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Date Posted: 15:34:13 06/04/02 Tue
Author: Jet Moses
Author Host/IP: 138.89.161.2
Subject: Nigerian Head coach Adegboye Onigbinde says...

We'll Beat England, Sweden - Onigbinde



P.M. News (Lagos)

June 3, 2002
Posted to the web June 4, 2002

Femi Adepoju
Lagos

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, has given a strong assurance to Vice President Abubakar Atiku that the team would still qualify for the second round of the on-going World Cup despite the 0-1 loss to Argentina yesterday.

Onigbinde gave the assurance in a telephone chat with the Vice President shortly after yesterday's match. Investigations revealed that the Vice President, whose office supervises the Super Eagles World Cup campaign, had specifically expressed concern about Nigeria's chances of qualifying for the second round following the loss.



Atiku's frayed nerves were, however, calmed as Onigbinde declared the Eagles' determination to make the last 16, stressing that the loss to Argentina would help to bring out the best in the team in their remaining matches against Sweden and England.

The former Shooting Stars coach maintained that the Eagles lost to a better team and does not think that Sweden and the England could offer the same level of opposition as the Argentines.

During a chat with newsmen, Onigbinde listed the absence of Kanu Nwankwo in the midfield as one of the reasons why the Super Eagles could not lift their game higher and promised that the Arsenal attacker will be fit for the match against Sweden on Friday 7 June.

With the loss to Argentina, Nigeria is left with no other option than to pick up at least four points from its two remaining matches to have any chance of making the last 16.

Meanwhile, Onigbinde is assured of a full compliment of his squad for the match against Sweden with the return of Ifeanyi Udeze who missed the match against Argentina due to a card offence during the qualifying rounds.

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