(Last Updated On: March 25, 2023)
Guinea-Bissau Head Coach, Baciro Cande, has attributed their 1-0 victory over Nigeria at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja in their 2023 AFCON qualifier to the resilience and determination of his Djurtus [Wild Dogs], Completesports.com reports
Cande said during a post-match Press Conference that they took time to watch clips of Super Eagles matches and did a proper analysis of each of the players and how to keep them quiet and get a result.
Nigeria coach, Jose Peseiro and Baciro Cande in warm greeting at Moshood Abiola National Stadium
The coach who had boasted in a pre-match exclusive interview with Completesports.com that they were in Nigeria to avenge their defeat to the Super Eagles at AFCON 2021 in Cameroon, says beating the Super Eagles will stand out as one of the best moments of his coaching career.
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“We did a thorough analysis of the Super Eagles players and how the coach usually sets up his team and the boys did the rest by sticking to our game plan with resilience and determination. It paid off with Balde scoring what proved to be the winner,” Cand me said gleefully.
“For the second leg, we shall go back to plan how best to play Nigeria. Of course, we will be going for another victory. We still respect the Eagles despite our victory today [in Abuja on Friday].”
Guinea-Bissau captain, Braima Nogueira Jorge and goalkeeper, Djonas Mendes
Also speaking at the post-match conference, Wild Dogs captain, Braima Nogueira Jorge said football is not a respecter of big names or big countries. adding that they confront the Nigerians as equal rivals.
“Nigeria are blessed with talented players who are well known all over the world playing for top clubs. We scored a goal and defended well to frustrate Nigeria. It is a good win and we want to return home to complete the job, ” Jorge said.
The Wild Dogs will host the Super Eagles in the reverse fixture at the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on Monday, March 27 2023.
Guinea-Bissau currently top the Group A of 2023 AFCON qualifiers with seven points from three matches, one point ahead of Nigeria who place second with six points. Sierra Leone are third with two points, while Sao Tome and Principe are bottom of the group with one point.
By Richard Jideaka in Abuja
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