Taifa Stars coach Marcio Maximo has decided to turn his full attention to the World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers later in the year after the disappointment of the CECAFA Cup campaign..
The Brazilian-born head coach of the Taifa stars of Tanzania, Marcio Maximo, has decided to turn his full attention to the World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers later in the year.This comes on the heel of a shocking 2-1 home loss to Sudan in a CECAFA quarterfinal match played on Monday in Dar-es-Salaam.Speaking with Rwandan daily The New Times, an apparently disappointed Maximo could only describe the defeat as a "shock"."I have nothing to say- we lose as a team and win as a team," he sighed."We created so many chances, missed a penalty, so let us prepare for the World Cup qualifiers. "We have a good team and early preparations are one of the first steps that are going to be ensured now. I am giving them a rest for three weeks before embarking on serious preparations for the 2010 Africa and World Cup qualifiers."I have young but good players and if add the others whom we never considered for CECAFA, this team will be stronger than ever before."The Tanzanians have been drawn in Group One of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, which also doubles as a qualifier for the African Cup of Nations in Angola in 2010.They will have to contend with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, whom they have never met before at the senior level, Cape Verde Islands and Mauritius, who they have never beaten in their two previous meetings.
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