For the 30th edition of the super cup of the Association of Sports Journalists of Burkina (AJSB), AS Douanes and EFO will be battling this Sunday, August 06, 2023 at the Wobi stadium in Bobo Dioulasso. As a prelude to this meeting, the two teams held a press briefing this Wednesday, August 2, 2023 in Ouagadougou.
AS Douanes-EFO, the poster for the AJSB super cup looks like revenge for the Gabelous, beaten by the Stellistes in the league and in the Faso Cup last season. Even if for Antoine Ilboudo, the assistant coach, the time is not for revenge. ” For us, there is a trophy to win and we are going to win it”, will say the assistant coach of the Gabelous. He will add that this match is also part of their preparation for the African campaign and for the upcoming national championship. SO, ” we will approach it in the most beautiful way. We are working to give a good show to the Burkinabè sports public”. For the captain of the Customs, Sané, the whole Gabelous team is motivated to play this final. ” This will allow us to better prepare our African campaign”. On the EFO side, coach Cheick Ouattara aka Figo, is clear, he is not coming to this final to test these players but to win the cup.
He doesn’t think it will be an affordable match for his team, even though he beat Kamou Malo’s team twice last season. ” The matches follow each other but are not alike. We are preparing to win this cup and better prepare our African campaign,” he will indicate. Stellar captain, Yacouba Ouédraogo, for his part, notes that for this final they have no pressure. ” We are going to this final with more desire”, emphasizes Yacouba Ouedraogo.
For this 30th edition of the super cup, the AJSB officially gave each team 5 special balls. The Association of Sports Journalists of Burkina has also made a collector’s jersey for each team, which will be put on sale. According to Claude Roamba, each team will have to register 23 players on the match sheet and in the event of a draw during the 90 minutes, it is directly the penalty shootout that will decide between the two teams.
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