their last international match for the year.”According to my analysis, not yours, I am satisfied with the level of fitness of the players.They have behaved very professionally and I know that they are ready for the challenge,” said the Belgian coach.Saintfiet said the three training sessions he had with the players showed that they can deliver the goods on match day.”I am very positive and they are too.I can confidently say that we will get a win from this match.I want to win and we have to win,” he said.Namibia lost its first-leg match in the qualifiers 2-0 away to Zimbabwe, and their 1-0 loss to Kenya last month has seen them out of contention.Saintfiet has assembled what he believes are his finest players at the moment, with Collin Benjamin, who plays for Hamburg SV, expected to lead the side as captain.Benjamin, defenders George Hummel and Hartman Toromba, midfielder Quinton Jacobs and goalkeeper Athiel Mbaha are the most experienced members of the team and share over 80 caps among them for the national side.Their contribution will be crucial in ensuring that Namibia finish on a high note on its home turf after a disastrous campaign. BENJANI OUT Meanwhile, the Chronicle in Zimbabwe reports that Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari has been ruled out of Saturday’s match as he is still undergoing rehabilitation at Manchester City in England.He has been joined out of the match by Cyprus-based defender Noel Kaseke, who is also injured.The forward was injured two months ago and has missed the start of the English Premiership despite setting a October 2 return.Warriors’ general manager Shariff Mussa said: “He is not coming in as he is finalising his rehabilitation at his club.Life has to go on without him.He is the team captain, a player of high calibre playing in one of the best leagues in the world, but we have to carry on.”We believe that everybody who has been selected to play will do the job on Saturday,” Mussa said.Zimbabwe can still sneak in through the back door if they convincingly beat Namibia and Kenya defeat Guinea.Veteran Harlington Shereni, Joseph Ngwenya, Takesure Chinyama, Vusa Nyoni, Musa Mguni and Honour Gombami were not called up this time.