Super Eagles and FSV Mainz 05 Defender, Leon Balogun, has insisted that Nigeria will beat Egypt home and away to ensure they get their 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifiers back on track.
Both sides are due to clash first on March 25 at the Ahmadu Bello stadium, Kaduna after which the return leg will be played in Alexandria in Egypt, four days later.
The Pharaohs are on top of Group G with 6 points, two above Nigeria, who are second on the log, as they prepare for the make or mar encounter.
"We would be targeting to win both matches,"
"If we get the six points, that would ease our path to the Africa Cup finals. Winning will be the principle driving us in both matches.
"Egypt is a big football –playing nation, but Nigeria is also very, very big. There is no complex going into both matches and we have the men to give us victory in Kaduna and away in Egypt."
Balogun won his first cap for the Eagles in the international friendly against Mexico at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta in March 2014, but missed the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil as a result of injury sustained in that game.
Since then, he has been solid for Nigeria in the defence with a high work rate, churning out impressive performances, most recently against Chad at the start of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in June 2015, and in friendlies against DR Congo and Cameroon in Belgium in October 2015. NFF
Nigeria Will Beat Egypt; Leon Balogun Insists
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