Nigeria coach Imama Amapakabo has refuted claims suggesting his team underrated Togo in Sunday’s first leg, second-round qualifying match of the 2020 African Nations Championship (Chan).
The Sparrow Hawks hit the home-based Super Eagles 4-1 in Lome to put themselves in pole position to qualify for the Chan tournament scheduled for Cameroon next year.
Sunusi Ibrahim gave Nigeria the lead in the 8th minute before the Togolese trio of Richard Nane (16' and 67'); Tchakei Marouf (75'); and Agoro Ashraf (90+2') completed the comeback for the hosts.
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While Amapakabo insists his team never underrated the Togolese, he, however, admits the reality that there is a huge job to be done in the return leg.