Amapakabo sures of victory over Libya in U23 qualifiers

By Taofeek Babalola

 

Assistant Coach of the National Under 23 team, Imama Amapakabo has said that his side will do everything to beat Libya in the next month's Africa U23 Cup of Nations qualifying fixture, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.

Amapakabo had on Wednesday invited 33 players to the team’s camping at the Serob hotel in Abuja in preparation for the two legged tie.

The first leg, to be hosted by Libya in Tunisia will hold between March 20-22 with Nigeria able to choose between March 25 and 26 for the return leg.

 Already, the Nigeria Football Federation has opted for March 25 for the return leg, with the expectation that the Libya Football Federation will opt for either March 20 or 21 for the first leg.

 Egypt will host the 3rd Africa U23 Cup of Nations, November 8-22, 2019.

 The former El Kanemi Warriors manager said the coaching crew had carefully selected best legs for the clash, insisting that they will give Nigeria best representation in the tournament.

 “We will try as much as possible to give the country the very best of representation that is needed, hopefully that we will be able to scale the hurdle when we play the two games on the 20 and 25,” Amapakabo said.

He added: “We have been able to scout most of these players after watching them and based on scouting reports we have been able to get. Let not forget that the competition is an age grade competition, and as a matter of fact, we have tried to look at those players that have been able to play through the ranks in the previous under age grade competitions.

“Let’s not forget that this team is like a big team of the senior national team and I think this is an opportunity for us to be able to see lots of players that can be okay for the main Super Eagles.”