Friday, 27th August, 2010 - UGANDA Hippos will approach today’s U-20 CECAFA final against hosts Eritrea as the most experienced team in the Championship having featured in four finals since 1999. Both Uganda and Eritrea have reached the final with an unbeaten record and the hosts will want to win the championship on their finals debut appearance.
Like it was against Kenya in the semi-finals, Hippos coach Frank ‘Video’ Anyau will preach to his side on how to keep Eritrea away from penetrating the box.
“It is the second time I have guided this team to the final and I’m not worried. We shall hide the ball away from them and use our opportunities maximally because it is the goals that count at the end,” Anyau said yesterday.
The Hippos will need to take care of Eritrean dangermen Abraham Tendros, Tesafalem Tekele and Meron Hebteslus.
Eritrean coach Negash Teklit has promised no respect for the defending champions when the battle for the trophy that comes with sh22.5m rages on at Asmara Stadium.
(New Vision)
Demonym Eritrean Government Provisional government
- President Isaias Afewerki
Independence
- From Italy November 1941
- From United Kingdom under UN Mandate 1951
- from Ethiopia de facto 24 May 1991
- From Ethiopia de jure 24 May 1993
Area
- Total 117,600 km2 (100th)
45,405 sq mi - Water (%) 0.14%
Population
- 2009 estimate 5,224,000[4] (109th)
- 2008 census 5,291,370
- Density 43.1/km2 (165th)
111.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total $3.625 billion[5]
- Per capita $681[5]
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $2.117 billion[5]
- Per capita $397[5]
HDI (2007) steady 0.472 (low) (165th)
Currency Nakfa (ERN)
Time zone EAT (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+3)
Drives on the right
ISO 3166 code ER
Internet TLD .er
Calling code 291
1 ,. National TV: Eritrea Television (ERI-TV)
Eritrea (play /ˌɛrɨˈtreɪ.ə/ or /ˌɛrɨˈtriːə/;[6] Ge'ez: ኤርትራ ʾErtrā, Arabic: إرتريا Iritrīyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeast and east of the country has an extensive coastline on the Red Sea, directly across from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands are part of Eritrea. Eritrea's size is approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi) with an estimated population of 6 million...
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