SUPER Eagles gaffer, Stephen Keshi says the Super Eagles will need more than ordinary sentiment and on -field form to beat the Lone Star who are already motivated come October 13 in Calabar. He posited that the crowd support should be non-stop.Keshi said he drew from the experience of spectator factor in the game having handled some of Africa,s supposedly small country in football, but that with the non stop support from the crowd, the players can go all the way.Let Nigerians come out and stay behind the team, irrespective of what is happening in the course of play,that way the boys will be ready to die on the pitch of play, I have seen it in Liberia, Togo and Mali..once the players see the crowd behind them, they will go the extra miles.On the presence of President Goodluck Jonathan on match day, coach Keshi said contrary to notion making the round it will not bring pressure on the players and that instead, what it gives is motivation.Meen, you don,t know how it feels to have your president in the stands cheering you on...in our days that is when we want to tear our opponents apart. Keshi said if he has his way he will want president Goodluck Jonathan to come to the stadium that day with the Super Eagles jersey.Meanwhile,EVEN before the foreign based professionals arrive for the cracker against Liberia, it's looking increasingly dicey whom among the 22 home based players will be dropped from the trip to Calabar, as competition for places is reaching fever pitch.This morning at the Training Pitch of the Abuja National Stadium, the coaching crew will have a slight idea of the match form of the players when the team takes on Water FC of Abuja, in a test game. That should help the coaches know the worth of each player before the final list of home-based players is drawn.If today's game fails to achieve its aim, the game against FC Abuja tomorrow morning should, as the Abuja side has been riding high in the National League Division 1 and are expected to give the local based stars a run for their money. The game is billed for the same venue and at the same time, which is 8am local time.Head Coach Stephen Keshi declared in one of the training sessions that if it were possible he would have taken all the players to Calabar, but some must be dropped and only the best will make the cut for the clash against the Lone Star.Towering defender, Azubuike Egwueke, who has remained his calm self at training sessions has said the Nigerian side will be too good for Liberia come October 13. 'We have watched the match tape over and again and we feel we should have won the first leg and we know where our mistakes come from and they will not be repeated.He agreed that the Liberians are quick and very hard but declared that Nigeria will win the game with at least three goals on October 13.'I'm not underrating them, but I know the quality of players that are in the Super Eagles squad and the Liberians know that they were lucky in the first leg, that will not be the case in the game in Calabar, because everything including the fans will be working for us and we won't allow Liberia to deny us our ticket on that day', he declared.
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