A sports enthusiast, Mr Victor Ogwu has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to approach the ‘jollof derby’ with rivals, Ghana, like a world cup final.
The football guru stated this on the eve to the return leg fixture between both nations, that will take place at the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Tuesday, in Abuja.
Ogwu noted that the fixture is a tricky tie that may swing to either sides considering the away goal rule while the Super Eagles will be pressurised to score.
He also added that the home advantage won’t necessarily count because football has evolved beyond the home must win syndrome.
Ogwu said: “At this point it’s tricky because when you play a game where away goal counts, the normal and safest thing is to score away, when you don’t do that you will come back and make yourself a battle ground. It becomes very tricky and puts you under pressure.
“The Ghanaians have nothing to lose and they are no longer impressing their fans. They will come with their own game plan which is definitely to score us. It’s not unlikely they will be sitting down and try not to concede and use counter attack.
“I hope we don’t come to a situation where we if don’t score in the first half and first fifteen minutes of the second half, we now go under pressure trying to score by all means. That’s the time it becomes dangerous because everybody goes in before you know it all attention is to score and we concede. I hope that doesn’t happen tomorrow.
“If I were to advise the handlers of the Super Eagles, they should approach this game as a cup final in a neutral ground and try not to concede.
“The American based business man who called for the sack of the former Coach of the team Gernot Roht early last year told wakawaka sports extra in Abuja that the most important thing is for the team to go out and show their superiority, play your game and try to score. Forget about home advantage, there is no more home advantage in football.
“Gone are the days when referees will be out there because you are entertaining them, this time around there is VAR. With the fans on your side, it’s somehow a distraction so the home advantage is not really to our advantage this time around. All we need to do is to play the game and try to beat Ghana.”
