ዓወታት ሃገራውያን ጋንታታትና ኣብ ዓመቱ ተክኒካውን ታክቲካውን ብቕዓት ሬድሲ ካመልስ ኣብ ሴካፋ
ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ትሕቲ 20 ዓመት ኣብ ወርሒ መስከረምን ጥቅምትን 2019 ኣብ ዩጋንዳ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ሻምፕዮን ማእከላይን ምብራቕን ኣፍሪቃ (ሴካፋ) ዘርኣየቶ ብቕዓትን ሸቶ ናይ ምምዝጋብ ክእለትን ኣድናቖት ከምዘትረፈ ይዝከር። ብዙሓት ኣብቲ ውድድር ዝተኻፈሉ ተጻወትቲ ኩዕሶ እግሪ፡ ኣሰልጠንቶምን ኣካየድቲ ሴካፋን ከኣ ዘይሃስስ ዝኽሪ ከምዝሓደገሎም በብእዋኑ ይጠቕሱዎ ኣለዉ። ድሕሪ 2012 ንፈለማ እዋን ኣብ ሻምፕዮን ሴካፋ ዝተሳተፈት ኤርትራ ትሕቲ 20 ዓመት፡ ኣብተን ቀዳሞት ኣርባዕተ ጸወታታት 17 ሸቶታት ምስ ኣመዝገበት ኣብ ግዜኡ ኣዛራቢ ነይሩ። እዚ ውጽኢት’ዚ ብገምጋም ክርአ እንከሎ ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ግጥም ልዕሊ ኣርባዕተ ሸቶታት ኣመዝጊባ ማለት እዩ። ኣውራ ኣብ ርብዒ ፍጻመ ንዛንዚባር 5-0 ምስ ኣፋነወታ ኣቓልቦ ማሕበረሰብ ሴካፋ ክትሰልብ በቒዓ እያ። ኣብቲ ውድድር ዛንዚባር ንሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኢትዮጵያ ትሕቲ 20 ዓመት ስዒራ ናብ ግጥማት ኣውዲቕካ ምሕላፍ ሰጊራ ብምንባራ፡ ብኤርትራ ይኹን ብኻልእ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ብኽንድዚ ዝግፍሑ ውጽኢት ክትሰዓር ዝተጸበየ ውሑድ እዩ ነይሩ። ሬድሲ ካመልስ እምበኣር ብኽንድዚ ዝግፍሑ ውጽኢት ኣይኹን’ምበር ተክኒካውን ታክቲካውን ብስለትን ሸቶ ናይ ምምዝጋብ ድንቂ ዝኾነ ጥበብን ከምዘለዋ ኣብ ናይ ምድብ ጸወታታት ብግብሪ ስለዘርኣየት ዋንጫ ናይ ምዕታር ዓቕሚ ከምዘለዋ ብብዙሓት ተኣሚኑላ እዩ።
ብዝኾነ ኣብቲ ናይ ትሕቲ 20 ዓመት ውድድር፡ ሬድሲ ካመልስ ኣብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ኣንጻር ሃራምበ ስታርስ (ኬንያ) ገጢማ፡ ኣብ መበል 80 ደቒቕ ብዝተመዝገበታ እንኮ ሸቶ ናብ ግጥም ንዋንጫ ካብ ምሕላፍ’ኳ እንተተዓግተት፡ ንደረጃ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ግጥም ንሱዳን 1-0 ስዒራ ሳልሰይቲ ኮይና መዳልያ ክትሽለም በቒዓ እያ።
ድሕሪ ክልተ ወርሒ ናይዚ እምበኣር እያ ዓባይ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ኣብ ተመሳሳሊ ውድድር ተፈራሒት ኮይና ክትቀርብ ዝበቕዐት። ኣሰልጣኒ ሃገራዊት ሬድሲ ካመልስ ኣቶ ኣለምሰገድ ኤፍሬምን ኣማኻሪኡ – ዳይረክተር ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ኣቶ ዳኒኤል የውሃንስን ኣብ ትሕቲ 20 ዓመት ንኤርትራ ኣብ ዝበረኸ ክብታ ከቐመጥዋ ንዝበቕዑ ዝበዝሑ መንእሰያት ሒዞም እዮም ናብ ዩጋንዳ ዘምርሑ። ገለ 5-6 ካብ ነባራት ኣባላት ዓባይ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ወሲኾም ድማ ሜዳ ወሪዶም።
