Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles captain, Junior Harrison Nduka, has declared that his team is determined to seek revenge when they face Ghana in the second leg of their 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying playoff.
The first leg, held at the Accra Sports Stadium, ended in a goalless draw, leaving the tie finely poised ahead of the return fixture at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria.
This will be the second time the two nations have met in the CHAN qualifiers, with Ghana eliminating Nigeria via a penalty shootout in the 2022 edition. Nduka, who was part of that heartbreaking loss, is now focused on avenging the defeat.
“The future lies in our hands right now, we need to qualify by all means and at the same time we know we have to defend as well because the best way to defend is to attack,” he told Pan-Africa Football.
“The last time I watched Ghana play against Nigeria was in Abuja, our stadium was vandalized. We know how they [Ghana] gave us a bitter pill and this time round we need to give them the same pill as well because we know what is at stake. It is a must win for us, no compromise about it.”
The final tournament will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania in February 2025, and Nduka and his team are determined to be part of the competition.
