Ikhana lends Dolphins victory opium against Sports

Ikhana is of the view that, it would be wiser for the Nigerians to take charge of the mid-field and to be able maintain more than the Baden Powell's Boys Scouts' readiness to launch full-throttled counter attacks on their opponents,if they hope to demistify the Super that is the Sports United of South Africa in this weekend's match billed for Pretoria.

"Super Sports is a well known side to me.  It would be an easy and simple game for Musa and his boys only if, they could hold on massively to the mid-field, and be damn ready for boundless intermitent onslaughts for at least, the first 30 minutes."  The Okpela, Edo State born coach professed that if, Coach Musa could give his boys this harmless pills, there is no way they would return to the country haunched.

In spite of his victory over the South Africans assurance, Ikhana however, has a snag which according to him, could either work for, or against the Nigerians in Pretoria...and that is the weather.  As an anti-dote, Ikhana, who is now handling Kwara United FC, suggested that the Garden City boys should leave for acclamatization..."they should be there for at least, a week or and that will be good for them.

"The weather there right now, is highly inclement.  It is very cold and not good for us, who are from this part of the continent.  So, if they could leave on time, good...but if not, I'm afraid it could play the 'MINUS' for them.  I expect my friend, Musa to have well rehearsed strategie to face the unfriendly weather of Pretoria. 

"That was and it is still one of the strategies esteemly held by Enyimba FC.  They made sure they camped in a place with a similar weather condition as the country they are meeting before time. And this gave and still gives them the edge in their continental runs."

The coach is not withdrawing his hands of love and fellowship to a fellow coleague yet.  And another anti-tears- pill he has for Coach  Musa and his team, is the use of hard studd boots "for" he warns, "the field there in Pretoria is like a rugby pitch, full of grass that is well developed, tended and pampered like growing babies.  They are friendly to all but, seem to be friendlier to their own than visitors like us,  who don't have such time to treat them well."             

Report By Bibian Akubike