Football fans urge Super Eagles to ensure victory in second leg against Swaziland
Some football enthusiasts on Saturday urged the
Super Eagles team to ensure the defeat of
Swaziland in their second leg FIFA World Cup
group stage qualifier, coming up in Port-
Harcourt.
Super Eagles were held to a goalless
draw against lowly rated Swaziland in
the first leg encounter played on Friday,
in Lobamba, Swaziland.
They told the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos
that while hope was not lost for the
team, a lot of work needed to be done to
ensure victory.
Ikenna Ebokem, a spare parts dealer,
told NAN that he had confidence in the
ability of the team to qualify.
“The Swaziland team is no serious threat
to our progress but we need to be very
careful in our defense.
The attack should be led by Ighalo, who
is currently one of the leading scorers in
the English Premiership league; I have
confidence in this man to deliver,’’
Ebokem said.
Femi Adekunle, a mechanic, said the
team did not live up to expectation in
making use of their scoring chances and
therefore urged them to be careful in
their second leg.
They have to be very careful in their
second leg; they cannot afford to
underrate Swaziland because they are
also a good team,’’ Adekunle said.
Chidoze Akamadu, a shop keeper, said
the Super Eagles played with a lot of
determinationbut were just unlucky to
score.
“We were unlucky; sometimes this
happens in football; the team should rise
up to the occasion and continue where
they stopped in the first leg.
“We will win in Port Harcourt because
we are a better side than the Swaziland
team,’’ Akamadu said.
Kingsley Ogbonna said he was optimistic
that the Swaziland team would succumb
to the pressure of the Eagles in Port
Harcourt.
The Swaziland team was just lucky to
secure a draw out of that match because
the Super Eagles team did everything to
get their goals.
However, I am confident the situation
will be different in Port Harcourt, as the
superiority of the Eagles team will
overwhelm them,’’ Ogbonna said.
NAN reports that the winner of the
second leg encounters, which comes up
on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, will
proceed to the group stage of the 2018
World cup in Russia. (NAN)
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