Sudan is as important as Egypt- Eguavoen

Super Eagles coach Austin Eguavoen seem to have moved on from Super Eagles’ victory against Egypt on Tuesday. 

Rather than celebrating, Eguavoen is thinking about Nigeria’s next game is against Sudan on Saturday.

Speaking at the end of the match, Eguavoen, expressed satisfaction with his players performances and the three points in the bag but he said the Saturday match is as important if not more important than the game against Egypt, 

“There are no minors in football anymore, so if you don’t plan well and put in effort, you can be shocked. I don’t know who will win but we will try our possible best to approach our games with all seriousness.

“In this tournament, we are going to approach every game like it is a final. We are going to take each fixture one by one and see far we can go.

“I think every team that has come to AFCON should be respected regardless of the country because there are no minnows in football anymore.”

On his boys splendid performance against Egypt especially keeping Mo Salah quiet for the better part of the game the Eagles coach said: “Today, we Mo Salah off the ball and tried to apply hard pressure at every given time.

“We knew we could mix it up through ball possession and going directly when necessary. We had three things in mind before the game. That is to win the game by keeping the ball and then cutting Salah off the game.”

Eguavoen said the victory is the beginning of Nigeria’s good run in the competition, adding that it would not make the team self-satisfied.

He promised that the coaches will review the match with aim of correcting errors and playing better against Sudan. 

“The thing is that in a competition of this magnitude, if you don’t plan well and you don’t put enough effort, you can be shocked. I don’t know who is going to win the tournament, but we will try in our own way to approach every game with all seriousness,” he told the media.