Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, and striker, Osaze Odemwingie, have reviewed the 1-0 win over Bosnia-Hezergovina on Saturday in the ongoing World Cup and came away with the submission that the team was still yet to play to its full potentials in the Mundial.
Odemwingie said at the post match media parley that the team has what it takes to reach the very final if all of the players play to full potential.
“I saw a Brazilian on the street who told he foresaw Nigeria playing the final against Brazil and I said to myself why not, going by the level of our players and the fact that they are yet to peak,” Odemwingie said.
The Stoke City forward, who scored Nigeria’s only goal in the encounter, said the goal also served as a compensation for his missing out of last year’s Nations Cup in South Africa.
“But mark my words, we have a very resilient defence, a creative midfield and an attack force that can trouble any defence in the world if we play to our potentials we can go all the way,” he declared.
Keshi, on his part, said he will not relent in ensuring that he gets the team in the right mood for the championship.
He said the players are just gradually coming up.
He said: “The annoying thing is that they get criticized unnecessarily back home.
“When that comes from the man on the street, you can understand, but when people who should know like ex-footballers criticize the team, I don’t enjoy it at all.
“But the players have shown that they are good enough for the World Cup.
“But they are yet to play to full potential.”
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