By Rasaq Oboirien
GEORGES Leekens has told his Desert Foxes to take advantage of Super Eagles sloppy defence in Saturday's Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers in Uyo, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
The Belgian while addressing his players in their last training session on Wednesday at the National Technical Centre Sidi Moussa, revealed to Slimani, Mahrez and others that Eagles weak link is the backline.
"Having studied their matches video tapes, the Nigerian team is very tactical but the only way we can get a result against them is to take our half chances when they come and also put pressure on their defenders. As that's their weakness.
"You must play as a unit and not lose possession.
"Nigeria will use the first few minutes to counter attack, so the defenders need to be very alert and careful too.
"We also need to play very well at the midfield, and try to cut off passes made to Musa, Iwobi, Iheanacho and Moses."
Gernot Rohr's Eagles are top of Group B after the victory against Zambia's Chipolopolo in Ndola on match day 1 while Algeria and Cameroon are leveled on a point following the 1-1 result in Algiers.
