Liberia: Lone Star Restores Hope for 2017 Afcon

It had to happen this time and national coach James Salinsa Debbah told the Daily Observer, "The victory is necessary to give our players the self esteem that they have lost for past defeats." But Debbah also revealed that he had known from the beginning that Tunisia would fall in Monrovia and promised many others would also fall.

Known as the Miracle Man when he donned the number 10 jersey decades ago for the very team that he his coaching today, Debbah said he had anticipated a positive result, though there were 'doubting Thomases' who would not give the team any chance.

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