Women Afrobasket: We Are Scared Of Nigeria - Senegal's Coach
Sampson Adedeji
Ahead of the 2021 Women Afrobasket championship, head coach of the Senegalese team, Moustapha Gueye, has stated that they are scared of Nigeria's D'Tigress, BSNsports.com.ng can report.
Gueye made the statement at a press conference where he announced the final list of 12 players that will represent Senegal.
"The big team to fear is Nigeria. It is the super favorite, double African champion who returns from the Olympic Games.
It is a team in legs. Besides, there are Mozambique, Mali, and Angola, you have to be wary. And we have bad luck, if we get out of the group stage, we will face in the quarterfinals and semi-finals the pool of Nigeria, Mozambique, and Angola.
These three teams are in the same pool and we are going to meet them.
“We are going meet them eye to eye. We know we have a group that is hungry and wants to do good things," he said.
D'Tigress are currently the champion of Africa after winning the come petition back to back in 2015 and also 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
The tournament is scheduled to commence on the 18th of September, 2021
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