By Daily Sports on April 27, 2016

Super Eagles interim coach Salisu Yusuf is optimistic the team will do well in the friendly games arranged for the team against Mali and Luxembourg.

Yusuf was named as the caretaker Chief coach alongside Kennedy Boboye, Imama Amapakabo and Alloy Agu to lead the team out with Shuaibu Amodu as Technical Adviser of the team.

The Super Eagles will line up against Mali at the Stade de Richon in Roune on May 27th and then play the Luxembourg national side four days later as the side prepares for the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

Nigeria missed out of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon after Egypt nicked the sole Group G ticket and condemned the Super Eagles to a successive Afcon miss.

The former El-Kanemi Warriors and Enyimba FC coach feels the friendlies will be beneficial to the team in the long run as the World Cup qualifiers approach.

“I’m delighted to be appointed to head the team for the two friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg,”Yusuf said.

“It’s always a honour working and coaching the national side and I believe that we will do well in the friendly games.

“I have capable assistants who will be of immense help to me and I also spent time in Scotland to update my knowledge of the game which I believe will help me on the job.

“The two friendly matches are important to us and I believe we will do well so as to improve on our standings on the Fifa rankings.”he added

Nigeria reached the second round at the last Fifa World Cup in Brazil losing 2-0 to France and will look to make the trip to Russia in 2018 after missing out on Gabon 2017.

•Text gotten from Supersports.com

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 27, 2016

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