Head coach of the Taifa Stars of Tanzania Miguel Gamondi says beating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in tomorrow’s AFCON opener will make them feel like they have won the tournament, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s game , the coach whose team will be looking for their first win over Nigeria at this level was plain on the strength of the Nigerian team particularly in attack, which is led by Victor Osimhen.
“We have for sure tactical plan to try to neutralize Victor Osimhen, but it’s not only him you have a player like (Samuel) Chukwueze, like (Ademola) Lookman like if one is the neutralize the other is attacking”, the coach said.
He went further to explain that a win over the Nigerians will amount to winning the tournament for his team due to how loaded the Nigerian team is in terms of quality players.
“We need to be realistic, when you see the qualities in the Nigeria team you need to put in more than 100 percent effort to try to neutralize them. Our mentality is to try to play and attack as well, we need to be tactically discipline.
” A win for us against Nigeria will feel like we’ve won the AFCON”, he concluded.
