Nigeria has been pooled in Group B alongside Cote D’Ivoire,
Egypt and Libya for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2013 Africa qualifiers
taking place in Morocco.
The Beach Soccer national team’s skipper Isiaka Olawale has
assured Nigerians that the Supersand Eagles will do the nation proud by taking
every game seriously as they battle for a ticket to the World Cup.
Olawale believes Nigeria stands a good chance to do well at
the championship and that all the teams in the tournament are potential threats
to Nigeria’s ambition of winning the title and as such will not be handled
lightly.
“All the teams are very good, so we will not underrate
anyone. Ours is to make sure we qualify from the group by winning all the
matches and then book a ticket for the World Cup before thinking of how to win
the trophy,” the veteran of many FIFA Beach World Cups said on Goal.com.
Reacting to claims that the team was scared of matching up
with the title holders, Senegal in the group stage shortly before the draw,
Olawale shrugged off the speculation; claiming it was just a mare fallacy.
“There was nothing of such, besides if you want to be the
best then you must face the best. Nothing to worry about them, if we face them
in the semis or in the final, we are up to the task,” Olawale said.
“We are always ready to make the country proud. Even when we
are not getting the much needed motivation, we still encourage ourselves to put
smiles on the faces of soccer loving Nigerians,” the skipper said in response
to the readiness of his teammates for the task ahead.
Nigeria will face Libya in her opening game on Wednesday
evening at the Mazagan Beach situated in El Jadida, Morocco.
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