Izuchukwu Okosi
Super Eagles interim head coach, Austine Eguavoen believes Sunday’s round of 16 Clash against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia will not be a stroll in the park.
The north Africans finished third of Group F with three points and made it into the knockout stages of the tournament as one of the four best losers from three groups.
Ahead of the game, Eguavoen in an interview with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) TV on Friday opined that the opposition will not be easy to overcome.
“Congratulations to our team now it’s clear we are playing against Tunisia which is another North African strong team,” Eguavoen who led Nigeria to a third place finish at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt said on NFF TV.
“We will continue to work hard like we’ve always done, same approach same determination tactics might differ a little bit so we are ready. Yesterday (Thursday) we did a little bit of recovery training so today (Friday) we will start on how to approach Tunisia.
In his next lines, Eguavoen hinted that his technical crew have done their scouting job on the opposition and calls the game one that will likely be a difficult one.
“For them having qualified for the knockout stage its going to be a different ball game because round of 16 if you don’t get it you are off and if you get it you are through to the quarter-finals.
“It’s going to be a very different game because they are technically very good and they are fast as well, typical North African team. So we will find a way to see how to counter them and come top at the end of the day.”
The Nigeria versus Tunisia match will kickoff 8pm Nigerian time on Sunday night.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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