ኤርትራ ፈለማ ኣንጻር ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ብሩንዲ እያ ገጢማ። ብሩንዲ ኣብ ዞባ ማእከላይን ምብራቕን ኣፍሪቃ ምቕሉል ውጽኢት ከተምጽእ ዝጸንሐት ሃገር ትኹን’ምበር ብኤርትራ ብጸወታን ውጽኢትን ክትዕብለል እያ ተራእያ። ተጻወትቲ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ኣብ ከባቢ ልዳት ጋንታኦም ዝጅምሩዋ ኩዕሶ ብሓጺርን ነዊሕን እናተቐባበሉን ብሱል ቴክኒካውን ታክቲካውን ብቕዓት እናርኣዩን ኣብ ውሽጢ ካልኢታት ከባቢ ልዳት ኣንጻር ጋንታ ክበጽሑ ይእግሞም ኣይነበረን። ከምዚ ዓይነት ብስለት ተጠቒሞም ንብሩንዲ 1-0 ብምስዓር ድማ ናብ ዝቕጽል ዙርያ ንናይ ምሕላፍ ተኽእሎኦም ባይታ ኣንጸፉ።
ኤርትራ ኣብ ካልኣይ ናይ ምድብ ጸወታኣ ብኣአንጋዲት ዩጋንዳ (ዘ ክሬንስ) 2-0 እኳ እንተተሳዕረት ድሕሪኡ ንጂቡቲ 3-0 ስለዝረትዓታ ናብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ናይ ምስጋር ዕድላ ዳርጋ ኣረጋጊጻቶ’ያ። ኣንጻር’ታ ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ ብቕዓታ እናመሓየሸት ክትመጽእ ዝጸንሐትን ሓደ እዋን ተዓዋታቲት ሴካፋ ክትከውን ዝበቕዐትን ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ሶማል ገጢማ እንተተዓዊታ ወይ’ውን ማዕረ እንተተፈላልያ ካልኣይቲ ኮይና ምሕላፋ ተረጋግጽ ብምንባራ ከኣ ተጠንቂቓ ተጻዊታ፣ 0-0 ብምፍልላይ ኣብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ በጺሓ ኣንጻር ኬንያ ተመደበት። ኤርትራ እምበኣር ክልተ ወርሒ ኣብ ዘይመልእ ግዜ እያ ምስ ኬንያ ንኻልኣይ ግዜኣ ኣብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ትራኸብ ዘላ።
ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኬንያ (ሃራምበ ስታርስ) ኣብ ዝነበረቶ ካልኣይ ምድብ ንታንዛንያ በሊጻ እያ ቀዳመይቲ ኮይና ናብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ዝሰገረት። ኣብ ርእሲኡ ኣብ 2017 ሻምፕዮን ብምዃን ነታ ዋንጫ ዳግማይ ኣብ ከብሓ ከተትርፋ ህንጡይነት ስለዝነበራ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ኩዕሶ ብዘለዋ ዕዙዝ ድሕረባይታ ኣብ ዝሓሸ ደረጃ ትርከብ ሃገር ብምዃናን ኣብ ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ተዓዊታ ንዋንጫ ክትበጽሕ ዝለዓለ ግምት ተዋሂቡዋ ነይሩ እዩ። ንተጻወትታን ኣካየድታን’ውን ተመሳሳሊ መረዳእታ እዩ ነይሩዎም። ኣሰልጣኒ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኬንያ ፍራንሲስ ኪማንዚ ቅድሚ ጸወታ ንማዕከናት ዜና ኣብ ዝሃቦ ቃል፡ ኤርትራ ዝነኣድ ጸወታን ውጽኢትን ከተርኢ ከምዝጸንሐት እኳ እንተዘይከሓደ፡ ኬንያ ግን ከም ስግኣት ከምዘይትርእያን ብቐሊሉ ስዒራ ድማ ጠመተኣ ናብታ ኣአንጋዲትን ዝበዝሐ ዋናጩ ሴካፋ ዓቲራ እትርከብን ዩጋንዳ ከምዝኾነን ገሊጹ ነይሩ። ኣሰልጣኒ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ኣለምሰገድ ኤፍሬም ብወገኑ፡ ኬንያ ሻምፕዮን ሴካፋ ብምዃና ተፈራሒት ጋንታ ከምዝኾነትን ተጻወትቲ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኤርትራ ግን ብዘለዎም ሞራልን ኒሕን ክስዕርዋ ኣእምሮኣውን ኣካላውን ምድላዋት ገይሮም ከምዘለዉን ሓቢሩ። ሓያሎ ተንተንቲ ኩዕሶ እግሪ እዚ ዞባ’ውን ኤርትራ ኣብ በኹሪ ሱታፌኣ ተወዳዳርነት ከተርኢ ጀሚራ ከምዘላ ብምጥቃስ፡ ኣብዚ ኣንጻር ኬንያ እተካይዶ ውድድር ግን ክብድሃ ከምዝኽእል እዮም ተነብዮም።
