Namibia Star Predicts win over Liberia


BRAVE Warriors midfielder Lazarus Kaimbi feels Namibia should take advantage of the slow Liberian defence to win and advance to the group stages of the 2013 AFCON qualifiers.The Namibian team will host Liberia in Windhoek on Saturday for the return leg of their CAF AFCON qualifiers, with Liberia leading 1-0 from the first leg played in Monrovia. Namibia will have to win by two clear goals for them to proceed to the next stage of the qualifiers for the bi-annual continental championships taking place in South Africa in 2013.

Lazarus Kaimbi, who lately has had the time of his life in the Warriors’ shirt, believes his side will have to use their speed and skill to exploit the opposition and score more goals against Liberia on Saturday.

“We have the speed and I believe from the first leg we saw that their defense is very slow and we have to make the most of that at home. It is a massive game for us and we have to win it. Surely, we can run them over,” Kaimbi said.

Following their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier 1-0 victory over Kenya last weekend, Kaimbi says the team is aware of the mounting pressure on them and they are handling it well at the moment.

“Last week we were rushing with our play against Kenya because we wanted an early goal, but after we turned to our normal game, we finally got the goal.

“It was very important for us to win that game because of all the hype surrounding our 1-0 defeat in Nigeria a week earlier.

“We proved to people that we are a good team and we really appreciate the support we are getting.

“Now we have so much pressure to win – and win again – and we believe in ourselves. The work has to be done and we will do it,” Kaimbi said.

Kaimbi missed early week training sessions due to an ankle injury he picked up in the victory over Kenya, but he insisted he was going to be fit for Liberia come 18h00 on Saturday.

The NFA earlier this week urged supporters to refrain from throwing objects onto the pitch as the practice could be costly and bring the game into disrepute.