World Cup play-off: We need to give our all to beat Ghana – Nigeria captain Ahmed Musa

Nigeria captain Ahmed Musa has called on his teammates to give their all when they face Ghana in order to secure World Cup qualification.

Musah is aiming for a positive result in the first leg at the Kumasi Baba Yara Stadium before the return encounter in Abuja.

He has therefore urged his teammates to give their all for the all-important clash on Friday.

“We have to give all what we have in the first game to see what we can have before we come back home,” Musa was quoted by Super Eagles’ official Instagram account as saying on Tuesday.

“And by the grace of God, we will do all our best to see what we can do over there.”

The Super Eagles will fly out via a chartered flight from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Thursday morning.

The team is expected to land at the Kotoka International Airport before they embark on their trip to Kumasi for the first leg encounter which comes off at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on March 25, 2022.

The team upon arrival will train at the match venue 24 hours before the game as stipulated by the competition regulations by CAF and FIFA.

Ghana and Nigeria will battle it out for one of the five tickets to represent Africa at the 2022 World Cup to be staged in Qatar in November.

The second leg encounter comes off four days’ time at the Moshood Abiola Sports Stadium in Abuja.