Tanzania midfielder Feisal Salum believes the team can build on their impressive African Nations Championship, CHAN, performance at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, reports Completesports.com.
The Taifa Stars reached the quarter-finals of the CHAN in August, losing to eventual champions Morocco.
The East Africans are drawn in a tough group with Nigeria, Tunisia and Uganda.
Salum In Positive Mood
Salum declared that they are motivated to do well in Morocco.
“Everyone is really motivated after what we did in CHAN. Those were very tough games and almost the same like an AFCON,” Salum told CAFonline.
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“This will definitely be tougher because we are competing against the best players in Africa from across the world. But, we have built on some incredible belief and fighting spirit from what we did in CHAN.”
Tanzania Ready To End Barren Run
Tanzania will be making their fourth AFCON appearance Morocco.
They failed to get off the group stage in their three previous appearances.
Salum says they have been picking lessons along the way and they are primed to go one step better under new coach Miguel Gamondi, with the round of 16 being their primary target.
“We have learnt a lot especially from Ivory Coast last time out. We need to give 100 percent in every game, there is very little room for mistakes and you must play with the highest standards of discipline,” he added.
” With these lessons, we want to do better and there is confidence in the group that we can achieve our minimum target. We have a very strong playing unit and an experienced coach in Gamondi and we believe these are the right ingredients for us to do well.”
