Guinea Bissau coach Baciro Cande confident of securing the double against Nigeria

By Saheed Afolabi

Guinea Bissau head coach, Baciro Cande is confident about his side completing the double against Nigeria in the second leg meeting on Monday after beating the Super Eagles 1-0 three days ago in Abuja.

Mame Balde’s solitary strike was all the Wild Dogs needed to earn a historic win over the West African rivals at the Moshood Abiola Stadium and the tactician insists they respect the Nigerians but are gunning for a double in Bissau.

“We did a thorough analysis of the Super Eagles players and how the coach usually sets up his team and the boys did the rest by sticking to our game plan with resilience and determination,” Cande said.

“It paid off with Balde scoring what proved to be the winner. For the second leg, we shall go back to plan how best to play Nigeria. Of course, we will be going for another victory.

“We still respect the Eagles despite our victory in Abuja on Friday.”

Estadio 24 de Setembro will host the second leg between the Wild Dogs and Super Eagles in Bissau on Monday.

The Nigeria team seated second in the AFCON qualifying group A with six points from three matches trail table toppers Guinea Bissau with a point.