Sewnet Bishaw, the coach of Ethiopia's National Football Team is a very confident man, without being arrogant. He has faith in his team, he understands the uphill battle Ethiopia faces in the African Cup of Nations, but he projects confidence and good leadership. He is always quick to point out that he respects all teams, but he is not afraid to speak his mind. Here is some excerpts to what he has recently been quoted as saying by the media regarding Ethiopia's qualification to the 2013 African Nations Cup.ETHIOPIA coach, Sewnet Bishaw, has declared they are not in Group C of the 2013 African Nations Cup to make up the numbers, reports MTNFootball.com.
“It’s not by chance that we are at the Africa Cup, it’s by qualification,” Bishaw said.
“We will meet any challenge and our aim is to go as far to the final and win. We will fight.”
The 1962 champions, who will end a 31-year hiatus from the competition next year, kickoff their Group C campaign against African champions, Zambia, on January 21 in Nelspruit.
“We are not at all scared of Zambia because we have seen them play,” Bishaw said.
“Yes they are defending champions and we respect that but we are not scared of them, we will play eleven against eleven.”
Ethiopia has won just one of their last three meetings against Zambia over the last six years.
They beat Zambia 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Tanzania on December 7.
The defeat came a year after losing 1-0 to Zambia in a Group A game in Nairobi of the same event. //nazret.com/blog
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