Former Nigerian Midfielder, Etim Esin, has said that Tanzania may pose the biggest threat to Nigeria’s ambition of picking the sole ticket from Group E of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Egypt and Chad are the other countries in the same group but many have tipped the Northern African country as the one capable of stopping Nigeria from making it to the 2017 edition of the tournament.
Esin told our correspondent in an interview that Tanzania, probably not Egypt, might pose the biggest challenge to Nigeria and advised the team to pay special attention to the two matches they would play with the East Africans. He said: “I am not saying Eagles should underrate the other teams in our group but we must beware of Tanzania.
Many people have said so many things about Egypt, yes, they are our biggest rivals in that group but we should not focus too much on them. We are both big teams and should know how to handle each other. “A team like Tanzania may be dangerous. There are small teams that have been doing well in Africa and these teams have been given big ones tough times.
Look at what a country like Cape Verde is doing. Look at how transformed their football has become and how difficult and dangerous they have become against big countries. Tanzania could be that difficult and we must be ready for their challenge.” Esin however enjoined the team to intensify their effort in other to make it to Gabon 2017.
He said the players should have learnt lessons from their failure to make it to the last edition and expects them hit the ground running in this campaign. “I believe the team is going to qualify for the Cup of Nations this time. I trust the coach and everyone to do a good job and make Nigerians happy again.” he added.
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