Manu Garba excited with ‘Group of death’ draw

Nigeria has been drawn in the group of death ahead of the 2015 U-20 African Youth Championship in Senegal.




In an interview, Coach of the team, Manu Garba reacted to Nigeria’s chances of qualifying from Group A which houses host Senegal, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Congo, the gaffer said its an ‘interesting group’ because of the pedigree of the West African Nations.

Though only Nigeria (6) and Congo (1) from the group have won honors in the competition, Senegal will undoubtedly enjoy home advantage and Ivory Coast will draw inspiration from the fact that most of the U-17 players that beat Manu Garba’s Eaglets in 2013 form the core of this current team.

” It’s an interesting group in the sense that Senegal and Ivory Coast are good footballing countries and Congo is also a good team and Nigeria at this level is always the team to beat.”

“For me this is the group of death but we’re expected to come up against any team because we believe, to be the best you must beat the best and it’s not just a cliché.”