Julius OkorieAhead of today’s Clash between Amavubi (Wasp) of Rwanda and Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen says days of underrating any team are over.
The Eagles as hinted by Primebusiness.africa felt the turf of Amahoro Stadium yesterday with coach Eguavoen saying that the Eagles are fit and good to go.
Join our WhatsApp Channel“Whatever formation Rwanda comes up with tomorrow, we are ready; the country is full of expectations. It doesn’t matter who will play. They expect us to win.
“We are here already; we respect Rwanda, but we are here to get a good result. They respect us; we do respect them, too.
“We will play them with respect. You don’t look down on teams these days because football has improved, when you underrate teams, you might get shocked.
“We will be on our feet; remember, any country that is playing against Nigeria will always try to raise their game. We have to be ready as well,” said Eguavoen, popularly called Cerezo during his playing days.
Meanwhile, Coach of the Rwandan side, Torsten Frank Spittler, has predicted a tough battle against Nigeria. Nigeria according to him boasts of world class players, adding that it will not be a tea party for the Amavubi, who have been assured of maximum support by their compatriots in today’s encounter.
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German Coach, Spittler, has overseen eight matches in charge of Rwanda, winning three, pulling a draw in three and losing one. Spittler said his boys will be at their best despite having to face Nigeria with quality
“It is going to be a tough game. We are going to play against a world class squad with quality players. Our training has been good and I am positive we will get something out of the encounter,” Spittler told the press in a pre-match press conference. Spittler has been in charge of the team since November 2023.
Amavubi settled for a 1-1 draw against Libya going into today’s match while the Eagles are riding on the back of three goals and three points against Cheetahs of Benin Republic.
A record 15 AFCON qualifiers are lined up for today across the continent. Aside from the star match in Kigali, Botswana welcome Egypt, South Sudan host South Africa at the Juba Stadium, Zimbabwe host Cameroon, while Benin Republic will be hoping to shake off the 3-0 loss to Nigeria as they host Libya at their adopted home ground, Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
