Nigeria Vs Guinea-Bissau match preview

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00:00 If the Super Eagles can do it against the tournament host Ivory Coast, then they most

00:03 certainly can do it against Guinea-Bissau who are yet to record a point in the AFCON

00:09 and also it's a fair chance for the Super Eagles to finish at the top of Group A.

00:13 And here's our preview of the final group game between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and

00:17 the Juto's of Guinea-Bissau.

00:20 My name is Ayomede Shizubu and this is the Nutmeg on Guardian TV.

00:23 So it's a quick preview right and Organ is here with me.

00:35 Organ, what's your thoughts really?

00:37 I mean I think it was a defensive performance against Ivory Coast and it worked really well.

00:42 So you know we discussed the last time that our coach asked to create something new for

00:48 us to be able to defeat the Cote d'Ivoire and you know they are the host, they have

00:53 the backings of the fans, they have the pitch to their favour.

00:57 So what exactly is our favour if not for the pattern, if not for the formation or the structure

01:02 of the team on pitch of play and we're happy that we're able to get the three points,

01:08 very important.

01:09 Well, anyways, that's something to celebrate because I mean it's given us a cushion.

01:14 All we have to do is win the game at hand which we're going to talk about shortly.

01:20 But you know let's talk about the set up now because it works quite well against Cote

01:24 d'Ivoire and I can imagine that if you know in the long haul of this tournament they face

01:30 some very big teams or very attacking team, probably the way to go, probably setting up

01:35 in a 5-4-1 to protect the defence very well and kudos to some players, Calvin Bassi had

01:41 a fantastic game, Ola Eno as well but it's a different kind of proposition when you're

01:46 coming up against Guinea-Bissau.

01:47 Let's do a little bit of profiling for them.

01:49 Guinea-Bissau have been to this tournament, this is their fourth time and their best finish

01:54 has always been at the group stage, meaning they've not even recorded a point as at the

02:02 So you can pretty much understand the kind of opposition that we're facing but history

02:06 tells us they defeated the Super Eagles in Abuja 1-0 during the qualifiers last year

02:12 although we beat them when we travelled.

02:16 So now really for me Osepe Serra has not proven, he has to still prove to us that he can do

02:22 it against these smaller teams, these "minos" and it's just for me how whether or not this

02:29 set up that was successful against Ivory Coast will be successful now against Guinea-Bissau.

02:36 I feel that we might still use, of course you know that when you make an application

02:43 of a formation and it's working you definitely want to use it again.

02:49 So before we say Posero should change the formation or style of play it has to be that

02:54 that particular style of play did not work.

02:57 But this has worked based on the midfield that Ivory Coast had and based on their effectiveness

03:05 we had to choke the midfield and help the defence to be able to stay firm.

03:12 So we don't know, I know that Guinea-Bissau are not at a point but nevertheless they are

03:18 playing against Nigeria.

03:19 If they can do it during the qualifiers they feel that they can do it again even during

03:24 the competition.

03:25 So I do not see a smooth running to the game.

03:31 So Vaz just pick a few things from what you said.

03:35 Having profiled Guinea-Bissau you are trying to say that we should maintain the defensive

03:40 shape against them and not go all out.

03:42 I mean goals, and we are going to really talk about Victor Ossima, goals have been a concern

03:47 for Supair Eagles in this tournament.

03:49 In some of their matches even leading to the tournament as well they have not been able

03:52 to really score a lot of goals.

03:54 In comparison Ghana have scored three goals, they might not qualify, in fact their game

03:59 is going to run concurrently, they might not qualify for the round of 16.

04:03 They have scored three goals, the Supair Eagles have scored two and they are going all the

04:07 way as it stands into the round of 16.

04:10 But really goals are a concern and Nigerians want to see Victor Ossima and even other attackers

04:17 score goals.

04:19 Well though we had two goals, we have had two goals so far, though we played against

04:25 Cote d'Ivoire staying back, we had chances that we could not convert.

04:32 I believe that if we can convert those chances then we should be scaling high, having more

04:39 goals to score.

04:40 We had about three clear chances against Cote d'Ivoire aside the penalty.

04:45 And even against Equatorial Guinea it was more.

04:49 So if we can do that then we are good to go.

04:51 I expect that we should be able to do more, score more goals against everybody who seems

04:57 to go to Guinea-Bissau and just pick out their points and score more goals.

05:04 What's your score prediction really?

05:06 Let's just end it at that from there.

05:09 I see us going 3-0, Ossima scoring two goals and probably one goal from the midfield.

05:18 I'm sure most Nigerians would be jolly happy if that is the result but that is the

05:21 much we'll take here on this particular episode.

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05:36 And thank you very much Organ for being here once again and see you next time.

05:40 Hopefully we'll be talking about the next opponent that Suarez will be facing.

05:44 Until then, see you next time.

05:46 Thanks for watching.

05:47 Bye.

05:48 Bye.

05:49 Bye.

05:50 Bye.

05:55 (audience laughing)

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