ግጥም ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ኤርትራን ኬንያን ኣብ ስታር ታይም ስታድዩም ዝተባህለ፡ ኣብ ከተማ ካምፓላ ዝርከብ ሜዳ ተኻየደ። ብቕንያቱ መስተንክራዊ ደገፍን ሃገራዊ ፍቕርን ከርእዩ ዝቐነዩ ኣብ ዩጋንዳ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ባንዴራ ሃገሮም እናንበልበሉን ብሕብሪ ባንዴራና ዘጌጸ ጽላልን ካልእን ሒዞምን ካብ ጸወታ ቅድሚ ምጅማሩ ኣትሒዞም ንሃገራዊት ጋንታኦም ከተባብዕዋ ውዒሎም።
ተጻወትቲ ሃራምብ ስታርስ ቆማታትን ተረርትን እዮም። ኤርትራውያን መዛኑኦም ድማ ብዕድመ ዝነኣሱን ብተዛማዲ ድቕቕ ዝበሉን ብምዃኖም ኩዕሶ ብሓጺርን ቅልጡፍን ምቅብባል ካብ እግሮም ከምዘይትለቅቕ ገይሮም ክዕወቱ’ዩ ነይሩ ብኣሰልጣኒኦም ዝተዋህቦም መምርሒ። ተጻወትቲ ሬድሲ ካመልስ ዝተባህሉዎን ኣብ ልምምድ ክሰርሑሉ ዝቐነዩን ስልቲ ክደግሙዎ ኣይተኣገሙን። ሓላው ልዳት እንተሒዝዋ ኣብ ጥቓኡ ንዘሎ ተጻዋታይ የቐብሎ፣ ንሱ ናብ ናይ ወሰን ተኸላኸልቲ ወይ ኣከፋፈልቲ፡ ካብኡ ናብ ኣጥቃዕቲ እናተወሃሃቡ ንኬንያውያን ኩዕሶ ክሕዝዋ ኣይፈቐዱሎምን። ኣብ ቀዳማይ እብረ ሮቤል ብጸጋማይ ሸነኽ ንዝወሰዳ ኩዕሶ፡ ብመንጎ ክልተ ተጻወትቲ ኬንያ ብዘደንቕ ክእለት ሓሊፉ ንሸቶ ዝፈተና’ሞ ኣፍልቢ ኬንያዊ ሓላውልዳት ሃሪማ ዝተመልሰት ምስ ዝከላኸል ዝነበረ ኬንያዊ ተላቲማ ሰኪዔት ተንኪፋ። ኤርትራ 1-0 መሪሓ። ሓላው ልዳት ካብ ቦታኡ ወጺኡ ከምዝነበረ ዘስተውዓለ ኣቤል ሰለሙን (ኪሎ) ካብ ከባቢ ፍርቂ ሜዳ (47.1 ሜትሮ) ርሒቑ ዝቐልዓ ኩዕሶ ብላዕለ ላዕሊ ክትምዝገብ ዝተጸበያ ሰብ ክንደየናይ ከይነብር! ግን ብተኣምር ተመዝጊባ፡ ንተዓዘብቲ ኣገሪማ፡ ንተጻወትቲ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ኬንያ ድማ ኣዐንዚዛ!! ጋዜጠኛታት ሓያሎ ማዕከናት ዜና’ውን ምስ ብዙሓት ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝምዝገባ ሸቶታት እናወዳደሩ ጽሒፎምላ እዮም። ተጻወትቲ ኬንያ ንዝኣተዋኦም ሸቶታት ከምልሱ ተንቀሳቐሱ። ካልኣይ እብረ ነዊሕ ከይቀጸለ ድማ እቲ ናብ ገዛእ ጋንታኡ ሸቶ ዘእተወ ኬንያዊ ንጋንታኡ ተስፋ ዝሃበት ሸቶ ኣመዝጊቡ። እንተኾነ ሬድሲ ካመልስ ኩዕሶ ዳግማይ ኣብ ትሕቲ ቁጽጽራ ብምምላስ ብሮቤል ኪዳነን ሚካኤል ሃብተን ኣከታቲላ ክልተ ሸቶታት ብምምዝጋብ ኣብ ልዕሊ’ታ ሻምፕዮን ሴካፋ ዝኾነት ሃራምበ ስታርስ 4-1 ተዓዊታ ንፍጻመ ሓሊፋ። እዚ ውጽኢት’ዚ እምበኣር እዩ ንዩጋንዳውያን፡ ኬንያውያንን ካልኦትን ኣዛራቢ ኮይኑ ዝቐነየ። ሬድሲ ካመልስ መትሓዚ ተሳኢኑዋ። ኣሰልጣኒ ሃገራዊት ጋንታ ዩጋንዳ ኣየርላንዳዊ ሚስተር ጆናታን ማክሲንስትሪ ግን ኤርትራ ንኬንያ ክትስዕራ ምዃና እምነት ከምዝነበሮ’ዩ ምስ “ጎል ዶት ኮም” ዝተባህለ ህቡብ መርበብ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ቃለ መጠይቕ ዝገለጸ። “ኣነ ግጥም ፍርቂ ፍጻመ ቅድሚ ምክያዱ ኤርትራ ንኬንያ ክትስዕራ ምዃና ንተጻወትተይ ሓቢረዮም ነይረ እየ። ምኽንያቱ ተጻወትቲ ኤርትራ መንእሰያት ክነሶም፡ ኩዕሶ ብዝግባእ ዝመልኩ፡ ውሁድ ሓባራዊ ጸወታ ዘዘውትሩ ከምኡ’ውን ኩዕሶ ብሓጺር እናተቐባበሉ ኣብ ፍርቂ ሜዳ ኣንጻር ጋንታኦም ምጽዋት ዘዘውትሩ (press high ዝገብሩ) ብምዃኖም እቶም ጉልቡታት ተጻወትቲ ኬንያ ኪቈጻጸሩዎም ከጸግሞም እዩ” ብምባል ኣብነታት እናሰነየ ገሊጹ።
ኣብ ተመሳሳሊ ግጥም ዩጋንዳ ንታንዛንያ 1-0 ስዒራ ናብ ፍጻመ በጽሐት። ኣሰልጣኒ ዘክሬይንስ ማክስኒስትሪ “ንኤርትራ ክትስዕሩዋ ዲኹም” ተባሂሉ ኣብ ዝተሓተተሉ እዋን፡ “ንስዓራ ኣይንስዓራ፡ ኤርትራ ብዘለዋ ድንቂ ክእለት ክትነኣድን ክትክበርን ዝግብኣ ምዃኑ ክዝንጋዕ ኣይግባእን” ክብል እዩ መሊሱ። ኣስዒቡ “ነዛ ኩዕሶ ካብ እግራ ዘይትለቃ ኤርትራ ክንስዕራ እንተዄንና ኩልና ተጻወትትን ኣሰልጠንትን ዝለዓለ ስነኣእምሮኣውን ኣካላውን ታክቲካውን ምድላዋት ክንገብር ኣለና። እንተዘይኮይኑ ግን ዕጫ ኬንያ ክገጥመና ይኽእል እዩ” ክብል ኣጠንቂቑ ነይሩ።
ብዝኾነ ኤርትራ ኣንጻር’ታ ኣብ ዋንጫ ኣፍሪቃ 2019 ብምክፋል ብቕዓታ ዘመስከረት፡ ኣብ ሴካፋ ዝበዝሐ ዋናጩ ብምዕታር ክብረወሰን ዝሓዘት፡ ብምኩር ብሪጣንያዊ ኣሰልጣኒ እትእለ፡ ልዕሊ ኹሉ ድማ ኣብ ሜዳኣን ኣብ ቅድሚ ደገፍታን ዝገጠመት ዩጋንዳ ክትጻወት ሜዳ ቀረበት። ኣብቲ ናይ ፍጻመ ውድድር ዩጋንዳ ብኹሉ መዳይ ዓብላሊት ኮይና ብምቕራባ ድማ 3-0 ተዓዊታ ዋንጫ ሰፍሲፋ። ብተወሳኺ ዘ ክሬይንስ ኣብ ሜዳኣ ኣብ ዘካየደቶ ናይ ፍጻመ ግጥማት ኣብ ኩሉ ተዓዊታ ዋንጫ ወሲዳ’ያ። ንፈለማ ግዜኣ ንዋንጫ ዝበጽሐት ኤርትራ ከኣ ብሩር መዳልያ ኣብ ክሳዳ ኣጥሊቓ። ብተወሳኺ ኣከፋፋሊ ሬድሲ ካመልስ ሮቤል ተኽለሚካኤል ንብምሉኦም ተጻወትቲ ማእከላይን ምብራቕን ኣፍሪቃ በሊጹ ኮኾብ ሴካፋ ኮይኑ ተሸሊሙ።
Piece of the action from KCCA Lugogo Stadium, Kampala [Courtesy]
The victories of our national teams: the technical and tactical capabilities of the Red sea camels in CECAFA
The distinguishing capabilities, good performances and great goals scored by the Eritrean National Football team U-20 in September and October of 2019 in the CECAFA championship hosted in Uganda are admired and the event recollected by many football players, trainers and managers of CECAFA, who participated in the event.
