Uganda’s nationwide group coach, Paul Put has raised the ante forward of their conflict with Nigeria on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, as he declared that his facet will play the sport with full confidence.
Sports247 experiences that the Belgian soccer tactician didn’t maintain something again, as he harassed that his gamers know they want most factors as a way to attain the spherical of 16.
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Though Put admitted that the Tremendous Eagles are a fearsome squad with fine quality gamers, he reiterated that his gamers know what is anticipated of them on this fixture at Complexe Sportif de Fès.
The 69-year-old gaffer declared, “We face an excellent group who had been finalists within the final AFCON. They’ve additionally carried out very effectively by getting all of the factors right here.
“They’ve a group that may be very robust, however we all know what we have to do and the way we’ve to play. We have now to get consequence and we’ve no different answer if we need to keep within the competitors.”
Put, who has beforehand dealt with the nationwide groups of Gambia, Burkina Faso, Jordan, Kenya, Guinea and Congo, admitted that Tuesday’s sport can be robust, however identified that his gamers gained confidence from their 1-1 draw with Tanzania.
He enthused, “I hope my gamers will give their greatest for this sport. It’s going g to be exhausting and it’s going to be troublesome however, in soccer, every thing is feasible.
“The gamers have gained extra confidence, as a result of they performed sport in opposition to Tanzania. We couldn’t win, however our efficiency gave us feeling.
“To face Nigeria, it’s important to come onto the sector with feeling and confidence. If you’re not assured, that’s difficult.”
The gaffer, who dealt with Burkina Faso of their loss to Nigeria on the AFCON 2013 remaining in South Africa, enthused: “I hope my gamers will carry out at a better degree than they did in opposition to Tanzania.”
