AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFICATION

Garba Lawal, Yisa Shofolowe expect Super Eagles to beat Seychelles

The two former Nigerian internationals have tipped the Eagles to have an easy win in Victoria against the Pirates on Saturday afternoon

Garba Lawal and Yisa Shofolowe have stated that they expect the Super Eaglesto easily overrun Seychelles this weekend in their African Cup of Nation qualifierbilled for Stade Linite in Victoria.

Seychelles are ranked 188th in the world and ahead of the Saturday’s fixture with the Pirates Lawal asserted that people expect the senior national team to thrash the hosts silly.

He said with the Eagles losing start to the Afcon qualifiers to South Africa it was important for the team to beat Seychelles well to nullify the goals deficit ahead of their two crucial fixtures with Libya next month.

“There is no big deal in Nigeria facing Seychelles and if we even beat them 10-0 I don’t think there is anything special about it,” Lawal told Goal.

“I think the Eagles are fortified to win the game. It is what they must do because we are not in the same category as them. They know that they need a win badly because of the way they started the Afcon qualifiers with a loss to South Africa at home.

“We don’t have any business discussing Seychelles because no one will reckon with the outcome of the game irrespective of the scores. The Eagles should use that opportunity to score as many goals as possible to make up for their 2-0 home loss to South Africa.”

Shofolowe who also played for the Green Eagles during his active days expressed that the Southern African are for the taking if the Super Eagles are serious about what they are doing.

He said Nigeria has no excuse not to beat Seychelles at their backyard because they are not a notable football playing Nation in Africa and that the Eagles who are mostly foreign-based players must do the needful on Saturday.

“We have to win now. We do not have any excuse at all and we must win convincingly,” Shofolowe told Us.

“I am still struggling to locate where they on the world map. They are not a known football country and the Eagles do not have anything to point at as an excuse not to beat them. We must show them that we are better than them.”

The Eagles are third in the Group E of the Afcon qualifiers without any point after one game and they are behind Libya and South Africa who both have three points each.

The Saturday game is slated for Stade Linite, Victoria by 1.30pm Nigerian time and Gavin Jeanne’s men are expected to repel the Eagles in their attempt to secure their biggest competitive result since 2004 when they pipped Zimbabwe 2-1 at home in another Afcon qualifier.