Players of the Super Eagles have reacted to the withdrawal of Group G rivals Chad from the AFCON 2017 qualifiers which leaves them with just two points.
The players gave their reactions to owngoalnigeria.com earlier today unanimously agreeing to the fact that they are left with no margin for error in the game against Egypt.
Efe Ambrose: “It still doesn’t change anything as we were two points behind Egypt before Chad pulled out same as now it only make the game against Egypt a must win which by the grace of God is possible”
Moses Simon: “We have to beat Egypt in Alexandria, there’s no way around it by the special grace of God and with the quality we have we will do just that in Alexandria”.
Ifeanyi Matthew: “Honestly the news came to me as a shock but I believe there’s very little we can do about it all we have to do is turn up and beat Egypt in Alexandria, it’s a task we can accomplish’
Shehu Abdullahi: “Insha Allah we will get the result we need in Egypt with all due respect to them Chad pulling out has left us with no choice than to win them in Egypt which is achievable”
Etim Matthew: “Victory in Egypt is now a must, we can’t afford to take chances, we have the coaches who can make it work and the players who can also execute the task, we pray for God guidance in Alexandria on Tuesday”