After 2012, Eritrea participated for the first time in the CECAFA U-20 championships. The fact that it scored 17 goals in the first four matches, meaning around four goals per match, made the headlines at that time. Especially the fact that Eritrean team sent Zanzibar home (5-0), in the knockout stage of quarter-finals caught the attention of the CECAFA community. Zanzibar advanced to the quarter finals after it knocked out Ethiopia, which made this win by Eritrea unbelievable. Many expected Red sea camels to win the championship because of the brilliant techniques and tactics shown by the players in scoring those many goals.
Red sea camels U -20, who in the semi-finals played the Harambee Stars from Kenya, lost the chance to advance to the finals by a single goal netted in the 80th minute. They then placed as runners-up after winning against Sudan 1-0.
Two months after this incident, the National Eritrean team attended the CECAFA senior Challenge Cup. Mr Alemseged Efrem, the National Eritrean team coach and Mr Daniel Yohannes, advisor and team director, formed the National Eritrean team with Red sea camels U20 players who made Eritrea to be a force to be reckoned with, adding 5-6 former players of the Eritrean National team.
In the group stage, Eritrea first faced Burundi. Burundi has been showing good standing in various regional competitions held in Central and East Africa but in this match it was dominated by the Eritrea. Eritrean players advanced to the next stage after securing a victory against Burundi 1-0. Eritrea in the next group stage matched against the hosts, Uganda (the Cranes) losing the game 2-0. But, it was able to advance to the semi-finals after it finished 3-0 against Djibouti. Next, it faced Somalia team, who have improved from time to time and were able to take the Cup home at onetime. Eritrea played carefully because they knew that they would be able to pass to the semi-finals as second best if they won or tie even against Somalia. The game was finished 0-0 and Eritrea advanced to the semi-finals to face Kenya for the second time, in two-month time.
