Amavubi coach ready for Egypt qualifier changes

Amavubi Stars head coach Branko Tucak (Pic) is ready for any possible date changes in Rwanda’s 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifier with Egypt. The Egyptian Football Association wants the World’s football body, Fifa to postpone their home qualifier against Rwanda, which is scheduled for June 10 in Cairo. The Croat said last week that provided there is a private jet for the national, he sees no problem playing Egypt at any date of their choice. “I don’t see any problems with my team playing Zambia on June 7 and Egypt on June 10. I will only request the federation to get us a private chartered plane to fly us direct from Lusaka to Cairo,” Tucak told Times Sport. In justifying his decision, which his bosses at Ferwafa are already against, Tucak reasoned that such an arrangement would help him to remain and work well with his entire squad. However, the Croat admits that he is not the overall decider. He added, “I will leave Fifa to make their final decision on this matter.” The Egyptian FA has already informed Fifa the difficulty of facing Rwanda on June 10, following Algeria’s alteration to the original date of their 2010 World Cup qualifiers meeting with Egypt. The FA received a notification from the Algerian Football Federation two weeks ago, setting June 7 as the new date of their qualifier, one day later than the pre-agreed date. This change in date means that African champions Egypt will only have less than three days to prepare for the next World Cup game against Rwanda. Egypt, who kick off their World Cup qualifying campaign against Zambia this Sunday in Cairo, will take part in this year’s Fifa Confederations Cup. The African champions will face Brazil, Italy and USA in Group B in South Africa, who will host the competition starting June 15th. Ends

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Amavubi coach ready for Egypt qualifier changes