The Belgian has stated that it will take a miracle for
the Flames to defeat the more established Super Eagles in Calabar but they are
willing to take their chances
Malawi technical adviser Tom Saintfiet has said his team
will go into Saturday's 2014 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria as underdogs.
The Belgian also declared that his team will expect a
miracle to happen in order to beat the African champions.
Saintfiet spoke to the media at the Nnamdi Azikiwe
Airport, Abuja as his team boarded their Arik Air flight to Calabar on Thursday
afternoon.
The flight was however delayed for almost two hours due
to visibility problems.
"I am very satisfied with my squad,” Saintfiet said.
“The present team is full of young players who are ready to play in the
tactical way we want them to play. Every
team needs a bit of luck. The team is ready to play and I think we can recover
from the flight in the next 48 hours.
"The match against the Super Eagles is not do or die
affair for us. We have prepared well for this match and have an equal chance of
winning the game. I believe the pressure is on Nigeria. But we will try and
surprise everybody by playing a great game against Nigeria on Saturday.
"Nigeria are the champions of Africa. They are a
very strong squad selected by coach Stephen Keshi. He selected a very strong
team comprising of good players from Europe and local based players too. It is
going to be very difficult for us. The Nigerian team has a lot of strength and
quality in front of goal and are very good in the air and they can score from
set pieces too.
"Despite this, the Nigerian team also has some
weaknesses and we are going to use that against them,” Saintfiet disclosed.
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