FULL SPEECH: Coach Aliyu Zubairu's post-match reaction following Flying Eagles 2-0 win over Cote'Divoire in Friendly

FULL SPEECH: Coach Aliyu Zubairu's post-match reaction following Flying Eagles 2-0 win over Cote'Divoire in Friendly 


🚨MATCH ASSESSMENT 

"My reaction to today's game wouldn't be that important as it is at this level - in as much as we are still in a building process. We came here for the friendly match to be able to know the level at which some of the old players that went to WAFU-B are and the new ones that want to join us. If any of those that went to WAFU-B can't meet up with the standard we are looking for, he will be replaced, and so are the new ones if you can't fit in. We still have to keep setting until we get a balanced team for the U20.

🚨 EXPECTATION OF NEW PLAYERS 

"We are expecting a lot of players, particularly those who have taken their careers abroad, that are eligible. We are expecting a reasonable number of them that will join us as soon as we go back to Nigeria. We are planning to go on a week break, so from there, when we regroup, that's when we start expecting the foreign based players to come.

🚨ON FRIDAY'S SECOND LEG

"We are still going to approach Friday's match with seriousness because we adopted a tactic that we try to look if It's going to work during the AFCON proper- so we are going to go for another tactics to see so that we can have a plan A and B- should in case plan A fail us as a team so we can quickly switch to plan B.

Source: Flying Eagles Media Officer 
Photo credit: Flying Eagles Media Officer/SportRetina

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