Drawing lessons from the elimination and suspension of Guinea a few years ago by CAF and FIFA in this U17 competition for 5 years for “due to the inappropriate age of some players”, authorities Guinean and the Guinéenne Federation of Football have taken everything technical. , logistical and financial arrangements necessary for the honorable participation of the Guinean U17 team in this CAN U17 2024 tournament, including the MRI defense test on October 9 in Dakar with a laboratory and with doctors certified by the organizers and this for 35 young players in advance. selected by the technical management in our academies and our school teams.
As a result, the twenty (20) players finally selected for the tournament were deemed fit and eligible after the MRI test on October 9, 2024, fully paidin Dakar by the Guinean Football Federation and the results were available from the Ministry. Youth and sports were used for the final selection.
So we are surprised by this amazing news from the organizers a few hours before the first match of our national team against Gambia..
Therefore, we ask the players concerned, the team management, the biological and academic families of the players, the Guinean sports family and the public opinion to be patient with their comments while they wait. to more information from the CAF medical team of the competition as well as the decisions of the Guinean, West African and African Football sports authorities that make sport an instrument of peace, cohesion and social justice in the interest of our countries and our energy young actors.
The Guinean Ministry of Youth and Sports is closely following this news with the Guinean Football Federation which is in charge of this discipline in which we renew our confidence in finding lasting solutions to Guinean football problems.
Minister of Youth and Sports Keamou Bogola Haba
