Salisu Yusuf boasts: Eagles is not scared of any team

From Taofeek Babalola, Tangier, Morocco

Super Eagles B head coach Salisu has said that his team has gained enough confidence and ready to face any team in the ongoing African Nations Championship in Morocco, Sportinglens.blogspot.com.

Nigeria qualified for the quarter finals as the Group C leaders, after defeating Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in the last group game on Tuesday at the multi-use stadium, Agadir.

In a chat with SportingLife, Salisu said he will respect all the teams in the tournament, stressing that his boys are not scared of any team in the tournament.

"As far as I am concerned, I have respect for all the teams in this tournament. Every team at this stage deserve our respect and we are ready to face any team at any stage," Salisu said to SportingLife.

The former Kano Pillars manager has also expressed happiness over his team's victory over Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday.

Salisu admitted that Nzalang Nacional gave his team a good fight during the game on Tuesday.

"I was not worried when we were down with one goal because I know football finish at 90 minutes and we can score at any time. We remained positive and created more chances and we came back to the game. Remembered I said before the game that the match won't be easy against Equatorial Guinea because they have a young team that ready to fight and they gave us a tough time.

"We gave them lots of chances to play maybe the boys thought the game would be an easy game. But I thank God that we came back to the game and we won. We have learned our lesson not to take any game very easy. 

"I was assistant coach in 2016 when we crashed out at this stage, we were leading the group and needed to win our last game but we lost and crashed out of the tournament. I thank God we scaled through this time."