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March 23, 2014

Confederation Cup: Warri Wolves ready to bite Bizertin hard

Confederation Cup: Warri Wolves ready to bite Bizertin hard

Warri Wolves

Warri Wolves will test their intention of going far in the CAF Confedration Cup when they host visiting Tunisian side Athletique Bizertin in the first leg round of 16.

Though the Wolves are confident of a win, they also expect a difficult match, which according to coach, Paul Aigbogun will very tactical as the Tunisia would want to play safe.

“We have prepared ourselves psychologically and physically for the game.

“Ordinarily, you expect the visiting team to sit back and defend in the first leg but football is usually a spur of the moment thing.”

“If they realise that they can actually win the game here (in Warri), there will be no point sitting back to defend.

“You can have a plan which can go right out of the window as soon as the game starts but I do believe they will come here with a conservative approach.

“We have studied them but you can never know everything about your opponents.

“We are prepared though and I am confident we will get a good result,” he said.

Wolves beat Camerounian club, Union Douala 4-3 on aggregate in the first round. The Nigeria club are making their third appearance in the competition and have never advanced

Bizertin have won the two games they have played so far in this year’s competition dispatching Angolan club, Desportivo da Huíla 3-0 on aggregate in the first round and Aigbogun revealed the tactic the Tunisians will adopt on Sunday remains shrouded in mystery.

Meanwhile the team players are motivated to win and give their captain Azubuike Egwuekwe who got married yesterday.