ITTF African Championships: Nigeria, Egypt in semifinal tie
For finishing second in group two of the ITTF African Clubs
Championships, Nigeria’s Union Bank has set up a semifinal tie against
Egypt’s Alhy today in Yaounde.
The Nigerian team coached by Samson Ajayi defeated Ethiopia, Cameroon
and lost to Congo Brazzaville to settle for second place in the group.
In the final group match, Union Bank thrashed Cameroon team 3-0
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while they repeated same margin win over Ethiopia. They were however
unfortunate against Congo Brazzaville as the scintillating performance
by Ahmed Bello could not save the team from losing 3-1 to the Congolese.
A confident Ajayi told NationSport that they are capable of causing
upset against the Egyptian as the players are in form to play against
any team regardless of their pedigree.
“We are ready for any team because we are here to make our country
proud and we hope we can surprise them tomorrow,” Ajayi said.
In the second semifinal, defending champion, Congo Brazzaville’s Club
Avenir will battle Algeria’s US Baraki for a place in the final.
Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu, believes the Algerian team is beatable having defeated them in previous tournament.
“I am confident that we can make it to the final because the Algerian
team is very familiar to us and with the form we are now, we can also
repeat same feat against them in the semifinal and we look forward to
retaining our title in this competition,” Idowu said.
The Nation
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