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Ethiopia Walia Ibex preparations ahead of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifers have hit top gear with another friendly match on Monday 18th August, 2014 against Atletico Luziana.

The match will be played at the Stadium Serra do Lago a 21,000 person capacity stadium then later on Wednesday they will play against Club Brasiliense FC at the Stadium Boca do Jacare carrying a maximum of 27,000 .

On Saturday Walia came from behind after an early Club Gama penalty to equalize and settle on a 1-1 draw in an exciting friendly match.

Coach Mariano Barreto has been pacing up trying to find the winning formula from a talented squad of players he settle for in the trip to Brazil.Since his appointment Ethiopia has seen a flurry of activities with the latest an intitiave of Ethiopian football federation under Junedin Bashah and his agent Mario Texeira who organised the Brazil football tour.

Ethiopia will be looking to replicate their 2013 superb form where they qualified for the 2013 Afcon and later qualified for the 2014 CHAN while missing the World Cup 2014 losing to Nigeria in the play offs.

Ethiopia are grouped alongside Algeria ,Mali and Malawi.

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com