Despite a shocking 1-0 home slump to Raja Casablanca on Wednesday in the CAF Confederation Cup, Nigeria Profesional Football League (NPFL) legend, Victor Ezeji, believes Enyimba can still scale through.
The Aba-based side was utterly outclassed by the visitors who look set to finish the good work in a fortnight in Morocco.
Ezeji, however, a former Super Eagles forward, who made his name in the domestic scene, believes his former side can still reach the final.
“I think Enyimba had a bad day because from the onset Raja Casablanca dominated the games from the start to last 90 minutes of the game,” he was quoted by FootballLive on Thursday.
“I felt Enyimba would have come all out, throw all in their tactical strength into the game using the advantage of playing at home to achieve a good result.
“It’s disheartening to see them lose to Raja Casablanca at home, virtually everyone was disappointed at the end result of the game.
“The coach did mention about the team being fatigued, with them having to play numbers of games within the past ten days.
“For the return leg, this is football we cannot totally write Enyimba off just because they lost the first game, if Raja Casablanca had their game switched on and Enyimba had theirs switched off in these first game, tables could actually turn and Enyimba can make it back and better in the second leg.
“Football is about chances, the only way you can win games is by scoring goals which yes, Enyimba does not score many goals as they say but they have been able to retain a win with lesser goal margin.
“Having lost good chances like that of the penalty blown away, they need to come out with a blast in the return leg at Morocco no matter the outcome of the match.
“The chips are already down for Enyimba for the first game, for the return match there is no need to be afraid of anything rather come out fiercely to fight for victory.”
