In an exclusive interview with www.footballlive.ng, Morake recounted the recent meetings of the sides where he claims the Eagles barely escaped with their feathers.
”In Cape Town we played a goalless draw, we did very well in that match, a game we thought we could have won but we fluffed several chances even though Nigeria were solid defensively.
”Then there was another close shave for the Eagles in Uyo. We led 2-0 until the latter stages of that game and the whole team rued the missed chances, so we’re looking forward to correcting all of that when we meet on Sunday in Mbombela.”
Nigeria will face South Africa in the second and concluding fixture of the March friendlies, but have started poorly with a shocking 1-0 loss at home to Uganda.
Daniel Amokachi’s team got some stick from fans after their lackluster showing at the Nest of Champions in Uyo.
On the other hand Shakes Mashaba and his Bafana Bafana team raced past neighbours Swaziland 3-1 and are fired up as they look to build after a poor showing at the AFCON in Equatorial Guinea.
However, Morake expects a tough encounter regardless of the Eagles’ current fortunes. Hear him: “We expect a difficult game as Nigerian teams always seem to be tough to play and it’s going to be very hard to ask the players, but we believe it is time to get our win this time around.”
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