Amuneke, a 1994 AFCON winner with the Super Eagles, will be hoping to take his team to the knockout stages of the competition in a group that also has one of the tournaments favourites, Senegal, Algeria, and Kenya. Speaking ahead of the game, the U-17 World Cup winning coach with Nigeria said he is not scared of the Lions despite their array of stars. “Senegal are a strong team and they have a lot of professional players. It will be a difficult match but I have faith in my players.”However, Teranga Lions of Senegal head coach, Aliou Cisse, has stated that Tanzania are a dangerous side posing one of the best strikers in Africa in Mbwana Samatta. “Tanzania are a strong team, they have Samatta, who is a great player but they don’t really rely on him only, they also have Thomas Ulimwengu and other players that can make a difference.

Source: Punch June 23, 2019 02:48 UTC