SUPER EAGLES TARGET GOOD RESULTS AGAINST GHANA, MALI – FINIDI GEORGE
Super Eagles aim to get good results in their upcoming friendlies against Ghana and Mali, interim head coach, Finidi George has said.
Finidi said it is important for the team to maintain the high standard they set for themselves at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Eagles finished second at the competition losing 2-1 to hosts Cote d’Ivoire in the final.
“We finished in second place at the Africa Cup of Nations and everyone expects us to maintain that high rating and be even better in a short while. Our objective is to get good results in these two matches and stay positive ahead of the World Cup qualifiers,” Finidi told thenff.com.
“They call it friendly matches but there is really nothing friendly when you play, especially Ghana. I have been involved in matches against Ghana since the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. Matches between our countries are serious duels and are always seen as battles by our people. The Black Stars did not perform that well at the recent Africa Cup of Nations and they will be keen to banish that memory.”
Friday’s match will be the 60th encounter between both countries, since a Jalco Cup match on 20th October 1951 ended 5-0 in favour of Nigeria. Twenty of the previous 59 duels have ended in draws, including their last two encounters (2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches) in March 2022.
Their last friendly match, in London on 11th October 2011, ended scoreless.
More Stories
DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT A WORM ATE PART OF MY BRAIN – RFK JR.
According to US media on Wednesday, independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thought he might have been assaulted...
WORLD NEWS: MALTA EX-PM, TOP OFFICIALS CHARGED IN SWEEPING CORRUPTION PROBE
Agency Report A hospital privatisation scandal that has shocked the Mediterranean island nation has indicted Joseph Muscat, the current deputy...
CBN ORDER BANKS TO SUSPEND CHARGES ON DEPOSITS TILL SEPTEMBER
Deposit money banks and other financial institutions are required by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt processing fees...
REPS RAISES ALARM OVER INSECURITY IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS
Since 2014, the alarming number of kidnappings and the wanton destruction of lives and property at schools across the nation...
LAGOS GOVT ASKS AGGRIEVED MENDE RESIDENTS TO VISIT BUILDING CONTROL APPEALS COMMITTEE
The Lagos State Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee was established by the state government to investigate the Mende...
EFCC ARRAIGNS FORMER ZAMFARA COURT REGISTRAR OVER ALLEGED FORGERY, DIVERSION OF N3.8M
Abubakar Garba Dandare, a former registrar of Zamfara State Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, is scheduled to be charged by...