Sporting Braga of Portugal left wing back, Elderson Echiejile, was quick to express his tiredness through his twitter handle, @EldersonEch, when the team touch down in Belo Horizone at 3am (8am Nigerian) on Sunday
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Earlier scheduled to arrive on Thursday, the Super Eagles are 48 hours late after a stand-off with Nigeria football authorities on bonuses payable, despite a mutual understanding with the team’s Management on a 50 per cent cut
Officials said on Saturday, before the team left Johannesburg, that Onazi, who was in the team that triumphed at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa earlier in the year and won the Copa Italia with SS Lazio last month, was still being expected to join the squad in South America
The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil begins on Saturday, while Nigeria will play its first game against Tahiti on Monday and later play Uruguay and Spain in Group B
The combative midfielder was ruled out of the tourney due to a knee injury he picked up during the 1-1 World Cup qualifier with Namibia on Wednesday
The refusal of the Eagles to depart their hotel rooms followed what they termed as the paltry sum offered them as match bonus for the game they drew against the Brave Warriors of Namibia in the African Group F qualifier for the 2014 World Cup
Nations Cup. But I believe I can do more, especially with the national team,” said an upbeat Mba when asked about this summer programme
Obi, who spoke to Team Secretary, Enebi Achor, said he would be at the Embassy of Brazil in London on May 27 for his visa
The Flying Antelopes missed several scoring chances in the game before Uzochukwu broke the deadlock with few minutes remaining in the game
Keshi, however believes that his team would continue to grow in strength and maturity
Rangers and Mazembe are part of the eight teams that fell at the CAF Champions League pre-group stage over the weekend and were relegated to the Confederation Cup
Keshi also said there were no updates on his programmes for the World Cup qualifiers and the Confederation Cup as they remain as earlier released
Ogu, who returned from injury to score a goal in his club’s win over Victoria Setubal in a Portuguese League tie at the weekend, stated that he is prepared to lift the national team in the next games
“I would have loved to invite Anichebe (Victor) but I understand he is not ready to play for the Super Eagles now. So, we are looking at the possibilities of calling up either Mike Eneramo or Joseph Akpala to replace Emenike at the Confederation
The Super Eagles players had to process the American visas in Nigeria so that the transition from the United States of America, where they would play an international friendly with Mexico and then back to Germany, their camp site, for the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches and the FIFA Confederation Cup, would be smooth
“For me, I can’t wait to be part of the fiesta because it is every player’s dream to play at that level of the game and I want to make good use of the opportunity
Emenike was making a return from injury for the first time, after injuring himself at the 2013 African Nations Cup, where he finished as the top scorer of the competition, with four goals