Let's fight to beat Egypt not ourselves -Oliseh
Nigerian coach,Sunday Oliseh has asked that the country put behind recent misgivings so as to forge a United front that will beat Egypt in the AFCON 2017 qualifier next month.
Nigeria will battle Egypt in a decisive AFCON qualifier on March 25 with the reverse leg in Egypt two days later.
Seven-time Africanchampions,Egypt are top of the qualifying group with six points, while Nigeria are two points behind with only the group winners assured of automatic passage to the AFCON in Gabon in January 2017.
Oliseh has,therefore, urged that all be forgiven and forgotten after the country failed to go past the knockout stage of the 2016 CHAN, followed by his YouTube outburst and the fallout thereafter.
"We have to move on,the interest of our nation should come first,"pleaded the coach who has tendered an apology to his employers.
"We have to fight Egypt and not ourselves now. We have to come together. Nigeria comes first. We have to be in Gabon (AFCON 2017) and Russia (2018 World Cup)."
Nigeria will battle Egypt in a decisive AFCON qualifier on March 25 with the reverse leg in Egypt two days later.
Seven-time Africanchampions,Egypt are top of the qualifying group with six points, while Nigeria are two points behind with only the group winners assured of automatic passage to the AFCON in Gabon in January 2017.
Oliseh has,therefore, urged that all be forgiven and forgotten after the country failed to go past the knockout stage of the 2016 CHAN, followed by his YouTube outburst and the fallout thereafter.
"We have to move on,the interest of our nation should come first,"pleaded the coach who has tendered an apology to his employers.
"We have to fight Egypt and not ourselves now. We have to come together. Nigeria comes first. We have to be in Gabon (AFCON 2017) and Russia (2018 World Cup)."
