Ethiopia is the first team to arrive in Cameroon for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 finals, set to kick off on 9 January 2022.
The delegation touched down at the Nsimalen International Airport of Yaounde on Sunday 26 December.
Upon arrival, players, technical staff and FA executive underwent Covid-19 tests at the airport before moving to their team hotel.
Coach Wubetu Abate and his team rounded off with a training session at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Annex 1 Stadium.
Ethiopia land in Cameroon 2
The Walias return to the competition for the first time since 2013. They have one AFCON title to their name, at home in 1962.
Ethiopia is in Group A alongside Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and hosts Cameroon.
They will face Cape Verde on January 9 after the opening match between hosts Cameroon and Burkina Faso. The Ethiopians will come off against the hosts on matchday 2 before closing group stages facing Burkina Faso on 17 January.
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The Afcon Spirit! They couldn’t wait.
This is one serious country, though they might be limited skill wise compare with Nigeria that the nff is only looking after their pockets. With criminally approving underserved players to the eagles camp.
Ethiopia don’t look like a country with an intro craze person. Africans welcome you to Cameroon.
This is a country that should be confident of winning afcon, not one where 40 man list suddenly reduce to 37 and from there to 28 gbam with no known yard stick for such pruning and selection.
Ethiopian national team led by a brilliant local Coach Wubetu Abate is a team that plays beautiful attacking football. I am tipping them to qualify for the next round and give a good account of themselves before exiting to the tournaments Top Dogs.
I hope our football authority is reading. Wubetu Abate, an Ethiopian is the their coach.
Ethiopia will shock the world .
Coming from higher altitudes. Ethiopians have to acclinatize in Cameroon.Besides the earlier players get away from the distraction of civil war, the better.