Super Eagles chief coach, Stephen Keshi, has declared that the home-based lads will shock the Elephants of Cote d’voire in Abidjan on July 27 when the Nigerians go there for the second leg qualifiers for the 2014 CHAN Championship which has been scheduled for South Africa.
Keshi said after Tuesday training that the Ivorians are so passionate about football and they will do anything to defeat Nigeria, hence the need to forget the 4-1 win in Kaduna and concentrate on the return leg. “The win in Kaduna is history and if you have been following the media you will see that they have been making remarks that they can also beat us well. We must be ready for their antics and forget the past”.
The Eagles have been training at the Synthetic pitch of the Goal Project at the package B of the Abuja National Stadium as the Ivorians had already informed CAF that the return leg will be played on artificial turf. Twenty three players trained on Tuesday morning with only Godfrey Oboabona exempted by the coaching crew because he had had a hectic schedule with his club, Sunshine Stars. He will join his teammates on Wednesday morning, as the players battle for the 20 slots that the coach will take to Abidjan for the match.
