Friday, 31 August 2012

Oliha: Dont Underrate Liberia

Former Nigeria international, Thompson Oliha, has charged the Super Eagles to try and avoid defeat in the first leg of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia in Monrovia on September 8.

“One thing that one should take into consideration is that there are no more small countries in football anymore, so my expectation is that we get at least a draw; we must not lose that game,” the 1994 Cup of Nations winner in Tunisia told Complete Sports.

Oliha went on to commend coach Stephen Keshi on the 11 foreign-based players invited for the game, and also bared his mind on the movement of Nigerian players in the transfer market.

“I believe it’s a good thing the coach has done because we can’t toy with our matches- especially the game against Liberia. We need the best legs to prosecute the game, and I think the coach has done so well.”

Speaking on the European transfer market as it concerns the Nigerian players, he said:

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