The Confederation of African Football (CAF) boss said words cannot convey his feelings about the performances of the two African nations on the verge of gifting the Continent a feat that will re-write the history of world football forever.
Hayatou therefore, urged the Golden Ea¬glets of Nigeria and the Les Aiglonnets of Mali to continue to show the world “their technical skills and strength of character” that has ar¬rested the attention of football pundits all over the globe.
“There are times when words cannot express the feeling, and I think this is one of such moments. On my behalf, and that of the CAF Executive Com¬mittee, I congratulate the young players from Mali and Nigeria who have offered us moments of indescribable joy”, said Issa Hayatou, who has been carefully observing the proceedings of the tournament.
“The results and per¬formances of the two teams in the competition have left, in the opinion of many, much to be de¬sired. But we had to re¬alize the promise of the flowers and the young did so masterfully for the happiness of all the great African football family and the continent.
“I am pleased that these results are obtained with essentially local techni¬cal persons, a testament to the quality and poten¬tial of African coaches. This reinforces the den¬sification of our licensing program for coaches and multiplying opportuni¬ties for capacity building of African coaches,” as¬sured Hayatou stated.
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