We won’t underestimate Super Eagles —Elephants

The Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire have vowed not to underestimate the Nigerian Super Eagles when they clash in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations tomorrow.
The Ivorians with a squad of intimidating names play Nigeria tomorrow in Rustenberg but said that they wont be carried away by the favourites tag bestowed on them by pundits.
Coach Sabri Lamouchi, however, said that the Nigerian team was a talented team with very good players. “It’s a good that can surprise any team any day. We respect the Nigerian team and will put in our best against them”.
He also dismissed Nigeria’s finishing second in their group as nothing to take away their strength.
“It means nothing that Nigeria finished second in their group and Cote d’Ivoire finished first. The Nigerian team are a good team and we respect them. We know that any team that loses tomorrow will go home. We’ll try not to go home at this stage”, he emphasized.
The coach brought two players to the World Conference – Ya Konan Didier and Max Gradel.
Asked about the mockery purportedly made of the Nigerian team on twitter by Emmanuel Eboue, the Ivorians claim ignorance of it as they never talked about it in camp.”We’re concentrating on our game”.
Coach Lamouchi paid glowing tributes to the reaction of his team against Algeria when they were two goals down. “I love their spirit and fight-back in the team. I don’t know if Drogba will play as we have many players on our team. But they are united and respect each other. They have a common goal of winning and whoever finds himself wearing the jersey will represent his country very well”, the coach said.