Namibia coach Collin Benjamin says teams at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will have to be 'really good' to beat his Brave Warriors.
Namibia stunned Cameroon with a 2-1 win in Afcon qualifying in March, helping them seal their place at the finals in Ivory Coast
Former Hamburg defender Benjamin, who is seeking Namibia's first win at Afcon, feels his country has a point to prove at the finals,"We didn't have active football for three years and we were not able to play our matches at home," he said. Despite those challenges, Namibia will hope to progress beyond the group stages for the first time when they make their fourth Afcon appearance.Namibia produced two memorable results against Cameroon in qualifying, holding the five-time Afcon champions to a 1-1 draw on 24 March before beating them 2-1 four days later.
"If I'm being honest, since we came back from the 2019 African Nations Cup in Egypt, the government has basically taken a backseat," he said. "It's tournament soccer. It doesn't have to be beautiful, it has to be effective. To be effective, you have to have a lot of discipline and to have discipline you need to put the work in.
"We're going to be courageous and we want to stamp our authority, saying 'listen big boys - we're sitting here on this table with you all and we want a piece of that bread. If you want to take all of it, you'd better be really good because we are prepared to take that fight on.'"
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