This was confirmed in Dar es Salaam TFF, Information and Communication Officer, Alfred Lucas.
“Initially our boys were scheduled to play against Seychelles but the FA in an archipelago and country in the Indian Ocean declared that its team was not ready for the game. We had to look elsewhere to find a perfect team to test our boys, thank God Burundi agreed to bring their team for the match,” he said.
TFF president Jamal Malinzi said all procedures to host the match are complete and the Burundians jetted in Dar es Salaam yesterday ready for the match that will be televised live by Azam TV. The international friendly has been sanctioned by the World soccer governing body, FIFA.
In preparations for the match against Burundi, the U-15 team embarked on a successful tour of Morogoro Region, where they beat Moro Kids 3-1 in a friendly match held at the Jamhuri Stadium on Thursday. The team also played build up matches in Zanzibar.
The team is under the tutelage of U-14 coach, Oscar Mirambo and TFF Chief Technical Advisor of Youth teams Danish, Kim Poulsen. According to Lucas, the team comprising 22 players was in camp for several weeks in Dar es Salaam in preparations for their international friendly.
The squad has Goalkeeper: Shaban Kimwaga and Abdulatif Lema. Defenders are Kareem Mfaume, Asante Bwatam, Rashid Rashid, Moris Njako, Harubu Tanu, Cosmas Jakomanya, Salim Lupepo and Dastan Matheo.
Midfielders are Edson Mshirakandi, Jonathan Kombo, Alphonce Msanga, Erick Bunyaga, Gasper Gombanila and Sabri Kondo. Strikers are Jafari Rashid, Ludaki Chasambi, Steven Sodike, Michael Mpubusa and Edmund John.
The team is formed by youth who have been gathered by the TFF since 2014. They are trained at the Alliance School in Mwanza, which is selected by the federation as one of the special schools in the country tasked to nurture youth football talents.
The under 15 team is being prepared for the African Youth Championship (AYC) finals in 2019, the tournament which Tanzania has been picked by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to be hosts.
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