Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh, will
return to the country next week, as preparations
hit top gear for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of
Nations qualifying match against Tanzania in Dar
es Salaam.
The former Super
Eagles’ captain is
presently in the
United Kingdom
with his assistant,
Jean Francois
Loscuito, having a
number of
meetings with
senior Nigerian
internationals in
that country are
on-going.
Oliseh, officially presented on July 15, has assured
that he is already working assiduously towards
raising a solid squad to pick up three vital points
from East Africa in four-and-half weeks’ time.
“The match in Dar es Salaam is very, very crucial,
not only because it will be my first match as Head
Coach, but also because we have no choice than
to win. The three points are important for us to
keep up the tempo in our group.
“We are on the same three points with Egypt,
though they have scored a goal more. That is why
we cannot afford any slip along the way. We will
deal first with the match in Tanzania, and then we
will start thinking about the CHAN qualifiers with
Burkina Faso in October, and then the World Cup
qualifying fixture in November. There is a lot of
work. After these matches, we will now start
working towards the two AFCON qualifying
matches we have with the Pharaohs in March
next year.”
Oliseh, in company with NFF President Amaju
Pinnick, will also be involved in a number of
sessions with some corporate groups interested
in partnering with Nigeria football.
The Super Eagles play Tanzania at the National
Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Saturday, 5th
September, with an international friendly to fulfil
a few days late
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