Morocco not a problem for Eagles, says Ugbade The former Super Eagles player is optimistic that the Super Eagles will fly over the Atlas Lions in Sunday’s CHAN quarter final game Ex-international Nduka Ugbade has tipped Stephen Keshi’s men to qualify for the semi final of the African Nations Championship in South Africa. Nigeria secured a place in the last eight of the competition after bouncing back from defeat in their opening game against Mali then recording victories over Mozambique and South Africa. “I think the game against Morocco shouldn’t be a big problem for Nigeria. They should be able to beat them at this level,” Ugabde, a member of the Golden Eaglets’ coaching crew that won the Fifa U17 World Cup in the UAE told Completesports. “Whenever Nigeria gets to the quarter-final of any competition, they are always strong and they now look much formidable and can get to the final of the competition. “But my main problem is that we must not allow Morocco to have the kind of opportunity South Africa had against us, that is, allowing them to be putting their slick passes together which nearly resulted to goals for South Africa if not for the performance of [goalkeeper Chigozie] Agbim and the defenders. “They must be compact. If they are going on the offensive they must do it as a unit and also when coming back to defend, they must do it as a group,” he concluded. Both debutants, Morocco and Nigeria will be hoping to make it to the semi finals at the first time of asking.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:00:16 +0000
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