The Super Eagles had an early morning splash at their Garden Court Hotel, Cape Town abode before their departure for Bloemfontein, for the semi-final encounter at the ongoing African Nations Championship in South Africa.
All the players, led by Assistant Coach, Dan ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, swam and had very exciting moment in the pool for nearly two hours, just to relax the nerves after the encounter against Morocco.
“It was good but I never made any mistake of going to the deep part of the pool after my experience in Niger Republic,” Ejike Uzoenyi said.
Meanwhile, Moroccan captain, Brahim El Bahri, has described the Super Eagles team at the ongoing CHAN African Nations tourney as one of the best teams he has had to face in his playing career, even as he tipped the Nigerian side for victory.
Speaking at the end of the hair raising encounter between both sides, Bahri said the Nigerians simply refused to give up even when they thought they had won the match and at the end of the day, their indomitable spirit won it for the Super Eagles.
Bahri said the team has learnt quite a lot from their performance in South Africa and will now go back to the drawing board to prepare for the 2015 African Cup of Nations that Morocco will host.
He said: “The lessons are great and we will see how far we can go to win the confidence of the people and regain ourselves for Afcon 2015, which we will host in Morocco. We are sure we will go very far in the tournament.”
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