Flying Eagles Goalkeeper Chijioke Aniagboso is wary of the threat posed by their counterparts Uganda Hippos as the two nations face off quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt on Thursday.
Nigeria, former winners of the tournament finished second in their group behind Senegal but beat hosts Egypt.
“We will continue from where we stopped improving our game but we’re happy to get to this stage,” Chijioke said.
“We need to work so much harder than how we started like my coach said losing this match is like not even qualifying at all so I think we’re prepared with the coaches and by god grace we will go through.
“We are in a confident mood because we started this and we have to end it. Our job is to go to the field and up our game and book our ticket.”
The winner of the tie will qualify to represent Africa along with three other semi-finals at the Fifa U-20 World Cup.