Johnson and Gardner LAGOS, (Reuters):
THE COACHES of Jamaica and Nigeria have promised an attacking game when their teams clash in today's friendly international in Lagos.
"We're going to play fluid, attacking football for the duration of the game," Jamaican coach Carl Brown said yesterday at the team hotel.
"We want to entertain the crowd here in Lagos because football is about giving the fans their money's worth."
The Nigerians beat Jamaica 1-0 in May in London as part of their preparations for the World Cup in June in South Korea and Japan.
Christian Chukwu, Nigeria's newly appointed coach, said he planned to field a "crack attacking line-up".
"I have players who want to take the chance and prove what they can do with the ball when going forward," he said.
It is Chukwu's first home game since he was given the job in August and he dismissed fears that his team would be defensive to avoid defeat.
"On the contrary, my attack is even stronger than the defence," he said.
Since taking over the side, Nigeria have played two games, both ending in draws - 0-0 against Angola and 2-2 with Senegal.
Chukwu did not call up any of Nigeria's top players for today's warm-up which begins at 1:00 p.m. (JA time) but World Cup striker John Utaka of French club Lens and Sweden-based Peter Ijeh are expected to lead the attack.
Utaka has hit a rich vein of scoring form this season while Ijeh has scored 33 goals in 32 games for FC Malmo.
Brown said his squad had been boosted by the inclusion of four of his England-based players, including Bolton Wanderers pair Jermaine Johnson and Ricardo Gardner.
