The 2- 0 victory recorded by the Flying Eagles over their Ivorien counterparts in a friendly game payed in Abidjan on Wednesday has been described as not too important by Aliyu Zubairu, the head coach of the team, reports www.totorinews.com
According to the tactician, the friendly games will afford him the opportunity to have proper assessment of the players to know the ones capable of representing Nigeria at the forthcoming AFCON U 20 tournament in April, adding that he is still building the team.
“My reaction to today’s game wouldn’t be that important as it is at this level – in as much as we are still in a building process. We came here for the friendly match to be able to know the level at which some of the old players that went to WAFU-B are and the new ones that want to join us,” Zubairu told www.thenff.com in Abidjan after the friendly game.
“If any of player that went to WAFU-B can’t meet up with the standard we are looking for, he will be replaced, and so are the new ones if you can’t fit in. We still have to keep setting until we get a balanced team for the Flying Eagles.
Speaking further, he revealed that the technical crew are still some players to join the team, especially those who recently signed for European clubs.
“We are expecting a lot of players, particularly those who have taken their careers abroad, that are eligible. We are expecting a reasonable number of them that will join us as soon as we go back to Nigeria.
“We are planning to go on a week break, so from there, when we regroup, that’s when we start expecting the foreign based players to come,” he said.
Flying Eagles have another friendly game with Ivory Coast on Friday before departing back to Nigeria by the weekend
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