Head Coach of Rivers Angels Football Club, Edwin Okon has vowed his side will not be making it any easy for Vihiga Queens of Kenya when both teams meet in Friday’s make or mar game inside the 30 June Stadium in Cairo.
With two defeats already recorded at this year’s inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League, the Jewel Of Rivers intend to fancy their chances of making it to the semifinal or at least bow out with a win to redeem themselves.
Okon during Thursday’s pre-match press conference said they will be giving it their all on Friday and he hopes for a favorable result.
“It is the last group match and we will approach it with all amount of seriousness. Anything can happen in football so you can’t predict what the outcome of tomorrow’s game will be,” he stated.
“With luck on our side, we can score lots of goals to fancy our chances of qualifying and also make up for the two losses suffered.
“As for the 30 June Stadium, I don’t think it’s going to affect our game. All the pitches in this City are quite good and it won’t make us play any different,” Okon summed.
Rivers Angels midfielder, Deborah Abiodun was equally optimistic about Friday’s game.
The 17-year old said she and her teammates would want to redeem their image in the last group game.
“As an individual and collectively as a team, we want to approach tomorrow’s game with determination and to win because we want to redeem our image and that of Nigeria,” she said.
“All we need to do is go in Okon on Vihiga there and give our best on the field of play. The 30 June Stadium is very nice, we had a feel of it last night and we’re good to go.
“Unlike the previous game, we intend to convert most of the chances we get on Friday so it doesn’t come hunting us like the last time out,” Abiodun added.
Rivers Angels vs Vihiga Queens comes up by 4pm Cairo time (3pm in Nigeria) inside the 30 June Stadium.
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