New Liberia coach Ansumana Keita has told his doubters not to expect miracles when they face Bafana Bafana in Afcon 2023 qualifiers over the coming days.
Keita, who never played international football, has 15-years experience in youth development and will take charge of the 150th-ranked Lone Stars for the first time in Friday’s Group K clash at the Orlando Stadium, before next Tuesday’s game in Monrovia.
With six points from those games guaranteeing a spot in Cote d’Ivoire next year, Keita’s appointment has been described as a skande and “a recipe for disaster”.
.@BafanaBafana squad to face Liberia🇱![CDATA[]]>🇷 in their back-to-back @CAF_Online AFCON qualifiers
— Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) March 16, 2023
🇿![CDATA[]]>🇦 will play against Liberia 🇱![CDATA[]]>🇷 on 24 March 2023 at Orlando Stadium at 6pm and again on 28 March 2023 in Liberia @SABC_Sport @LeCoqSportif_SA pic.twitter.com/sCmzwdVf2q
But he says: “I’m not God. I may do well. I may not do well. All depends on our preparations.”
He adds: “People who doubt me, I love them.
“People who criticise me, they are the best. They make me work hard. They keep my feet on fire. So I can’t do wrong. I will do my best and will never disappoint my country.”