Ethiopia end preparation with Victory 2:1 against Tanzania

Orange AFCON 2013 : Ethiopia end preparation with Victory

Posted by: Stephan Talla Posted date : 12 January 2013 at 1:44 PM In: CAN Orange 2013, Ethiopia, Group C

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Ethiopia beat Tanzania 2-1 yesterday to claim a triumphant end of preparations ahead of the Orange Africa cup of nations 2013 to kick off Saturday January 19 in South Africa.

US based, Fuad Ibrahim put the Walia Antelopes ahead just 13 into the encounter. It was 1-0 for Ethiopia after the first segment but Shaaban Nditi put both sides at the same level in the 51st. 18 minutes after, Shemelese Bikele’s header ended the ball at the bottom of the net making it 2-1 for the Antelopes till the final whistle. In their AFCON warm-up matches, Ethiopia beat Niger 1-0 and drew 1-1 with Tunisia before yesterday’s win over Tanzania.

For the South Africa rendezvous, they have been drawn in group C alongside Nigeria, Burkina Faso and defending champions, Zambia.

current squad

• overall average24,4 y.o.1,80 m70,8 kg

goalkeeper

• average24,1 y.o.1,80 m0 kg

SisayBanchabasa23 y.o.ZerihunTadele25 y.o.St. George SAJemalTassew23 y.o.Ethiopian Coffee FC

defender

• average25,0 y.o.1,79 m69,0 kg

BirhanuBogale26 y.o.AbebawButako25 y.o.St. George SADeguDebebe28 y.o.St. George SABiadgelegnElias24 y.o.St. George SAAlulaGirma19 y.o.St. George SAAynalemHailu26 y.o.TesfayeSeyoum23 y.o.

midfielder

• average24,8 y.o.1,79 m68,0 kg

BehaluAssefa19 y.o.ShimelisBekele23 y.o.St. George SADawitEstifanos24 y.o.Ethiopian Coffee FCAddisHintsatekle25 y.o.AsratMegersa25 y.o.EEPCOYussufSaleh28 y.o.SyrianskaMinyahileTeshome27 y.o.YaredZinabu23 y.o.St. George SA

stricker

• average23,2 y.o.1,82 m75,0 kg

AdaneGirma27 y.o.St. George SAAbdusalam AbasIbrahim21 y.o.GetanehKebede20 y.o.OumedOukri22 y.o.St. George SASalah El Din AhmedSaid24 y.o.Wadi Degla

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