On Wednesday evening to a very harsh
weather as the team is kept in Corniche Palace Hotel, situated by the sea which
has compounded the weather problem facing the players.
Apart from the harsh weather, the
team could not train on Thursday morning because of a heavy down pour but the
Coaches have decided to reschedule the training to 2.00 clock in the evening
but the good news is that the Management led by Davidson Owumi is tackling what
they called" psychological war" headlong by advising the players they
have no choice but to deliver.
Owumi who spoke with the players
early Thursday morning told the players they just have to deliver, weather or
no weather and that management will do everything to motivate them towards
conquering the Tunisian side who held them to a draw in Warri last week.
Owumi also told the players that
Captain Azubuike who could not make the trip due to his marriage has decided to
join alongside Josiah Maduabuchi who was left behind due to paper problem in
Lagos.
According to Owumi, both players
will join the team on Friday morning with the sole aim of qualifying for the
next round.
" I want to thank all of you
for your understanding and you all to know that this is another psychological
war which must be won as you can see that we are kept by the sea to make the
weather worse for us. You can also see that the type of food we are giving is
nothing to run home about but we must win this match for Nigerians. We will do
our best to encourage you and you have no choice than to deliver" said
Owumi while is not new to matters like this.
Meanwhile, the match will come up on
Sunday by 1.30pm (Nigeria time) with match officials coming from Sudan while
the match Commissioner is from neighboring State, Morocco.
It would be recalled that the
referees for the first leg in Warri came from Morocco, Tunisia neighbor which
made it difficult for the Warri players to understand the conversation between
the Tunisian players and the centre referee each time there was any complaint.
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