Head Coach Salisu Yusuf stated that his Nigeria U23 team is well prepared to secure one of the spots in this year’s Africa U23 Cup of Nations in Morocco, as they face Guinea’s Olympic squad in a decisive qualifying fixture at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, just 24 hours prior.
“I am satisfied that we have been able to work hard these past days and are now set for action. The players know that reaching the Africa Cup of Nations presents them a tremendous opportunity to fight hard for a ticket to the Olympics, which is a global tournament.
“We have invited a number of players from overseas that we believe can help us stake a very strong claim to the ticket, and we will be aiming for a good win on Wednesday. The second leg is on neutral ground, but we don’t want to entertain that in our minds. We have the objective of working assiduously to wrap up things in this first leg.”
Guinea’s U23 squad had their official training at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on Saturday evening, hours before the Olympic Eagles took to the same pitch for their final workout ahead of the encounter.