Former Beach Eagles coach, Kelechi Emeteole has charged the Super Eagles not to concede goals to the Ethiopian opponents, the Walya Antelopes in Addis Ababa.
The Eagles will square up against the East Africans in Sunday’s first fixture of the 2014 World Cup play-off at the Addis Ababa National Stadium.
Emeteole said the Eagles must avoid defeat in Addis Ababa if they cannot come back with an outright victory in the encounter.
“The Eagles must go into the game with a consciousness to attack but with caution and must strive to avoid defeat if they couldn’t win the match, in fact, they must avoid conceding to the Ethiopians.
“A draw won’t be totally a bad result so that they will come back to a finer weather in Nigeria to wrap up the game,” said the former Nigerian strongman to supersport.com.
Emeteole warns the 2013 Afcon champions against any form of complacency in the crucial match.
“The Eagles must be alert for the duration of the game and must not take anything for granted but exhibit hunger to fight for the ball once they’re dispossessed as well as play the time and space tactics,” said the former Heartland coach.
The former El-Kanemi Warriors handler said nobody should be blamed for the non-acclimatisation of the players prior to the all important game.
“The foreign-based professionals are not readily available for the team to go for days of acclimatisation so the question of acclimatisation is academic.
“The expected harsh weather in Ethiopia will surely be a factor but no matter how challenging it turns out to be I’m confident the Eagles will come out of the encounter unscathed.
“I know the present crop of Eagles are hungry after the exit of the superstars, they want to carve a niche for themselves and write their names in gold.
“We don’t have to put them under undue pressure, I know for sure they’ll deliver the goods safely,” Emeteole said.
The decisive fixture is expected to hold in Nigeria on November 16 which will see the aggregate winners qualify for the global football showpiece in Brazil.
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