Home based Super Eagles have vowed to win today's African Nations Championship second leg qualifier against Burkina Faso as a 'get well soon' message to their recuperating coach, Sunday Oliseh .
Oliseh was on thursday flown abroad for medical treatment and has been placed on two weeks compulsory bed rest by doctors in Germany.
The players and coaching crew have promised to punish their host at their backyard as a ‘get well soon’ victory for their head coach.
Oliseh will miss today's cruial game due to ill health.
Captain Gbolahan Salami told thenff that the entire team is even more determined as ever to get a win for Nigeria and Oliseh.
“We want to win the game for Nigeria and we believe that securing the CHAN ticket will hasten the complete recovery of our head coach,”Salami said.
Meanwhile, all is set for the match Eagles , Etalons clash in Ouagadougou.
The Eagles take a 2-0 lead into the final leg, with goals from Yaro Bature and Gbolahan Salami in Port Harcourt ensuring the 2014 bronze medallists start on a good footing at the Stade August 4.
It was at the same venue, back in April 1997, that the Super Eagles greatly enhanced their chances of qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, defeating the Etalons 2-1 in a dramatic encounter.
The Super Eagles will be adorned in green, while the Etalons will wear white. Libyan referee Mohamed Ragab Omara will be at the centre, assisted by compatriots Foaad Mohamed El Maghrabi, Baesus Safe-El Naser and Abdallah Baesus Ashraf as assistant 1, assistant 2 and reserve referee respectively.
The winner on aggregate will enter the pot for next month's Draw for the 4th African Nations Championship, taking place in Rwanda 16 January – 7 February, 2016.