PORTLAND Trailblazers
forward Al Farouq Aminu says D’Tigers will curtail the physical play from their
opponents in the third phase of the China 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers for
men which holds between the 14th and 16th of September, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
Nigeria will tackle Ivory
Coast, Central Africa Republic, and Senegal on 14th, 15th and 16th of September
2018 respectively and Aminu, who is returning to the national team set up for
the first time since he led the country to the 2015 Afrobasket title, said the
team is focused on the task at hand.
“It’s amazing to be back.
We’ve been preparing in camp and we have been putting a good team together and
it should be a good tournament. I expect physical play from our opponents; all
players are playing for their countries, so people will be extremely playing with
lots of power. We just have to keep focused and do what we know how to do best.
“We were able to win it back
in 2015, some of the core players are back and lots of new guys too. We are
going to make sure we do what we supposed to do and finish the job.”
With the D’Tigers currently
topping Group F with 12 maximum points from six games after wins in all of their
games in the first-3rd windows, Aminu calls for supports from fans as he hopes the
team makes the home advantage count.
“Nigeria fans have been traveling
with us a lot; some were with us in Ivory Coast, some in Tunisia and some were
even in Venezuela, so I just expect more of the same.
“I want to urge Nigerians to
come out and support us and we are going to put extra effort and try to the win
for sure,” the 27 year old assured.
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