Super Eagles assistant coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has admitted that Tuesday's African Cup of nations qualifiers between Nigeria and Egypt will be tougher than the first leg, but the former U17 coach has warned that the team cannot afford to be complacent against the North Africans.
The three time Afcon champions were forced to a 1-1 draw by the Egyptians in Kaduna on Friday, after taking the lead in the 60th
minute, but are now condemned to pick all three points in Alexandria to secure one of the tickets to Gabon 2017 edition of AFCON championship.
"From experience, Egyptians are very passionate about football and I'm not surprised the game will be played in Alexandria in order to guarantee maximum support,” Amuneke, who played club football in Egypt for Zamalek, said.
“The game on Tuesday would be different from last Friday’s (in Kaduna) where we unfortunately conceded a late goal. It's going to be tougher.
“We would have to apply a lot of wisdom and cannot afford some of the mistakes we made in Kaduna. I wouldn't subscribe to the notion that we were tactically naive against Egypt in Kaduna because that was a match we would have won with some luck.
“In football, you don't talk about what should have been but we are going to Alexandria with optimism and we would use our strength positively.” CAF
Nigeria Cannot Afford To Be Complacent Against Egypt- Amunike
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