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We’ll Play For Pride – Liberia Coach Warns Super Eagles

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Liberia Coach, Peter Butler has warned super eagles ahead of their tie today
Expresses confidence in his team

Ekohotblog reports that Liberia Coach, Peter Butler has issued a warning to Nigeria Super Eagles ahead of their world cup qualifying match on Saturday.

Peter Butler has vowed not to lose against the super Eagles as his team will be playing for their pride later today at Stade Ibn Batouta stadium in Tangier, Morocco.

The Super Eagles had in the first leg tie defeated the Lone Stars of Liberia by 2 goals to nil, thanks to Kelechi Iheanacho for scoring both goals at Teslim Balogun stadium.

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Although Liberia are presently occupying the bottom position on the group C table where Nigeria sits at the top, the coach believes that today’s match would be different.

Butler declared yesterday after his team’s training that the Lone Stars have shown some positive signs in their last two training sessions, and with the arrival of three new players to the squad they can upset the Super Eagles.

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“I think with the Arrival of Jamek, Mark, and Boison, we got players who came in with a good attitude, and I think the new guys have a good attitude.

“I think the important thing for my perspective is you playing for pride, you playing for your country, and we still playing for points. I get a lot of respect for the Nigerian national team, but we going to be competitive and we have been competitive in every game we played.”

According to Coach Butler, the goalkeeping department has been a problem for his team with the goals his team conceded in their previous games. “But that has been addressed with the coming in of Nathaniel Sherman as goalkeeping coach and the inclusion of Boison who has a bit of experience.”

Butler further said although his team has not played at home in the competition, he is proud of his players the way they worked overtime and is of the conviction that the team and players will get better and whoever that will take over from him will benefit from a very good team.

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