The Tremendous Eagles final received the African Cup of Nations match again in 2013, after a lone objective from Sunday Mba sealed the deal in opposition to Burkina Faso.
Tremendous Eagles head coach, Jose Vitor Peseiro, has sounded a powerful warning to all different nations vying to win the AFCON match in Ivory Coast, Soccernet.ng reviews.
The Nigerian Nationwide crew have adopted “Let’s do it once more” as their motto for the match as they give the impression of being to copy the success of the 2013 crew that received the competitors.
Peseiro, 63, has additionally not shied away from the Nigerian theme, sending out a observe of warning, that nothing however a win within the match’s closing will do for him.
The Portuguese tactician, talking with NFF TV, praised the standard within the squad of the Nigerian crew, and talked about his purpose for the crew on the AFCON match.
“Presently, the Tremendous Eagles have the very best assault on the continent, and I’ve evaluated the gamers and the state of affairs, and I wish to win the AFCON, it’s my objective, my goal,” the previous F.C. Porto supervisor mentioned.
The coach was trustworthy in his proceedings, mentioning he has a foreknowledge that the duty earlier than him isn’t any simple feat, however reaffirms he’s prepared to place up a battle with the Tremendous Eagles.
“It’s not simple as there are different candidates, as everybody is aware of. You additionally must respect the opposite nationwide groups and know their strengths, however on the similar time, we wish to battle to win the AFCON. We even have a troublesome group. Among the groups in our group had a greater displaying on the final match, so we wish to do higher.”
The Tremendous Eagles had been drawn in Group A, alongside the host, Ivory Coast, with Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea finishing the record. Nigeria play their first sport in opposition to Equatorial Guinea in 13 days.