Echeijele screams: We’ll answer Malawi on the pitch

•Urges Nigerians to cheer the team
Sporting Braga of Portugal defender, Elderson
Echeijele has told Nigerians to expect good
game from the Super Eagles when they face
Flames of Malawi in a World Cup qualifying
match at the U.J.Esuene Stadium, Calabar on
Saturday.
Echeijele told SportingLife the team will give
their best during the match while calling on
Nigerians to come en mass to the stadium to
cheer the team on Saturday.
“Nigeria should expect good game from us on
Saturday. We are going to do our best in the
game and get good results. We need Nigerians
support on Saturday. They should come and
cheer us to victory and pray for us too. We
will do what they expected from us and by the
grace of God we will get good results.
“It is normal for Malawians to be talking tough
ahead of the game. I think they are doing that
to psyche themselves up for the game. We will
keep our focus and not be distracted with what
they are saying. We will talk to them on the
pitch on Saturday. What is important to us is
the victory not what they are saying about the
game,’’ Echeijele said.
Echeijele missed two Eagles training session
before he joined the team on Wednesday
evening but he said it won’t affect team’s
preparation.
“It depends on the kind of games we want to
play. We’ve been playing together before
today. We planned to arrive in the camp early
too but due to some difficulty we missed some
training session. I don’t think this will have
negative effect on the team. We are all
professional and we know what we are doing.
And the coaching crew know what the best for
the team is.”