Super Eagles‘non-playing’ captain Ahmed Musa hasvowed that the team would not repeat the mistake against Sierra Leone in Benin City as they tackle Benin Republic in the AFCON 2021 qualifiers,Saturday in Port Novo.
Musa who was included in the squad as a rallying motivator to his teammates according to coach Gernot Rohr, said that the team is poised to pick the ticket to the delayed 2021 AFCON to be hosted by Cameroon.
“A draw in Port Novo is going to qualify us for AFCON but that is not what we are going for; we need to win but you know football anything can happen.
“We only make mistakes in life once, so we made a mistake against Sierra Leone in Benin City and we are not going to repeat that mistake.
“I am sure that all the boys know the hard work they are going to put into that game against Benin Republic.”
On the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) plan to ferry the Super Eagles contingent to Port Novo via waterways, Musa said: “There is nothing we can do about how we get to Benin and for us, I just want them to provide what is going to take us safely down there and then make the players feel comfortable and when we get there we are all ready for the game.”