The Super
Eagles of Nigeria, would in August, tackle the Indomitable Lions of
Cameroon in a World Cup qualifier billed for Russia in 2018.
Cameroon are second on the table having
secured two points from two games while Nigeria have a maximum six
points from two games.
The Cameroon Football Federation have told whoever cares to listen that they are already targeting successive wins over Nigeria when the teams meet in the double header encounter.
Indeed, the fear of Cameroon, who are
current African champions, was further heightened when Bafana Bafana of
South Africa walloped the Super Eagles 0 – 2 in an AFCON group
qualification match played in Uyo a fortnight ago.
The Indomitable Lions have gone ahead to
represent Africa in the on FIFA Confederations Cup losing their first
match to Chile by 2-0 and drew 1-1 against Australia.
Despite the not too impressive runs of
the Africans at the championship so far, former Super Eagles winger,
Emmanuel Amuneke has warned that the team could prove a hard nut to
crack for the Germot Rorh – coached Super Eagles when hostilities for
the double header encounter begins.
Amuneke a member of the 1994 Super Eagles
Nations Cup winning squad said in an interview with Saturday Sunspots
in Lagos last Friday that the Super Eagles would have to step up their
game if the Lions must be caged.
He frowned at the decision of the NFF
bigwigs to vet Rorh’s team list, stating that it would be more of
distractions to both the players and the coach, and could spell doom to
the entire qualification.
“Cameroon will not be easy for the Super
Eagles to beat. The Cameroon I saw at the last Nations Cup have
improved. I’m not saying that they are unbeatable. We just have to keep
working and remain very focused.
Our attention should be focused on what
we want to achieve. We have to look at the South Africa defeat and see
what went wrong. Its okay that we have a group of young players.
Football is a seasonal thing. And we have to be abreast of the new
happenings in football.
“The Eagles can still win their remaining
matches for the Nations Cup. But we have to forget the South Africa
defeat and face Cameroon squally because that is where the headache lies
now.
Winning Cameroon home and away depends on the players’ attitude and focus,
They have to strategise, put the players in the mood and stop this vetting of players’ list that could rock the boat.
‘The players have a lot of work to do against Cameroon because Nigerians are passionate.”
The former FC Barcelona of Spain player
however called on Nigerian football administrators to also take a look
at academies and grassroots football development insisting that the
future of Nigeria football lies there.
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