KESHI: Eagles Will Roast Liberia If........

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi says this weekend’s second leg of the final qualifying game for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations against Liberia may turn out to be a no contest if his foreign based players reproduce their club forms in Calabar.   

Keshi told the local media he has a squad that can take the Lone Stars to the cleaners if they play to their full potentials on Saturday.  

“Barring any ill health or loss of form between now and Saturday,I don’t see how the Lone Stars can stop the Super Eagles from winning and qualifying for the Nations Cup in South Africa.          

“After the first leg draw in Monrovia, we took some positives from that game and I can assure you that we are wiser now and would not give them breathing space to score us at home. It is a game we will go all out to  win because we prefer that option.   

“I know the Liberians are highly motivated to cause an upset but my boys are driven by the hunger to qualify and try to win the trophy in South Africa next year.Having missed the last Nations Cup, my boys would not want a repeat of that’’, he stated.

Speaking on why he picked only seven home based players from the 22 in camp, Keshi said that with 15 foreign based players invited for the match, he does not need more than the seven to join them.The former Eagles captain noted that Calabar has become a fortress for the Super Eagles and nothing will please him more than to continue that 100 percent win there.

He said the fans in Calabar need also to get behind the team all through the game adding that the cheers from the crowd will ginger the players to give their best.