The Home –based Senior
Men National Team, Super Eagles B, has intensified preparations for Saturday’s
2020 African Nations Championship qualifying battle with the Sparrow Hawks of
Togo in Lagos.
Imama Amapakabo and
have been training at the FIFA Goal Project, National Stadium, Abuja since
returning from their expedition at the WAFU/FOX Cup of Nations in Senegal last
week.
The former
international goalkeeper realizes that they have a mountain to climb, having
lost the first leg in Lome 4-1 and then overwhelmed by the same team at the
WAFU/FOX Cup of Nations in Senegal.
“We have a big job at
hand, and I have been drumming it into the ears of the players that we cannot
afford to fail. The Togolese won 4-1 on their home ground; nothing says we
cannot do better on our own home ground.
“We have to be focused
and determined. We must create chances and put them away, because we cannot
afford not to be at the African Nations Championship,” said Amapakabo.
Nigeria finished as
runner-up at the last edition of the African Nations Championship staged by
Morocco early last year.
The winner over two
legs between Nigeria and Togo will book a slot at the 6th African
Nations Championship finals scheduled for Cameroon in June 2020.
NFF’s Director of
Competitions, Mr. Ayobola Oyeyode confirmed that the
delegation of the Sparrow Hawks for Saturday’s big match, which will hold at
the Agege Stadium, Lagos from 4pm, will fly into Lagos aboard an ASKY Airline
flight on Thursday.
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