Super-four invitational tourney: We’re ill prepared –Enyimba

The technical crew of the People Elephants, Enyimba FC of
Aba, has admitted that the loss to the Flying Eagles in the
ongoing Super-four invitational tournament at the Abuja
National Stadium has exposed the team’s readiness for next
month’s CAF Champions League.
Speaking in a post-match conference after losing 2-0 to the
Flying Eagles, the assistant coach, Friday Christopher, who
stood in for the chief coach, Kadiri Ikhana, admitted that the
manners the Garba Manu boys ran around them were
indications that the players were match rusty and unfit.
According to him; “Let me start by thanking the organisers of
this championship for doing good thing to us. It wouldn’t
have come at a better time for the team representing the
country than now to ginger us. I have to admit that we have
been resting since the end of the season for one reason or the
other and there has not been any match to play.
“Participating in this championship will really help us. We are
not really thinking about the outcome of the game against the
Flying Eagles because we just needed games to make the
players match fit for the continental tournament. I have to
also admit that the Flying Eagles players are good side and
younger.
“They really proved to our players that they have fitness prob­
lem. Having been in camp for a long time, they have really
proved that they are fitter than us. We are going to come up
with a better team in our next matches and by the time we
finish the matches, we will build a better team for the CAF
tournament,” he noted.
Similarly, coach Manu had expressed desire that he would
want to watch his boys lift the tournament trophy though they
are not yet fully ready for the Africa Youth Championship
(AYC) billed for Senegal, stressing that the trophy would be a
morale buster for his team.
“Our target has always been to win every match we
participate and this will not be an exception. Sincerely
speaking, winning the Super-four will definitely boast the
morale of the team ahead of Senegal 2015 AYC.”