SHOCKING details have been revealed of how Sierra Leone's U20 women's team coach drugged her players with the sex-inducing drug Tongkat Ali before their 2014 Women's World Cup qualifier against Nigeria last month.
On Saturday October 28, Nigeria's Super Falconets beat Sierra Leone's U20 women's team 10-0 in a one-sided game at the National Stadium Abuja. This heavy scoreline prompted the Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate what went wrong and it has emerged that coach Hannah Williams administered her players Tongkat Ali, a drug primarily used to increase the flow of blood to and from the heart and also to excite the user sexually.
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Coach Williams has admitted administered the drug to almost every player on the team without the knowledge of the accompanying team doctor and the other members of the delegation. She confessed that the purpose of administering the drug was to enhance the players' performance against the Super Falconets.
However, the drug had the opposite effect, making the Sierra Leonean women ineffective as they were second beast against the Falconets in every area of the pitch. From the technical reports submitted by other members of the delegation to Nigeria, the Sierra Leonean team appeared unfocused and jaded as a result of unusual menstruations and diarrhoea due to the side effects of the drug.
Nigeria's Super Falconets have arrived in Freetown for the second leg due to take place tomorrow as the Sierra Leonean Football Association is considering taking action against the now-sacked coach Williams. Her action is considered to be gross misconduct, putting the lives of the players at risk and jeopardizing the integrity and trust of the nation.
Super Falconets media officer, Elizabeth Kah, said the team is not being distracted by the incident, however,. and is focusing on the game ahead. She added that 18 players arrived in Sierra Leone yesterday for the game and have begun training.
Ms Kah said: “We had 24 players in camp but the 18 which dressed for the first leg match in Abuja were selected, with three coaches, the team co-ordinator and manager. Other members of the team in Sierra Leone, aside from me the media officer, are five officials of the Nigeria Football Federation."
She expressed optimism that the Falconets would make the country proud by replicating what they did during the first leg match in Abuja. If the Falconets win tomorrow, they will have two more qualification games to play and win to secure qualification for the World Cup due in Canada between August 4 and 25.
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