The Super Eagles take on Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on Saturday, September 5. It is useless bringing in three professional players for the same position, paying their flight tickets and everything, bringing strikers and not been able to use one or two of them.
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“But if we want the best in our players we have to give them some respect. Our focus is to win this match”, he said on a Lagos sports radio station early Wednesday from the capital city of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam.
New Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has stuck largely with the same squad as predecessor Stephen Keshi. I don’t believe you tell players what to do, rather, you show them what to do as long as the big stomach is not there.
“The training was not bad but we have a lot of work to do”. Also, I think we have some heavy weight in Emenike and Ujah for that position and if need be we might play the two of them. He called up no-less than 41 players (18 foreign-based and 23 home-based) to choose from!
“I am expecting to work with my fellow countrymen and I am impressed with the tactical display of some of the players“.
The Taifa Stars lost their first game of the qualifying series to the Pharaohs of Egypt 0-3 when Mart Nooij was Coach.
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Hassan Sembi from South Africa’s Santos FC and Adi Yussuf from Mansfield Town of England were named for the first time and will join Mrisho Ngasa from Free State of South Africa and TP Mazembe duo of Mbwana Samatta and Thomas Ulimwengu in the squad.
