Both teams are in the final tournament of the championship taking place over three weeks in three cities in the Rainbow Nation, and exclusively for senior professionals playing in the domestic league of their countries
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Keshi told newsmen after the Eagles first practise match since the opening of the camp that time was the biggest problem the team faced in preparation for the championship
The president was speaking against the backdrop of the next major soccer assignment to follow after the Golden Eaglets won the FIFA U-17 World Cup
Yobo, the most capped Super Eagle, praised the team that defeated Ethiopia on Sunday in Addis Ababa for displaying the never say die Nigerian spirit in the rarified air in Ethiopia
Ameobi, in a chat with The Eagle Online at the swimming pool side of the Bolton White Apartment Camp of the Eagles in Abuja, confessed that it took him so long to finally get the opportunity to play for his fatherland, Nigeria, and he considered it a rare privilege and would risk anything to ensure Nigeria emerges victorious against host team, Ethiopia, if he is fielded in the match
Elegbeleye, however, urged the Stephen Keshi tutored team to treat the 2014 World Cup play-off match against Ethiopia with all the seriousness the two-legged matches deserved in order to ensure Nigeria booked her place in the finals of the Mundial in Brazil
Iroha, who also tipped the award holder, Yahaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire
and Manchester City midfield player, to eventually to win this year’s
Africa Footballer of the year a record third time ahead of Nigeria’s
Mikel Obi and others, said the organisers of the event, the
Confederation of Africa Football, may deny Mikel like they denied
Austin Okocha in 2000 and 2004
“As regards the national team recall, let him (Osaze) get a club
first. He has to get a club before we can start talking of bringing
him back to the Eagles’ fold
The Air Afrique flight, which conveyed the team from Lagos to Abidjan, took about 90 to land in smooth condition, with
showers of rain welcoming the team to the city
The official simply asked the Nigerian team to forego filling of the immigration forms and proceed into the city because according to him: “Nigeria is here to win
Newcastle boss, Alan Pardew, said: “The most worrying thing about the game is that it looks like Shola has hurt his arm and is now off for an X-ray. Right now, I don’t know how bad he is. It’s not a position (striker) we can lose someone right now
Competent sources revealed that the Super Eagles’ camp was thrown in a pandemonium as the coaches failed to adhere with their earlier agreement of introducing Austin Ejide for fumbling Vincent Enyeama against Spain
Among dignitaries at the event were the Ivorian Ambassador to Nigeria; the General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Musa Amadu; the Director of Competitions, Dr. Sanusi Mohammed; and the Director Technical, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme, among others
The footballers had rejected the allowance approved for them by the Nigerian Football Federation after two away games with the national teams of Kenya and Namibia as part of the qualification for the World Cup
The NSC boss, who was the Special Guest for the match, used the medium to thank and also commend the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Muktar Lamaran Yero, for showing profound love and interest for the game of football, a reason why he offered to host the match in the first place
Yero, who was accompanied by a retinue of officials, including the state’s Sports Commissioner, declared that he had intended to see the team at training but had to make a detour when he learnt that there would be no training on Friday evening
The player is particularly happy that he has a brighter chance of getting involved in Nigeria’s battle for one of the tickets for the 2014 World Cup, which is getting to a final crescendo with the final group F match against Malawi in Nigeria on September 5, 2013
More were expected as training, which will be twice daily, commences on Monday morning at the training pitch of the National Stadium, Abuja
He spoke further, “It is our lot. No one gave the Dream Team a chance on the way to Atlanta in 1996, especially after they lost 0-3 to Togo in their final friendly in Lagos
The Eagles are majestically perched at the top of Group B of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup following a 6-1 trouncing of Tahiti in Belo Horizonte on Monday evening