The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) General- Secretary Dr. Sanusi Mohammed has pleaded to Nigerians not to write off the home base senior national team known as Chan Eagles after its 4 – 1 thrashing in the hands of Sparrow Hawks of Togo, in the first leg, second-round qualifying match of the 2020 African Nations Championship billed for Cameroon.
Sanusi who made the appeal in a chat with Sportinglife .ng, said the scoreline was unbelievable because Nigeria teams have not lost to such margin in recent time but expressed confidence that the CHAN Eagles will turn the tie against the Togolese when they visit Nigeria for the return leg on October 19.
He also expressed the need for the technical crew to work with the NFF Technical department in the areas that need to be corrected before the second leg.
“You should know that this is football anything can happen within 90 minutes of play. The boys didn’t play badly because they equally miss couple of chances . Nigerians need to courage them and pray for them for I strongly believe that the CHAN Eagles will qualify for the championship. We should not write them off because Nigerians are fighters when it comes to round leather game.. The coaching crew have ample opportunity now to do the needful before the second leg qualifier,” said Sanusi.
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The General-Secretary further stated that the players and the coaching crew will commence camping immediately in Abuja while the coach will look for experience home base players to fortify the team.