The Nigeria Volleyball Team will on Saturday take-on Cameroon in the quarter finals of the ongoing 2021 African Men’s Senior Volleyball Nations Championship in Kigali, Rwanda.
Team Nigeria defeated Ethiopia 3-1 (25-20, 25-12, 32-34, 25-17) in their last match of Pool B on Friday, to qualify for the quarter-finals, for the first time in 16 years.
The head coach of Nigeria men’s team, Usman Abdallah expressed satisfaction with his team’s performance against the Ethiopians, while looking forward to an upset win in the quarter finals.
“It was a good performance from the team today, we played really well though it was a tough game from the Ethiopians.
“I am happy we could deal with the danger they posed in the first set, but they became more determined in the 3rd set where they eventually won by 34-32 points,” Abdallah said after the game.
Abdallah said Nigeria wants to improve on her previous position in the Nations’ Championship.
He explained that in 2019, Nigeria was missing at the African Nations Championship due to unforeseen circumstances, whilst in 2017,we finished in 13th position, which was very poor. This time around, Nigeria wants to make a statement at this year’s edition”.
Nigeria will battle Cameroon in their quarterfinals match at the Kigali Arena,Saturday by 4pm.
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