Super Eagles captain, Vincent
Enyeama has insisted that the weather conditions in Khartoum will
detrimentally affect the Super Eagles quest for victory against Sudan
today for the 2015 Africa Nation’s Cup qualifier.
Maximum temperatures in Khartoum are expected to reach 40 degree Celsius with pundits predicting that the predominantly overseas-based Super Eagles’ players will struggle under the hot conditions. But Enyeama has now waved away such suggestions, explaining that the players are already prepared to brave the conditions.
“I don’t really know much about the weather in Sudan but we (the players) have been told to expect playing under very hot conditions. Footballers thrive under any kind of weather condition so the weather in Khartoum should not really be an excuse not to get a positive result.
“It will be very hot and to be honest, it’s not really what we want but we don’t really have a choice,” Enyeama told supersport.com.
Enyeama, who will captain the Super Eagles against Sudan, missed out on Nigeria’s first two 2015 Afcon qualifying games against Congo and South Africa because of “family reasons”.
Nigeria could only manage a solitary point from the two games in the absence of the OSC Lille man who has now firmly set his sights on strong performances against Sudan today.
“Those games (against South Africa and Congo) belong to the history books. I am one person that does not talk about history because I don’t believe in it.
“We are looking forward to the two games against Sudan and that’s really what matters; not what has happened in the past,” he said.
Maximum temperatures in Khartoum are expected to reach 40 degree Celsius with pundits predicting that the predominantly overseas-based Super Eagles’ players will struggle under the hot conditions. But Enyeama has now waved away such suggestions, explaining that the players are already prepared to brave the conditions.
“I don’t really know much about the weather in Sudan but we (the players) have been told to expect playing under very hot conditions. Footballers thrive under any kind of weather condition so the weather in Khartoum should not really be an excuse not to get a positive result.
“It will be very hot and to be honest, it’s not really what we want but we don’t really have a choice,” Enyeama told supersport.com.
Enyeama, who will captain the Super Eagles against Sudan, missed out on Nigeria’s first two 2015 Afcon qualifying games against Congo and South Africa because of “family reasons”.
Nigeria could only manage a solitary point from the two games in the absence of the OSC Lille man who has now firmly set his sights on strong performances against Sudan today.
“Those games (against South Africa and Congo) belong to the history books. I am one person that does not talk about history because I don’t believe in it.
“We are looking forward to the two games against Sudan and that’s really what matters; not what has happened in the past,” he said.
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