Super Eagles Interim Manager Augustine Eguavoen is confident that the Super Eagles will get the job done to book their place in the quarter final of the Africa cup of Nations when they take on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the round of 16 on Sunday.
Nigeria progressed to the knockout stage as Group D winners, also maintaining a 100 percent win record in the group stage, while Tunisia managed to booked their place to the knockout phase of the competition as one of the four best losers after a shocking 1-0 loss to The Gambia on Thursday night kept them third of Group F with three po
The Egypt 2006 Bronze winning gaffer, Eguavoen speaking in an interview with Super Eagles media team ahead of Sunday’s clash stated that the team will continue to be at their best as they look forward to overcoming the 2004 AFCON winners.
“Congratulations to our team now it’s clear we are playing against Tunisia which is another North African strong team,” he said on NFF TV.
“We will continue to work hard like we’ve always done, same approach same determination tactics might differ a little bit so we are ready. Yesterday (Thursday) we did a little bit of recovery training so today (Friday) we will start on how to approach Tunisia.
“They (Tunisia) had ups and downs in their first game which ended in dramatic fashion, they’ve lost two penalties, lost two games as well in open play, yesterday they lost narrowly towards the end of the game.
“For them having qualified for the knockout stage its going to be a different ball game because round of 16 if you don’t get it you are off and if you get it you are through to the quarter-finals.
“It’s going to be a very different game because they are technically very good and they are fast as well, typical North African team. So we will find a way to see how to counter them and come top at the end of the day.”
Nigeria will battle Tunisia in one of the Round 16 ties on Sunday, 23 January at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium stadium in Garoua, Cameroon, 8:00pm kickoff time.
