ETHIOPIA V NIGERIA
A match Preview by Emmanuel
Ethiopia v Nigeria
Football: African Cup of Nations
Tuesday 29 January 2013 - Kick
Off 5pm
This game is live on TV
PREVIEW
This is part of the final games in
Group C at the African Cup of
Nations and all four teams are
still in with a chance of qualifying
for the Quarter Finals.
Nigeria currently have 2 points
from their opening games at the
tournament, although it has to
be said that they are not as
good as some of their previous
teams of recent years. However,
they have left themselves in this
awkward situation where they
will likely need a win to go
through because of their own
concentration issues.
The side have led both Group
games they have played so far,
both 1-0, heading into the final
five minutes. However, Burkino
Faso and Zambia both managed
to level the games in those
minutes and put Nigeria on the
brink of elimination. The last
draw against Zambia was
particularly disappointing
considering Jon Mikel Obi missed
a first half penalty, before
Zambia were given a contentious
penalty in the last 5 minutes to
equalise. It was a controversial
ending considering the 'penalty'
looked a soft one and certainly
looked outside the box.
While Nigeria will be very
disappointed if they were to exit
the competition at this stage,
Ethiopia are playing in their first
African Cup of Nations since 1982
and even getting to this stage
was a bonus for them. They
have earned 1 point so far from
their 2 Group games and that
means they have to win and
hope Zambia fail to win their last
game against Burkino Faso if
they are to qualify.
Ethiopia are the lowest ranked
team in the competition, but the
pride of picking up a point from
their game with Zambia, despite
playing with ten men for the
majority of the game, has surely
disappeared now. That could be
down to the fact that they lost
4-0 to Burkino Faso in their last
game, conceding 3 goals AFTER
their opponents were reduced
to ten men.
It is clear that Sewnet Bishaw is
just hoping that his side can
show they are capable of playing
at this level and they had been
unbeaten in 4 games before the
loss to Burkino Faso. The
manager is all too aware that all
the pressure is going to be on
the Nigerians who have much
higher expectations and they
have been preaching about
taking control of this match and
making sure any late lapses in
concentration will not be costly
as it has in the first two games.
HEAD TO HEAD
These two nations played twice
in 2011 in a qualifying group for
the African Cup of Nations.
Nigeria beat Ethiopia 4-0 at
home, but it was a 2-2 draw in
the second game that cost the
Nigerians their place in the main
competition.
PREDICTION
All the Nigerian fans must be
vastly disappointed with the 2
point haul for their team in the
Group so far, particularly as
they entered the last 5 minutes
of both opening games with the
lead.
I think it should be a different
story when they meet Ethiopia,
whose short comings were
exposed by Burkino Faso in their
last game.
The games have not exactly
been the most exciting so far,
but I do think Nigeria will likely
win this with a clean sheet to
boot.
THE PICK :
Ethiopia 0-2 Nigeria

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emmanuel71: ETHIOPIA V NIGERIA
A match Preview by Emmanuel
Ethiopia v Nigeria
Football: African Cup of Nations
Tuesday 29 January 2013 - Kick
Off 5pm
This game is live on TV
PREVIEW
This is part of the final games in
Group C at the African Cup of
Nations and all four teams are
still in with a chance of qualifying
for the Quarter Finals.
Nigeria currently have 2 points
from their opening games at the
tournament, although it has to
be said that they are not as
good as some of their previous
teams of recent years. However,
they have left themselves in this
awkward situation where they
will likely need a win to go
through because of their own
concentration issues.
The side have led both Group
games they have played so far,
both 1-0, heading into the final
five minutes. However, Burkino
Faso and Zambia both managed
to level the games in those
minutes and put Nigeria on the
brink of elimination. The last
draw against Zambia was
particularly disappointing
considering Jon Mikel Obi missed
a first half penalty, before
Zambia were given a contentious
penalty in the last 5 minutes to
equalise. It was a controversial
ending considering the 'penalty'
looked a soft one and certainly
looked outside the box.
While Nigeria will be very
disappointed if they were to exit
the competition at this stage,
Ethiopia are playing in their first
African Cup of Nations since 1982
and even getting to this stage
was a bonus for them. They
have earned 1 point so far from
their 2 Group games and that
means they have to win and
hope Zambia fail to win their last
game against Burkino Faso if
they are to qualify.
Ethiopia are the lowest ranked
team in the competition, but the
pride of picking up a point from
their game with Zambia, despite
playing with ten men for the
majority of the game, has surely
disappeared now. That could be
down to the fact that they lost
4-0 to Burkino Faso in their last
game, conceding 3 goals AFTER
their opponents were reduced
to ten men.
It is clear that Sewnet Bishaw is
just hoping that his side can
show they are capable of playing
at this level and they had been
unbeaten in 4 games before the
loss to Burkino Faso. The
manager is all too aware that all
the pressure is going to be on
the Nigerians who have much
higher expectations and they
have been preaching about
taking control of this match and
making sure any late lapses in
concentration will not be costly
as it has in the first two games.
HEAD TO HEAD
These two nations played twice
in 2011 in a qualifying group for
the African Cup of Nations.
Nigeria beat Ethiopia 4-0 at
home, but it was a 2-2 draw in
the second game that cost the
Nigerians their place in the main
competition.
PREDICTION
All the Nigerian fans must be
vastly disappointed with the 2
point haul for their team in the
Group so far, particularly as
they entered the last 5 minutes
of both opening games with the
lead.
I think it should be a different
story when they meet Ethiopia,
whose short comings were
exposed by Burkino Faso in their
last game.
The games have not exactly
been the most exciting so far,
but I do think Nigeria will likely
win this with a clean sheet to
boot.
THE PICK :
Ethiopia 0-2 Nigeria

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