Leone Stars of Sierra Leone has on the 17th January, 2022 safely arrived in Limbe ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations decider against Equatorial Guinea at the Omnisports Stadium.
The team departs with 23 players with seven Officials and the head of the delegation was Vice President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) 1 Harold Nat Johnson, Limbe is in the South Western Region of Cameroon where they will honor their last game against Equatorial Guinea.
The team departs at the Best Western Plus Hotel at midday for the much Afcon decider and is logged at the Parliamentarian hotel.
Sierra Leone will lock horns with Equatorial Guinea at the 20,000 seater Limbe Omni sports Stadium, and the stadium was built in 2012 and inaugurated on January 26, 2016, and is one of the few stadia that is built on a hill and has a stunning view of the sea view.
Sierra Leone Senior national team has recorded two come back on two occasions in the tournament and as it stands Leone Stars need a win to progress to the next rounds of the tournament a draw will be a slim opportunity for them to go through, because if the defending champion Algeria defeated Ivory Coast then it means three of the nations will progress, excluding Sierra Leone base on accumulated points.
Here is the current standing:
1- Ivory Coast – 4 points
2- Equatorial Guinea – 3 points
3- Sierra Leone -2 points
4- Algeria -1 points
Sierra Leone has faced Equatorial Guinea four times and they have tasted one defeat from them in all competitions the last time was in June 2008 as Equatorial Guinea defeated Sierra Leone two goals to one while Sierra Leone had defeated them two times in all competitions.
Most Equatorial Guinea players are playing their Professional football in Spain.