Nigeria’s Sports Minister Sunday Dare has charged the Super Eagles team to beat Ghana in the World Cup play-off.
The Super Eagles will play the Black Stars in a two-legged encounter with the winner securing one of the five slots on the African continent.
The first leg of the titanic qualifying tie will be played March 25 at the Baba Yara Stadium before the reverse encounter on March 29 at the Moshood Abiola national stadium in Abuja.
Nigeria exited the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage after a flying start in the group stage.
The Black Stars on the other side recorded their worst performance at the tournament after failing to win any of three games they played.
Addressing the team on Wednesday, Sunday Dare urged the players to put behind the AFCON disappointment and focus on the Ghana clash.
He has therefore charged the players to beat Ghana home and away to secure World Cup qualification.
“Thank you sincerely for turning up for Nigeria,” Dare told NFF TV while addressing the Austin Eguavoen-led coaching crew and Super Eagles players inside the main bowl of the stadium on Wednesday morning.
“We have put Cameroon and the Cup of Nations behind us and the message after Cameroon is that if I could remember, I said let us visit our anger on Ghana.
“We are not going to Ghana for a draw, so you guys just do your thing. It’s football.”
Nigeria has arrived at the Kotoka International Airport and will move to Kumasi for the much-anticipated clash on Friday.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Sylvester Ntim
