Head coach, Manu Garba, said winning the match against Menas of Niger was crucial to the team in order to secure their progress to the second round of the tournament.
“We want to win at home as we did two weeks ago in Niamey and we are leaving nothing for chance,” noted Garba.
Speaking on the popular Good Morning Calabar TV show on CRBC, assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke (MON) was even more forthcoming about the chance of the Nigerian side.
The team assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, said the team would approach the match with the same wining spirit that see the Eaglets beating their opponent four - one in an away match in Niamey.
“We know there is a hug interest in this game after our 4-1 in Niamey but we shall be ready for the game," Amuneke said.
“We are realistic about our expectations and we are approaching the game with the same winning mentality." "Of course, we want to win but we must work for it,"the former African Footballer of the Year said."We are confident they would rise to the occassion."
Already, there is the small talk that the match is going to be a walkover for the Golden Eaglets on account of their flattering 4-1 win in Niamey but Amuneke has begged to differ, insisting that football is not as easy as people thought.
Pressed to predict the outcome of the match, Suleiman Abubakar, Eaglets' coordinator, assured that the team would give good account of itself following its performance in their first leg in Niamey Niger.
“We don't count our chickens before they hatch and we don't want to talk about how many goals we are going to score," Abubakar emphasised." What we can assure the fans is good football and hopefully the goals would come.
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