The hotly-contested match ended in 2-2 draw in the 90-minute period that
it takes to play a football game followed by a 30-minute extra time which also
saw neither of the two teams score a goal and as a result, the Cite Stade boys
were lucky to win 5-4 in penalties.
The youth football tourney has gathered over 600 young boys between the ages of 14-16 who represented 26 teams from different neighbourhoods in the capital Djibouti and surrounding villages.
The FDF president Souleiman Hassan Waberi who addressed at the conclusion
ceremony of the four weeks-long competition said that the organization of the
tournament was part of his federation’s policy to rebuild the country’s junior
national team.
"Such competition will be held annually, because we want to have a
stronger youth national team either U 17 or U-20 and I am sure that with the
continuation of the annual youth tournament Djibouti will be able to score
victory in the near future football competitions” president Souleiman Hassan
Waberi noted during his address at the conclusion ceremony on Monday.
He said that his federation was committed to giving more priority to the
youth competitions, as football needs a build up from the bottom.
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