PRESIDENT of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has declared that the Super Eagles are condemned to defeat Algeria’s Desert Foxes in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in Uyo on Saturday.
Nigeria go into Saturday’s match as leaders of the African qualifying Group B with three points ahead of the Algerians, who are on a point having drawn their opening day match against Cameroon.
Having started on a strong footing, Pinnick believes the Eagles have no other option but to defeat Algeria to consolidate on their leadership position.
“The Eagles are condemned to win Saturday’s match against Algeria in Uyo,” Pinnick stated in Abuja on Tuesday, declaring that, “winning that match will consolidate our leadership position in our group.”
He commended the Akwa Ibom State government, which mobilised construction company, Julius Berger, for the rehabilitation of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, venue of the World Cup qualifier.
Pinnick informed that with what the state government did on the stadium, the venue is ready to host the crucial match and appealed to Nigerians to come out to cheer the Eagles to victory.
In another development, former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, on Wednesday tasked the Super Eagles not leave anything to chance against the Algerians.
Senator Mark said the Eagles new squad looked very promising but reminded them that the new spirit should culminate in victory on Saturday.
Speaking when former African queen of the track, Mary Onyali led the Nigeria Olympic Fund Management committee on a visit to him in Abuja, Mark urged the Super Eagles to prove that Nigeria is truly the giant of Africa in all ramifications.
According to him, “we have all the talents. All we need to do is to harness the talents to make them effective and positively productive. We just have no excuse not to qualify for the World Cup with the abundant human and material resources.”
On the 2020 Russia Olympics, Senator Mark said the antidote to the nation’s poor outing in the past is early preparation, promising to do every thing possible to make sports an integral part of the Nigerian national life.
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