The Leone stars of Sierra leone welcome the Super Eagles of Nigeria to the Siaka Stevens Stadium for the Round 4 of matches in the qualification for AFCON 2022 in Cameroon. The Leone stars showed resilience as they came back from 4 goals down after been down and out In the 1st half of the previous match against Nigeria, they resurrected from 4 goals down to equalise back to 4-4 and from the look of things if the time had spanned more the eagles may have been defeated.
Moreover, The captain of the Super Eagles “Ahmed Musa” have apologized to fans of Nigeria on their woeful performance at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Friday in Benin saying they made a mistake and they would try and correct it when they battle the Leone stars in Freetown on Tuesday.
The Super Eagles showed complacency, after starting of brightly they allowed Sierra Leone crawl their way back with various school boy defending and a show of clueless tactics from the manager to a determined Leone stars.
Fans of the Super Eagles are praying for the best for their side after they got infuriated by their performance on Friday, A victory in Freetown would help to soothing the hearts of the already angry fans but they are not going to have it easy from the look of things as the Leone stars have assured their fans that they would do the needful to defeat the super eagles at their home turf, a ground where they haven’t lost in over 5 years.
Team News for Super Eagles; Everyone is Fit and from the COVID 19 test carried out, all the players have tested negative although on reaching Sierra Leone they have had to take another round of test which result would be out before the game tomorrow.
However, Victor Osimhen has flown back to Napoli due to the shoulder injury sustained In the previous clash in Benin.
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