Salisu Yusuf, the head coach of the home-based Super Eagles, is optimistic that his squad will qualify for the 2023 Africa Nations Championship in Algeria.

The first leg of the last qualifying round match between the Home Eagles and the Black Galaxies of Ghana ended in a 2-0 loss for the Home Eagles.

On Saturday, the opposing sides will square off at Abuja’s Moshood Abiola Stadium in the rematch.

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To defeat the Ghanaians, the Eagles will need to score three goals without answering.

 “What is past is past and that is the case with the match we played in Ghana. Now we are looking forward to a good match on Saturday,” Yusuf stated.

“We are doing all we need to do to achieve our utmost desire to be in Algeria next year.

“There may have been one or two lapses that caught us on the bad end in Cape Coast but we can’t continue to dwell on that.

“We want to achieve a good result on Saturday.”

The team that will take the field on Saturday, according to Yusuf, may not be very different from the lineup he played in the first leg. He is speaking from experience.

 “It is going to be more like 88 to 90 percent of the team we presented in Ghana last Sunday.

“Remember that Sadiq Abubakar was injured in a moment we thought should have produced a penalty kick for us.

“He has not recovered fully and so may not feature.”