Super Eagles assistant coach, Salisu Yusuf has expressed deep confidence in the quality of players in his fold to deliver the goods at the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Kigali, Rwanda.
The team head off to Pretoria, South Africa on Saturday to commence final phase of preparation for the biennial football championship.
The CHAN Eagles will engage their counterparts from Angola and Ivory Coast in a test match prior to the group game opener against Niger on January 18.
Yusuf said the players responses to training instructions in camp have been flawless and inspiring that the side will harvest gold at the championship.
“Of course, we are confident heading off to South Africa enroute to Rwanda for the African Nations Championship.
“South Africa will actually serve as our last bus stop in term of preparation for the championship where we have confirmed two build-up matches against Angola and Ivory Coast.
“The players attitude and responses to instruction in camp have been quite impressive and actually inspired confidence in the coaches.
“We can say confidently that we will make Nigerians proud in Rwanda, we won’t disappoint them by the time the curtain falls on the championship,” said the former Enyimba coach to supersport.com.
Yusuf said FC Taraba and Dream Team VI attacking midfielder, Usman Mohammed widely feared to miss the championship made the trip to South Africa.
“Usman Mohammed is among the 23 players in the trip with the exception of Julius Ubido and David Obiazor.
“Gbolahan Salami had early excused himself from the championship due to his crave for a career outside the country.
“Of course, you cannot doubt Salami’s quality or his impart if he was to be with us but somebody must do the job,” said Yusuf.
The CHAN in Rwanda will run from January 16 – February 07 with Eagles first match on January 18 against Niger at Stade Regional Nyamirambo, Kigali the clashes against other group opponents, Tunisia and Guinea on January 22 and 26 respectively.
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