{"id":436718,"date":"2011-06-06T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/"},"modified":"2011-06-06T10:38:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:38:24","slug":"2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Olympics &#8211; We Won&#8217;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"47.2457433291\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentngonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Independent<\/a> (Lagos)<\/p>\n<p>Uzor Odigbo<\/p>\n<p>3 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Lagos \u2014 Under-23 Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has described the Tanzania U-23 team as a good side capable of upsetting any team. Nigeria plays Tanzania this weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier in Dares-Salaam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are a very good side, but we are confident. They eliminated Cameroon and that alone is a testimony to the fact that they are a good side,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Eguavoen also stated that for his team to do well in this weekend&#8217;s qualifier, they have to focus on the match ahead insisting that the boys are ready to deliver but prays for luck on their side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No team at this stage of the competition is a push over, we won&#8217;t underrate any team. I have also told the boys that no matter how successful they appear to have been in previous games, it would be necessary for them to treat the game as a cup game as any slip at this stage might prove too costly,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The team left the country on Friday for Dares-Salaam while the game holds tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tanzania&#8217;s U-23 team handler Jamhuri Kihwelu, has vowed that his side are out to win the first leg tie by 3-0 as insurance to rounding up the second leg and advance to the final round of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Agency reports quoted the coach as saying &#8220;being the coach of the team, I promise we&#8217;ll expel the Nigerians. I am 100 per cent confident that my boys will make Tanzanians proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although he admits the two-legged qualifier would produce outstanding football, Kihwelu boasted &#8220;there will be no slip-ups by his team as they put finishing touches for both games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reports further quoted him as saying he would spend the rest of time before June 5, polishing his strikers to ensure they hit the U-23 Eagles by at least three clear goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nigeria and Cameroon youth teams are among the best sides in the world with two different styles but one obsession, one aim: having the ball at their feet,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cameroon always prefers long passes when under pressure while Nigerians are devilishly precise and calm when they possess the ball, but we&#8217;re unfazed,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106060792.html\" title=\"2012 Olympics - We Won't Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2012 Olympics &#8211; We Won&#8217;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Daily Independent (Lagos) Uzor Odigbo 3 June 2011 Lagos \u2014 Under-23 Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has described the Tanzania U-23 team as a good side capable of upsetting any team. Nigeria plays Tanzania this weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier in Dares-Salaam. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":419661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-436718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2012 Olympics - We Won&#039;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"2012 Olympics - We Won&#039;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Daily Independent (Lagos) Uzor Odigbo 3 June 2011 Lagos \u2014 Under-23 Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has described the Tanzania U-23 team as a good side capable of upsetting any team. Nigeria plays Tanzania this weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier in Dares-Salaam.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"2012 Olympics &#8211; We Won&#8217;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-06T10:38:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\"},\"wordCount\":399,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\",\"name\":\"2012 Olympics - We Won't Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-06T10:38:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2012 Olympics - We Won't Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"2012 Olympics - We Won't Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Daily Independent (Lagos) Uzor Odigbo 3 June 2011 Lagos \u2014 Under-23 Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has described the Tanzania U-23 team as a good side capable of upsetting any team. Nigeria plays Tanzania this weekend in an Olympic Games qualifier in Dares-Salaam.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"2012 Olympics &#8211; We Won&#8217;t Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen","datePublished":"2011-06-06T10:38:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/"},"wordCount":399,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/","name":"2012 Olympics - We Won't Underrate Tanzania, Says Eguavoen - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-06T10:38:24+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/06\/2012-olympics-we-wont-underrate-tanzania-says-eguavoen\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}