Ghana's Anthony Annan tackles Botswana's jerome Ramatlhakwane (Photo: AP)
Striker Jerome Ramatlhakwane says that Botswana will do their best in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, even though their mission won't be easy.
"Our first game in the group is against Tunisia. I scored twice against them when qualifying for the 2012 finals, but I don't know if I can repeat that. We will work hard to do it though," the leading scorer of the 2012 Africa cup qualifying series was quoted as saying on the official website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday.
The Zebras are in a tough group of the Morocco edition qualifiers as they were drawn into Group E with Egypt, Senegal and Tunisia. They play Tunisia away this weekend before hosting Senegal on 10 September.
"They [Tunisia] are a team that will want to beat us because we disrupted their plans last time around. They want revenge against us so it’s going to be extra difficult. They know us and what we can do and it's going to be a tight game. Going to Tunis is a tough job"
"Back then we were a surprise package and no one expected anything from us, so we did not have any pressure. Now they know us and what we are capable of. Back then they only knew that they were going to collect three points playing against us and they did not do their homework but they got the shocks of their lives."
"Many will see us as the weak link in the group, but our opponents know what we are capable of. It's best to win your home games to stand a better chance of qualifying. The Arab teams don't like playing us because we always give them a hard time. I think we have a good chance of qualifying because if you look at Tunisia it's been a while since they beat us."
Senegal are hosting the Pharaohs in the same group on Friday.
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