The King’s Shield gaffer is upbeat about his side’s chances of reaching the next round of the World Cup qualifier at the expense of Sunday Oliseh’s men
Swaziland national team coach Harris Bulunga believes his ‘amateur’ team can upstage Nigeria in Tuesday’s 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier in Port Harcourt.
The southern Africans held Sunday Oliseh’s men to a 0-0 draw in Lobamba on Friday and must get a win or a scored draw to progress to the next stage of the qualifiers to Russia.
Bulunga identifies the trio of Obafemi Martins, Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo as a major threat to his side’s ambition but insists emphasis will not be on the trio but the whole team.
“Obviously, Nigeria will come out hard on us and the Eagles will want to impress in front of their home fans. But we’ll be patient to play our game. Everybody knows that we are not professionals, but we’ll play good game,” said Bulunga.
“We’ll also be mindful of the threats pose by Musa and Ighalo who are dangerous players and more importantly, Martins who plays in America, he is a deadly player in front of goal. We always watched him how he scored goals for his MLS club.
“The plan is not to stop these players individually, but we plan to stop the whole team, ” Bulugna continued.
“There are no more minnows in football again. We’ll go all out to score in this match, unlike what happened in the first leg. We need to score this time around. We’ll be adventurous because we’ve surprise in stock for the Super Eagles, ” he concluded.
Nigeria have managed to score just three goals in their last four matches, a weak form they will want to mend at the Adokiye Amesiamaka Stadium on Tuesday evening.
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