The Namibia Football Association normalization committee has named a new head coach, albeit on an interim basis, as they prepare to take on Comoros in the 2020 Africa Nations Championship qualifiers.
Bobby Samaria is the man who has been selected by the Normalization Committee as confirmed by its chairlady Hilda Basson-Namundjebo.
“We believe Bobby has the right mentality and enthusiasm to lead the team at this juncture. We were never going to pull out of these important qualifiers and the team starts training on Tuesday. The previous head coach initiated this project and players and we [are] just carrying it through for continuation,” Basson-Namundjebo said.
Samaria, who won Namibian league titles with African Stars in 2009, 2010 and 2017, has called up 31 players to the national team’s training camp.
“We have only this week here and on Monday, July 22, we leave for Comoros and I must emphasize that we are pressed for time,” Samaria said.
The first leg match of the 2020 CHAN qualifiers will be played on 26th, July 2019 as Comoros hosts Malawi, while Malawi will host Comoros in the second leg game slated on 2nd, August 2019.
The winner of the match will take on the winner of Madagascar versus Mozambique in the third and final round of the qualifiers.
Malawi CHAN provisional squad:
Larry Horaeb, Charles Hambira and Junias Theophilus ( Tura Magic), Aprocious Petrus (Eleven Arrows), Kennedy Eib ( Touch & Go), Mata Mbemutjiua (Young African), Jonas Mathias ( Citizens), Edmund Kambanda and Charles Uirab (UNAM), Ratanda Mbazuvara, Treasure Kauapirura, Ivan Kamberipa, Obrey Amseb, Marcel Papama and Gustav Isaak ( African Stars), Immanuel Heita, Dynamo Fredericks, Wesley Katjiteo, Vitapi Ngaruka, Emilio Martin, McCartney Naweseb, Wendell Rudath ( Black Africa), Mapenzi Muwanei, Llewelyn Stanley and Absalom Iimbondi (Tigers), Gregory Auchumeb (Blue Waters),Isaskar Gurirab (Life Fighters), Elmo Kambindu, Olsen Ameb and Bernard Horaseb( Mighty Gunners), Panduleni Nekundi (Unattached), Revered Matroos (Young Brazilians).
