Nigeria vs Ghana friendly: We know how to beat Eagles -Addo
With barely minutes away to the international friendly between Nigeria and Ghana in Marrakech Morocco, returnee Black Stars coach Otto Addo has boasted that he knows how to beat Super Eagles. Apparently still relishing the two legged play-offs that led to Ghana heading the World cup in Qatar at the expense of Nigeria in 2022, Addo believes his tactics are water proof and will work again.
Otto Addo will lead Ghana against the Super Eagles later this evening (5 p.m.) in an international friendly at the Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco.
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Addo led the team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar thanks to their 1-1 draw against the Super Eagles in Abuja. Interestingly the Black Stars failed to go beyond the group stage at the tournament but were satisfied with the bragging right it gave them afterwards. Addo who apparently watched the Eagles with keen interest at the last AFCON where the team under ex-coach Jose Peseiro made it to the final underscored that the team is vunerable.
“We know what we can do and we know how to play against such a team and even though they went to the final, they showed in some matches that they are vulnerable so anything can happen,” he said.
“I am just hoping that we get a good start and we can end this game as the winning team.”
Just like ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Otto Addo has the job of leading the Black Stars of Ghana to qualify for the 2026 World Cup.
The coach said the game against Nigeria tonight and the friendly clash against Uganda four days later will be used to prepare the team for the qualifiers.
He said, “For me, it’s always the same. Each match has different preferences and different options. But also different hurdles and different solutions and for us it’s always the aim to find the right solutions defensively and offensively.
“So I think Nigeria and Uganda it’s an optimal preparation for the team and I think we can expect the same obstacles, so however the game ends, if we take the right conclusions out of these games then we can prepare ourselves for the upcoming matches against Mali and Central African Republic.”