It’s all positivity in the Super Eagles’ camp in South Africa as Musa says they are there to win, though Coach Rohr predicts a difficult game.
Ahmed Musa who is currently the stand-in Captain of the team said that they will not play for a draw in South Africa.
The Eagles are to play the second leg of Group E top of the table against the South African team at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg today, Saturday, November 17.
In a statement signed by the Head of Communication of Nigeria Football Federation, Demola Olajire, Musa said the Super Eagles were determined to win and pick the ticket for final match day next year.
“Our determination is to win and pick our ticket to the AFCON ahead of the final matchday next year. South Africa came to Nigeria to beat us and we are here to return the compliment,” he said.
Though Musa is optimistic about the Eagles’ chances he however admitted that the Bafana Bafana boys are strong and not to be underrated.
“We will not be playing for a draw. We won in Seychelles and against Libya in Tunisia and we are here to win as well.
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“They are a strong team and we will not under-rate them. But we are here for the three points,” Musa said.
Gernot Rohr, the manager of Super Eagles also admitted that today’s match against the Bafana boys would be a difficult one for his team and this is because of injury which hit some of members of his squad.
According to him, defender Shehu Abdulahi, goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and striker Odion Ighalo are all sidelined by injury, while Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi has been suspended.
“This will be the most difficult match for this young team. It’s more than a year since we played against South Africa and lost in Uyo.
“It’s a different team now with the experience of the World Cup and my young team will do a good match even if we’re missing four important players especially our goal scorer and goalkeeper. This young team can do very well, they have big motivation and we want to win,” Rohr said.
