The newly appointed head coach of the senior national team of Libya Nasser Al-Hadiri says his team doesn’t have what it takes to beat the senior national team of Nigeria in the AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Libya who are bottom of the group will take on leaders Nigeria in back to back games scheduled for the 11th and 15th of October respectively. The first of the two games will be in the Nigerian city of Uyo at the Godswill Akpabio stadium.
Looking ahead to the game , Al-Hadiri who was announced as the coach two weeks ago said they are not in anyway prepared enough to beat the Super Eagles in Uyo, and said they however hope to pick at least a draw in the reverse tie in Tripoli on the 15th.
He said, “We have not yet reached the required readiness to face a strong opponent the size of Nigeria. The team suffers from the absence of a number of players in the first training sessions, which led to difficulty in imposing a comprehensive tactical vision for the match. This lack of preparation represents an additional obstacle for the team that needs to exert double efforts to achieve a positive result away from home and return with at least a draw point to renew the hopes of qualification.”
“The challenge is not only in facing Nigeria, which has world-class attacking names, such as Victor Boniface and Ademola Lookman, but also in facing influential absences among the ranks of the Libyan national team, which may hinder the team’s chances of achieving a positive result in this fateful confrontation,” Al Hadiri informed Libya News 24.
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