Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has disclosed that he is leaving no stone unturned to get a good result against Mexico in the friendly match thay would hold on May 31 in Houston, Texas, United States of America.
The Eagles gaffer, who retuned from holidays in United States of America where his family resides, said that he would be using the match against a strong opponent like Mexico to test the resolve and strength of his team that has not played a competitive match since the last qualifying match, which ended 1-1 against the visiting Harambee Stars of Kenya in Calabar, Cross River State.
Keshi said: “We need to continue and in fact we are continuing from where we stopped in South Africa where we won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. We hope to continue to build a strong team that would be able to withstand the testy of time.”
The friendly match against Mexico would hold on May 31 in Houston, Texas, United States of America.
The friendly is to prepare the Eagles for its 2014 FIFA World Cup two qualifying matches in June.
The Super Eagles will play against Kenya on June 5 and Namibia on June 12 before proceeding to Brazil for the FIFA Confederations Cup from June 15 to June 30.
Keshi, however believes that his team would continue to grow in strength and maturity.
He said: “I believe this team has the capacity and talents to get to the level that we want them to be. The performance of the new players in the match against Mexico will give us more options in the team.
“A good result in this match will put us in good stead for the important 2014 World Cup qualifying match first against Kenya in Nairobi and the second one also away to Namibia. So we need to play well and play good against Mexico to toughen us ahead of the qualifiers.”
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