Nigerian coach says team won't underrate Benin Republic
www.chinaview.cn 2008-09-12 08:18:32   Print

    LAGOS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua)-- Coach of Nigeria's Golden Eaglets, Alphonsus Dike, has declared that his team won't underrate the Junior Squirrels of Benin Republic in their return match of the CAF African U-17 Championship qualifier slated for Sunday in Cotonou.

    He said despite Eaglets' 2-0 victory over their opponents in the first leg played at the Liberation Stadium, Port Harcourt, two weeks ago, they wouldn't handle the Squirrels with kid gloves when both teams clash on this weekend.

    The team will depart for Cotonou, Benin on Saturday morning.

    Dike told his boys not to approach the match casually, adding that the Squirrels can be dangerous having fell 2-0 in the first leg.

    The Nigerian coach believes that home advantage will be at their favor in Cotonou.

    According to him, the task of qualifying the Eaglets for the U-17 CAF Championship in Algeria next year is a must for him.

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