Guinea’s national team took so long to emerge from the Arrivals area. Initially scheduled to arrive at 10pm on Thursday night, the team finally emerged at 3:10am in the wee hours of Friday morning.
But in the end, the wait was worthwhile. Clad in traditional black and white attire and uniform black trainers, the team sauntered out of the airport building to a spectacular performance from Crane performers.
Various members of their team including officials and players joined in the dancing to the excitement of the welcoming committee and onlookers, who reached for their phones to record footage of the proceedings.
The exhibited immaculate finesse while gyrating their bodies to the tunes of Uganda’s cultural drums and beats, and it took them a while to make the short journey to their Team Bus that was waiting some 200 meters from the arrivals section.
The youthful team looked energized, fresh and eager to make a mark on the competition that starts on Saturday, August 1 in Tanzania.
Guinea will enter the fray at Mandela National Stadium on Monday when they take on Niger in an all-West African Group C opener at 5pm local time.
Guinea are residing at Four Points By The Sheraton in the heart of the city centre.
