Eaglets ready for Sweden — Manu

Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba

After overcoming a difficult Uruguay side in Saturday’s quarterfinal match at the Sharjah FC Stadium, Golden Eaglets’ coach, Manu Garba, is already looking ahead of their semifinal clash against Sweden on Tuesday.

The Swedes, debutants in the competitions, are the only sides that have held the Eaglets in the tournament. Both sides played a 3-3 draw in their group stage meeting but Manu says the semifinal rematch will be a different ball game.

 “I want to congratulate the boys for a job well done today (Saturday) against Uruguay; Sweden should be ready for our fireworks in the semi-final match on Tuesday. We learnt so much playing against Sweden the last time but we will be ready for them this time around,” he said.

With African champions Cote d’Ivoire out of the competition after losing 2-1 to Argentina in an earlier match played at the same stadium, Manu said, “It is unfortunate that our African  brothers, Cote d’Ivoire are already out of the tournament  but we are going to  fly the  flag of the  continent  very well since  so much is expected  from us .”