Enyimba coach Usman Abdallah eyes victory over Rayon Sports

Enyimba players

Friday Sep 14, 2018. 09:22

Enyimba head coach Usman Abdallah is keen to guide this side to victory in the CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first-leg clash in Rwanda against Rayon Sports on Sunday.

The 44-year-old Enyimba trainer spoke to Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)'s official website and he said that the quarter-finals of the competition presents another hurdle to scale and acknowledged that all of the eight clubs vying for places in the last four earned their stripes and should not be underrated.

He specifically stated that the People’s Elephant will “pay attention to every little detail” concerning their opponents.

“This competition is in the quarter-final stage and any team in this stage must have gone a long way to get here. So none of the teams got to the quarter-finals by chance. It means all of the eight teams worked to get this stage.

“For me, I am treating our opponents the same way like we have done against other opponents, and with respect. So my mentality going into this fixture is that every team in the quarter-finals are of same pedigree irrespective of past or present records. This is no time to underrate any opponent. We will prepare well for this fixture and pay attention to every little detail too,” Abdallah said.

Abdallah is however focused on guiding Enyimba into the semi-finals.

“The most important thing now is to win and ensure we get to the semi-finals, and from there we will wait for the next opponents. But now the focus is the quarter-finals against our opponents (Rayon Sports),” he said.

Enyimba face Rayon Sports in Kigali in the first leg of the quarter-final matchup on September 16 before the People’s Elephant play hosts to the Rwandan club in the return fixture in Aba a week later.