The Belgian coach of Tunisia's national team George Leekens believes that their Afcon 2015 Qualifying opponents, Botswana, need to be respected.
Bottom of the group Botswana host group leaders Tunisia on Friday night at Gaborone's national stadium in a 6:30pm (CAT) start.
The coach of Tunisia says he is not worried about where the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations will he held. For now the coach is only worried about getting the qualification done on Friday before he can start talking about the hosts and changes made by Caf.
“I told the players that they must treat this game like a final. We have had suspensions and injuries. We have had all of it covered at this point,"
"We will definitely play good football and not be emotional about any other thing besides the game. We need full concentration in this game. I don’t want my players to even think about the Wednesday game against Egypt. I hope we seal our fate now," Leekens said in an interview.
He also revealed that he is on a rebuilding exercise and will be taking it step by step.
“I have an idea of how Botswana will play; I however need a balance in play because some of my players are not regulars with their respective clubs. I also have to state that I have lot of respect for the Botswana coach.’’ Leekens said.
While the North Africans have been very impressive during qualifying, the Zebras have struggles although their coach Peter Butler believes they have played good football and will continue to play an attacking brand of soccer.
“I will not be shying away from the normal game plan of attacking and letting the players express themselves. We are looking forward to the game and we will give them a run for their money.
“We have had a couple of injuries in the last league games. We know that we have our own challenges starting with our population and the lack of development so we are doing both, but I do believe we have a strong mentality.
"The bigger picture is that we got the experience with this team of young boys,” Butler said.
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