Abobaker Eisa says the 'bigger cause' of the Sudanese civil war has been a motivating factor in their qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
With no end in sight to the civil war in Sudan, the country's footballers have offered a glimmer of hope to their compatriots thanks to their unlikely qualification for next year's Africa Cup of Nations .Aid workers say it has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis - with the leading cause of death across the country being preventable disease and starvation.
"We're doing that through football, which is a beautiful thing. We know we're playing for a much bigger cause."with United States special envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello saying some estimates suggested up to 150,000 people had been killed. "On the way home, we said to ourselves we're more than capable. We knew we had pressure, but at the same time we knew we could get the job done."Eisa said the side have fed off the support of the Sudanese diaspora in their two qualifiers hosted in Libya – as well as local supporters – after starting their campaign in South Sudan."Obviously it's not home, it's not Sudan, but at the same time it does feel like that with the support that they show and bring to us.
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