Arsenal’s up and coming youngster Alex Iwobi has backed the Super
Eagles to survive their tough group B pairings and qualify for the FIFA
2018 World Cup to be hosted by Russia.
Iwobi, played his first competitive match against Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 qualifier.
The
Super Eagles failed to scale the hurdle, but Iwobi aiming to play in
his first World Cup said Nigeria have the players to do well against
Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia in the group B World Cup qualifiers.
“The
Nations Cup is the biggest sporting tournament in Africa, so we were
gutted. But as a team we have to look forward and focus on the World Cup
and our qualification match.
“It is a tough group for sure, but I don’t think there are any easy groups – it’s international level competition.
I’m
confident we can prevail, we definitely have the players to. If we
prepare well, focus and play to the best of our ability I’m sure we will
qualify.
“All the teams [in the group] are good teams that have
been former AFCON winners, and have players playing at the highest
level, so we know we’ll be up against well-prepared teams.”
Iwobi is determined to keep progressing at Arsenal, who have now gone well over a decade since winning their last league title.
“I
just want to push on, improve as a player, play more games, score more
goals, make more assists and contribute to the team,” he said. “I don’t
like to get ahead of myself, but it is a long season and there are
plenty of games, so hopefully I’ll have the chance to do that.”
Source:today.ng
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