Head Coach José Peseiro has warned his Super Eagles to keep level heads and manage the euphoria of their quarter-final qualification as they countenance a potentially-tough last-8 clash with Angola’s Palancas Negras on Friday.
The Portuguese gaffer on Monday said he has continued to sing it to the players that they are yet to win anything.
Peseiro said that full consciousness and concentration must be activated ahead of the evening encounter at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
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He said: “I am telling them that we are only in the last-8, that we still have some way to go, and that the farther we go, the tougher the opposition becomes.
“We have played four matches and won three, so we must keep level heads as we go forward.
“Our philosophy is that there are no small teams here at the Africa Cup.
“Every team qualified to be here, and every team in the knockout phase qualified from a group phase.
“Any team in the last-8 is good enough for the trophy.
“We believe we are good enough for the trophy, but we must continue working and putting out our best on match days.”
The Negras eliminated Namibia’s Brave Warriors with a 3-0 spanking in the Round of 16, Gelson Dala hitting a brace against the regional rivals at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake.
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