BRAZIL2014: LAGOS ALL STARS BACK EAGLES TO BEAT ETHIOPIA

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Victor Moses and Efe Ambrose

       



Nigerian Ex-Internationals and National footballers have thrown their weight behind the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their efforts to pick a ticket for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup finals at the expense of Walya of Ethiopia.The Super Eagles will confront Walya of Ethiopia in their crucial second leg final play off at the U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, on November 16.

Although the encounter has been drubbed a make or break affair, but the country's soccer Ambassadors of years past unanimously tipped the reigning champions of Africa to maul Ethiopia beyond debate and pick the ticket for the Mundial. “We are going to Calabar to cheer the Super Eagles to victory,” they told our sports correspondent in Lagos,

.Former NEPA FC. Of Lagos midfielder, Frank Tandoh, has this to say: “Nigeria is already at the FIFA World Cup finals. Ethiopia know very well that they cannot come and perform what they could not perform on their soil. On the match day, we will assume that Nigeria is 90 minutes away to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.”

But ex-University of Uyo midfielder in the NUGA Games soccer event, Uduak Evans Udoukpong, said that the Ethiopia defence will as usual fall prey to the scintillating attackers of the Super Eagles by conceding two goals to nil, in the same vein that Nuru Gege Odehili opined that since Nigeria had defeated Ethiopia 2 – 1 on their soil they will fall again in Calabar. “In fact with the massive support the AFCON Kings will get there, there will be no hiding place for the Ethiopians.

And a retired top Referee and former striker of the defunct Federal Ministry of works FC. Lagos, Stephen Adigwe said that “the Eagles are far better than the Ethiopians in football. We have more exposed players than any other country in the continent. Since Nigeria beat them 2 – 0 in the last African Cup of Nations, there will be a repeat by the same margin of victory.

Former Academical player and now Lagos State Academicals Coach Mike Malagwu, stressed that “coach Keshi started well in the campaign and he is going to end up well. He tipped the Super Eagles to win 2 – 0.

However, the former First Bank FC. of Lagos mid-fielder Tesima Ahmed – said anything tough that the Walya of Ethiopia can do, the Super Eagles will do it tougher at U.J. Esuene Stadium, this Saturday.