The Olympic Eagles drew 1-1 with Tanzania in the first leg encounter at Benjamin Mpaka Stadium and will hope to zoom to next round of qualification for U23 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.

Taofeeq who has been a nightmare to defenders in the Belgian Challenger Pro League this season believes the team has what it takes to overcome their Tanzanian opponent.

The Oyo born forward made this disclosure in a chat with the Media from his base in Belgium on Friday afternoon.

“I believe the Olympic Eagles would get the job done and dusted in Ibadan,” Ishmael Taofeeq said.

“There are good players in the team who are capable of ensuring that Nigerians have something to cheer on Saturday.

“The likes of Nathaniel Nwosu, Success Makanjuola and Ibrahim Sunusi are players I know very well. So the team shouldn’t have problem winning the game,” he added.

Lorient owned Ishmael Taofeeq has already racked up three assists for SK Beveren this season.

Flying Eagles forward, Emeka Chinonso make his long awaited debut for Belgian club, Gent in their 2-1 away win at KV Mechelen to book a place in next season’s Europa League.

Chinonso, a product of Water FC had to wait till last 11 minutes of the game before making his first appearance for the Gent replacing Roman Yaremchuk.

Both Bezus Roman and Tarik Tissoudali had given Gent a two goal lead early in the second half before Verdy Druikj evened the scoreline from the spot.

The lanky forward’s presence upfront helped Gent to protect their slender lead denying Mechelen to complete their comeback.

Gent will now join Club Brugge and Genk to represent Belgium in European football leagues next season.

Chinonso joined Genk with his Water FC teammate, Oladoye Adewale in January after scaling through the trials.

The 19 year Chinonso was part of Nigeria U20 team that participated at the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup in Warsaw, Poland.

Former Flying Eagles star Oladoye Adewale has made his debut for KAA gent in their Jupiler League playoffs ties against Standard Siege which they won 2-0 on Wednesday night in Belgium.

The victory made possible through the goals of Yonas Malede and Roman Yaremchuk in the seventh and 94th minutes has brightened Gent’s hope of stealing the ticket to the Europa conference league which makes its debut in Europe next season.

Adewale’s moment to cherish came came on the 90th minute when he was thrust into the game by Gent head coach.

The flying Eagles Star under Coach Ladan Bosso got the nod in the second half of jupiler league. The water f c Combative Midfieder made instant impression when he came in as interception of pass led to the second goal of the match.

Oladoye needs no introduction, he looked hungry to play his competitive debut arfter he was on the bench in the last game. It could be recalled that, the duo of Adewale Oladoye and Emeka Chinoso signed the dotted lines from water fc Abuja to Gent Fc about not quite long. Nigeria international The likes of Moses Simon, Samuel Kalu, peter Olayinka, Rabiu Ibrahim one time or the other has played for Gent fc .

Top Belgian club side KAA Gent have completed the signing of two Water FC players Emeka Chinonso and Adewale Oladoye for an undisclosed fee, onwardnews24.com can confirm.

Both players are expected to start life with Gent’s reserves team and will also train with the club’s first team.

Chinonso is a centre-forward who made Nigeria’s final squad to the 2019 U20 World Cup in Poland.

Adewale is a lanky defensive midfielder who featured for the most recent Flying Eagles at the U20 AFCON qualifiers in Benin Republic in 2020.

Chinonso and Oladoye, both 20 years are to continue their progress with the top Belgian which has in the past, given more Nigerians, including late Samuel Okwaraji, Taiwo Awoniyi, Moses Simon and Samuel Kalu a run out