The Super Eagles out to prove to Tom Saintfiet and the Flames that they are the champions of Africa in Saturday's crunch World CUp qualifier



When Nigeria scored in the 89th minute on June
9, 2012, through Reuben Gabriel, it was going to
be smooth sailing until John Banda capitalized on
a mistake by Vincent Enyeama to equalize in the
92nd minute and ensure that the Flames would
live to fight another day. That day has arrived for the Malawians but so
much has changed from that evening in Blantyre.
Especially for the team from Malawi on the
coaching front where a certain Tom Saintfiet is
now in charge. There has been so much mud slinging from both
parties in the last few weeks preceding this
encounter that fans of both teams will be ready
for an explosive match. The Super Eagles went on from that draw to
become African champions and are favoured to
qualify for the last round of African qualifiers for
the 2014 World Cup scheduled for Brazil.

Tactical formation
The Super Eagles under coach Stephen Keshi
have been resolute in their 4-3-3 formation while
the Flames are expected to play in a 4-5-1
formation, staying solid in midfield like the
Kenyans did in April when they got a 1-1 draw in
Calabar. The Malawians will be looking to score the first
goal and then defend for their lives as they seek
to cause an upset of gargantuan proportions.
While the Eagles are primed to give 'Malawi the
beating they require', according to Ahmed Musa,
who is expected to start on the right of the attack.
If the Super Eagles score in the first 15 minutes, expect a large scoreline.

Nigeria team is doing well as the match is on now.
When Nigeria scored goal a friend said that Malawi would come out from their defensive tactics, I told him if Malawi does that Nigeria will score more, an it just happened. 2-0 now.

I think referee would have forgiven the Malawi guy so that the match will be serious as already Nigeria team has many advantages over them.