Coach Stephen Keshi has stated clearly that the African champions
will not settle for anything less than the three maximum points when they take
on Kenya in Nairobi in a crucial 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match today.
A confident Keshi added at the team’s only training session in the
Kenyan capital on Tuesday that the Harambee Stars’ 1-1 draw with the Super
Eagles in the first match in Calabar in March was in the past, and that his
boys retain their focus of earning a ticket to Brazil next year summer.
“We respect the Kenyans for what they achieved when we played in
Nigeria, but I like to state that is in the past. We have forgotten about that,
just as we are not going to be thinking about the fact that we have beaten
Kenya in nine of 11 previous meetings.
“The important thing is that we have a mission here and that is to
pick the maximum points and then go to Namibia to do same. That way, we would
have enhanced our chances of qualification for the World Cup before going to
the Confederations Cup.”
The former Nigeria captain admitted that the team would have loved
to have midfielders Victor Moses and Kalu Uche and striker Emmanuel Emenike
with them in Nairobi, but that his gameplan is not significantly affected.
“Our focus is unaffected and our determination not in anyway
weakened. We were forced to a 2-2 draw by Mexico in a friendly match in America
last week, even without a good number of our regulars.
“On Wednesday, we would go out on the field to do the job and in
the process, do our country proud.”
The Super Eagles flew into Nairobi around 1.20am on Tuesday
morning, from Frankfurt via Khartoum and Addis Ababa, and immediately headed
for their La Mada Hotel secured by the Nigeria Football Federation.
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Super Eagles ought to humble their selfs and win their matches.they looses most matches because the team lark humbleness.
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