Botswana’s inaction in November, ahead of the AFCON tournament explained

Botswana are heading to their second AFCON tournament and their first in 12 years next month in Morocco. 

Playing at this level requires a team to have solid preparation, but there have been reports in Botswana of a lack of funds for the Zebras to participate in these friendly matches. 

But these are the reasons Ramoreboli provided.

"Sometimes, yes, everybody needs a friendly but I always say that it's important that when you go to a friendly game you have drilled something and be able to say, what do I need to correct and I think at the moment what is important for us is to make sure that we drill,” Ramoreboli said.

“And we make sure that after every friendly game we're gonna play, we'll be able to look back and say from our training session these are the things that we wanted to see and this is how well we have performed or these are the things that we are able to correct. 

“So, for me I still feel that we need a couple of sessions to make sure that we get ready, we are prepared, obviously we have already started with the analysis of the opponents we are to face. 

“So, obviously the analysis will inform how we are going to train and how we are going to approach matches."

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Ramoreboli says that for now, the plan is to have a long camp, where he will mainly work with a squad of locally based players. 

As they approach the tournament, they will have a series of international friendly matches, against teams going to the AFCON.

"For now, what is important for us is to have a camp that will lead us to the Africa Cup of Nations and have those friendly games which will prepare us for the tournament,” he added. 

“So, what we are trying to do now is to make sure that we have more number of sessions which are more giving us time and actions which are preparing us for the Africa Cup of Nations.

“so for me I think the most important thing is the number of sessions that we are going to have going into the Africa Cup of Nations and also try to make sure that we get those relevant friendly games."