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“We can actually create something really unique”

“When you took charge of Namibia in June last year, the team had already dropped AFCON qualifying points, and two of your last three games were against the mighty Cameroon. Did you have any expectation of qualifying for the finals?

In all honesty, yes! I looked at the squad, and the core of the team was 29 or 30 years old with many of them having played at the Cup of Nations finals in Egypt in 2019. With Kenya kicked out of the group, and the top two out of only three teams to qualify, I thought we definitely have a

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