'I
Won't Give Up'
 
Liberian striker Daniel Weah
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
Sweden-based Liberian striker Daniel Weah alias 'Gullit' was hoping
to get his first call on the Lone Star, but the player along with
other foreign-based players were not included on the list of
twenty-six players selected for the training camp in Germany.
However, the young goal puncher stated that his exclusion is a just
a challenge for him to keep putting up more impressive displays so
as to attract the attention of the Lone Star head coach, Antoine
Tony Hey.
"I don't see the decision of the coach not to call me as a defeat. I
am not discouraged either. But, what I can say is that I will not
give up until I get my reward for what I am doing in Sweden.
"In fact, the players called by the coach are all my big brothers.
They are the ones whose footsteps we are following so that we can
take over from them in the future. I wish them and the entire team
well in Germany. I am among the many Liberian citizens that are on
their knees praying for the national team to excel," Weah stated.
He then encouraged his colleagues to take the training in Germany
seriously so as to produce good results during the qualifiers.
Weah argued that the Lone Star would only do well in the 2010 World
Cup qualifiers provided the players perform to the best of their
ability.
The former Olympic FC forward, who now plays for Jonsereds IF in
Sweden, believes that with discipline, determination, Loyalty and
commitment, the Liberian national football team could be one of the
countries representing Africa in South Africa at the 2010 World Cup
finals.
"I am impressed by the 2-0 away win over Sudan and the 2-0 home
victory against Sierra Leone. The 1-0 away loss to Oman was not a
bad result for us, considering the fact that there were not many of
our top European-based players involved in those games. So, I say we
did extremely well," Weah says.
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