The Kenya National team, the Harambee Stars advanced to the semi-finals from Group stage B besting Tanzania. The National Kenyan team, who were champions of the 2017 competition, was expected to reach the finals because of its illustrious football background, making it a better candidate. On top of this, the team had won the Cup in 2017 and hence, the ambition to clench the cup once again. The Kenya National team coach, Francis Kimanzi, in a press conference held before the match, explained that despite Eritrea’s excellent playing and scoring, the Kenyan team has put in its sight the next match after its advance, with the host team Uganda, which has won the most CECAFA cups.
The Eritrea National team coach in a similar press conference responded that the Eritrean players are making needed psychological and physical readiness and even though Kenya as a CECAFA champion, is a formidable rival, the Eritrean resolve and fortitude is no match for it. Many sport analysts forecasted that the game would be challenging for Eritrea, despite the excellent performances shown in its debut participation.
The match between Eritrea and Kenya was held in Star Time Stadium in Kampala. The support and exuberant spirit shown by the Eritrean supporters, holding and waving the Eritrean flag and umbrellas with the national colours was very remarkable.
Harmbee Stars players are tall and well-built in contrast to their Eritrean peers, who are younger in age and slightly diminished in stature. Taking this into account, the Eritrean trainer advised them to be quick, make short passes and retain ball possession. The Eritrean players easily put into action the instructions that they were given and were practising. The goal keeper would pass the ball to the nearest player to him, who would then knock off the ball to wingers or midfielders and then to the forwards, making it impossible for the Kenyans to dispossess them.
In the first half, Robel took the ball from the left flank, dribbled past the middle of two Kenyan players and fired a shot. The ball rebounded off the Kenyan defender after it hit the chest of the Kenyan goalkeeper and found the net. Eritrea 1- Kenya 0.
Abel Solomon (Kilo) saw the goalkeeper was outside his inner box and shot from around the middle of the park (47.1 meters). No one expected the ball to find the net! A miraculous shot, dumbfounded the Kenyan players, much to the applause of the audience! Several journalists wrote about the spectacular shot comparing it with goals scored in European football.
The Kenyans strived to equalize the two-goal deficit and not long after the second half, the same player who scored the own-goal scored the first, giving his team hopes. However, the Red Sea Camels regain control and successively scored twice through Robel Kidane and Michael Habte, eliminating the holders, Harambee Stars, 4 to 1 and progressed to the final.
This outcome was the talk of the sport of Kenyan and Ugandan community. The Red sea camels couldn’t be stopped. The Uganda National team coach, Mr Jonathan Mac-sinstry, in an interview with popular website, ”goal.com”, expressed that he was confident that Eritrea would win.
”I told my players before the match that Eritrea would win over Kenya. Because, despite the fact that the Eritrean players are younger, they control the ball better, play the passing game and prefer to press high around the middle of the park, making it hard for the strapping Kenyan players to control them.”
In other quarter final match, Uganda advanced to the final after winning 1-0 against Tanzania.
The Cranes coach, MacSinstry, when asked, ‘‘Are you going to beat Eritrea?”. He replied, ” Win or Lose, we must admire and not forget the excellent performance by the Eritreans.” He added, “We need to maintain the highest mental, physical and tactical preparations in order to beat Eritrea, which is fond of retaining ball possession, lest we fall the same like Kenya.”
Eritrea faced Uganda, previous participants in the African Cup of Nations tournament, holders of most CEFAFA titles, coached by the veteran British coach, playing on its home turf along with its home supporters. The Ugandan side dominated the game entirely and clenched the title by a three goal margin. Moreover, the Cranes have won all final games on home turf, taking the cups home. Eritrea, who reached finals for the first time, got the silver medal award. Rea Sea Camels midfielder, Robel Teklemichael won the best player award of the CECAFA cup ahead of all central and East African players.
Piece of the action from KCCA Lugogo Stadium, Kampala [Courtesy]