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Namibia’s U14 girls’ soccer team started off on a high note at the Norway Cup competition when they drew 1-1 against Elverum in a friendly match and then beat Elverum 1-0 in their opening competitive match on Thursday.

According to Namibia’s team manager Jacky Gertze, Namibia were full value for their win while Emma Naris scored Namibia’s goal.

The Namibian team has proved popular with the locals and has featured prominently in the local media. The Norwegian website www.elverumfotball.no has posted several photos of the Namibian team as well as this report.

A friendly match between Elverum and Score Namibia ended with a popular draw 1-1

The coaches Ronny Sørby and Jackie Gertz shook hands after a fair and good match, with no losers - only winners! This is a special service for our friends in Namibia - news in English!

Fist - for the Norwegian readers: The background for the visit from Namibia is a cooperation agreement between the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports and NORAD in Norway - and SCORE, an organization situated in South Africa and covering the three southern African countries: South Africa, Namibia and Zambia.

The Namibian team comes from the capital Windhoek and stays in Norway as a part of the Norway Cup project. They will have a preparation course in Elverum ahead of the Norway Cup and will receive a Norwegian friendship team from Elverum - the Elverum J-14 team.

The girls in the Namibian team say that it is good that the temperature is not so hot, but someone does not like so much rain - which there has been a lot of over the last few days. They have met their Norwegian friendship team, and last evening they had a barbeque party - after the training match. Both teams performed their songs and dances, and now they are familiar with some of each others traditions. An enjoyable evening!

The training match was good for both teams, and as a friendly match it ended with a 1-1 draw. The Norwegian team scored first in the first half, and the equalizer came early in the second half. A very good performance by both teams!