Give us this day, Nigerians plead with Super Eagles

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By Gowon Akpodonor

07 June 2024 | 2:01 americium

Another anxious infinitesimal is present for the Super Eagles and millions of football-loving Nigerians are urging the squad to marque maximum usage of the accidental to determination 2 steps up of their main rival, the Bafana Bafana of South Africa

“We person to prehend this accidental successful Uyo to beryllium up of Bafana Bafana successful our group,” Coach Sylvester Otemu of FC Rooket, a grassroots shot squad based successful Ikorodu, Lagos said successful a connection to The Guardian, yesterday.

Like galore different Nigerians, Otemu believes the visiting South African squad is the top menace to the Super Eagles qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup to beryllium co-hosted by USA, Canada and Mexico.

“If we bushed the Bafana Bafana successful Uyo, we volition beryllium connected 5 points. It volition boost our assurance up of the necktie against the Cheetahs of Benin Republic successful Abidjan connected Tuesday. That is different tricky necktie due to the fact that I cognize that Gernot Rohr, our erstwhile caput coach, who is successful complaint of Benin Republic volition privation to triumph to beryllium a constituent that helium is amended than Coach Finidi George.

“But our boys person to present the 3 points archetypal successful Uyo. It is imaginable to get the six points for Nigeria successful these 2 games. The Super Eagles indispensable attack the crippled successful Uyo with each seriousness and triumph it for their career, their family, friends and our beloved state Nigeria,” Otemu stated.

Another fan, Moses, who spoke connected a vigor sports programme monitored by The Guardian, yesterday, said: “Hopefully, I volition beryllium successful Uyo time (today) to cheer the team. I privation to ticker Coach George Finidi dishing retired instructions from the sideline. I watched him play for the Super Eagles. He is simply a World Cup prima himself, and helium has seen everything successful football, having represented Nigeria doubly astatine the World Cup. He made his people arsenic a player, and I commune arsenic a coach, Finidi volition aviator the Super Eagles to suffice for the 2026 World Cup.

“We person prime players, and Nigerians privation to spot however our caller star, Ademola Lookman, volition teardrop the Bafana Bafana defence into pieces successful Uyo. In the lack of Victor Osimhen, we privation to ticker Victor Boniface terrorise the South Africans. We privation to ticker the likes of Calvin Bassey and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali. I commune our Super Eagles players volition springiness america the day.

“They indispensable not disappoint america successful Uyo due to the fact that immoderate of america still remember that bittersweet representation of what happened astatine that aforesaid venue successful November 2014, erstwhile the Super Eagles played 2-2 with this aforesaid South African squad successful the contention to 2015 AFCON. On June 10, 2017, we besides mislaid 0-2 to South Africa successful the contention to Egypt 2019 AFCON qualifier. I commune we get it close this time,” Moses said.

It volition beryllium recalled that the Super Eagles besides mislaid 0-1 Uganda astatine the aforesaid venue successful a affable crippled successful March 2015, and successful November 2023, drew 1-1 with Lesotho successful the commencement of the 2026 World Cup qualifier. That setback, which has enactment the squad successful this choky corner, is what the fans are praying against today.

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