The head coach of the senior national team of Sao Tome and Principe Adriano Eusébio says his team won’t suffer the same fate like they did in Morocco when they lost 0-10 to the senior national team of Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Nigeria thrashed Sao Tome and Principe 10-0 in June last year with Eusébio on the touchline as coach and ahead of the reverse tie on Sunday, the coach says there is no chance of his team losing with a such a high margin in Uyo.
Despite naming a squad dominated with players plying their trade in the domestic league, the coach upon arrival in Nigeria said they will use the game to learn vital lessons but will do all they can to avoid another whitewash using the lesson learnt from the previous game.
” We are here to play and give our best. We don’t have anything to lose from this game, so we will use it to learn and also try new players but most importantly we don’t want to lose 0-10 like it happened in June. The lessons we learnt from that game is why we will work hard for it not to happen again”, he told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
They will have their first training session later today at the training pitch of the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo ahead of the game, which will take place in the mainbowl.
Osas Mahawi
