The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said it was confident the Super Eagles have a 100 per cent chance of beating Ethiopia to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals.
NFF Assistant Technical Director, James Peters, said in Abuja yesterday that he was sure the team would be in Brazil in 2014 after overcoming Ethiopia.
Peters was reacting to the draws of the final play-off held yesterday in Cairo, Egypt which the Nigerian senior men football side was pitched against the East Africans in the final qualifying round.
The Super Eagles will visit Ethiopia for the first leg between October 11 and October 15, while they will be hosting the Black Lions between November 15 and November 19.
“We have a 100 per cent chance of advancing and qualifying, because in Africa today no team can overcome or subdue us. It may be in another five years to come, but certainly not now. But between now and five years, there is no African country that can bring us down,” Peters said.
The former Super Falcons’ handler said he was confident the Ethiopians would not be a match to the Super Eagles, even though there are no longer minors in football.
Peters was reacting to the draws of the final play-off held yesterday in Cairo, Egypt which the Nigerian senior men football side was pitched against the East Africans in the final qualifying round.
The Super Eagles will visit Ethiopia for the first leg between October 11 and October 15, while they will be hosting the Black Lions between November 15 and November 19.
“We have a 100 per cent chance of advancing and qualifying, because in Africa today no team can overcome or subdue us. It may be in another five years to come, but certainly not now. But between now and five years, there is no African country that can bring us down,” Peters said.
The former Super Falcons’ handler said he was confident the Ethiopians would not be a match to the Super Eagles, even though there are no longer minors in football.
“Yes, there are teams that you will want to face and say anything can happen. But, with Ethiopia, nothing can happen.
“We will just advance, because there is no upset with Ethiopia,” he said.
Peters however advised the Super Eagles’ technical crew to avoid distractions at this stage of the race to 2014, which he referred to as the most delicate and dangerous.
“Though the technical crew has been doing what it ought to do very well. What it just needs to do now is to concentrate and make sure it doesn’t get distracted at this stage.
“This is because the last stage is always the most fragile stage when the chances we have can just slip away from our fingers,” he said.
Peters, who was once an assistant coach with the Super Eagles, further advised the Federation to give more support to the team for it to be motivated to perform well.
On the other pairings, the coach described the match-up of Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire as a great match that would rekindle the two teams’ rivalry.
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