Famously, Mike Tyson has said everyone has a plan until you are hit in the face. Whatever plan the Super Eagles have for Tuesday must be one that negates what the Black Stars have. The first leg ended 0-0 and while the Eagles hold a slight advantage because of home turf, there is the threat of the away goal.
An indisputable fact from the first leg is the Eagles have the better players and more depth on the bench but the Black Stars have passion and rivalry goading them on to believe they can cause an upset on Tuesday.
Coach Augustine Eguavoen replaced the injured Wilfred Ndidi with Innocent Bonke, but that decision did not look to have worked a treat.
This is not slating Bonke’s talent, but the task dwarfed the FC Lorient midfielder. He had too many misplaced passes and there was no coordination in his pressing game. It is
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