Excitement has gripped Tanzanian football fans ahead of a friendly
match between English Premier League side Everton and Kenyan top side
Gor Mahia at the 60,000 seater National stadium in Dar es Salaam.
Everton players have been given near royal treatment since their arrival on Monday in the the East African nation.
England
international and
former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney has specially been a draw
to the crowds and many are looking forward to see him in action.
The Democratic Republic Congo winger Yannick
Bolasie rivalled Rooney in the popularity stakes with a band of Congolese fans
on call to welcome him. They were drapped in t-shirts emblazoned
with his face.
However it was Rooney who
emerged as the fans' favourite.
Even the country’s vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, attested to that.
“Wayne Rooney made me
support Manchester United and now I don’t know what to do because he has gone
back to Everton,” she said.
Rooney
responded:
“Being here it has been a new experience for me and I hope the vice
president will now be able to support Everton.”
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