Sierra Leone debutant and IF Bromby goalkeeper Mamadou Walle Jalloh noted his joy after Sierra Leone and Zambia played to a scoreless draw at the Suez Canal Stadium on Sunday.

Keeper Jalloh stressed in international competitions the need for teamwork after both sides played to a draw in their first game of Group A in the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

“𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞.” Jalloh said in the post-game interview, “𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. “𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞.”

When asked about his composure during several moments when Zambia was on the break, he replied, “𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.”

Sierra Leone’s next match is against the host nation Egypt, who defeated South Africa at the Cairo International Stadium on Sunday, topping the table.