The national soccer coach, Chiquinho Conde, says that if his players remain committed and respect their opponents, not giving them the label of being the weakest team in the group, the Mambas will beat Eswatini next Friday and mark a very important step on the road to qualification for CAN-2025..

Leading Group "I" of the CAN-2025 qualifiers with four points, as well as Mali, relegated to second place due to the tie-breaker between goals scored and conceded, Mozambique can guarantee qualification on Monday next week, when they play Eswatini in Nelspruit, their opponents' borrowed home.

According to Challenge newspaperTo do so, the Mambas must first win next Friday at 3pm at the Estadio Nacional do Zimpeto and then repeat a similar result three days later against the same opponents as hosts.

"Mali must then win their third and fourth round matches against Guinea-Bissau. If that happens, the two teams will have 10 points, which Guinea-Bissau and Eswatini will not be able to reach in the last two rounds," says the same publication.

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