Super Eagles star midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has emphasized
the need to concentrate on the next three games instead of whining over last
Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Sudan in Khartoum.
The Chelsea midfield man, who himself was hysteric
immediately after the game in the dressing room, later at the team’s hotel and
even while the team was flying home aboard the chartered Sudan Airways plane,
said the team in particular and Nigerians in general must quickly forget the
ugly past and concentrate on the remaining three games.
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“Why I can’t still believe how and why we lost that game
it’s important to move ahead and for those saying we don’t deserve to be in
Morocco, I think that is unfortunate and we must stop spreading that negativity
because it gets to the team.”
“The pitch we played in was awful. You can’t move, the ball
bounces when you want to control it and when you shoot it goes the wrong direction,
it was a nightmare playing on that pitch”, he said.
Goalkeeper Austin Ejide, spoke in a similar vein but added
that there was need for Nigerians to come together and support the team at
times like this instead of condemning the team.
“It’s at times like this that we need the media and all of
Nigerians but what we hear is condemnation, crucify them. That will not help
the team.”
Hot shot Emmanuel Emenike in his own submission suggested
that countries that do not have good pitches and proper facilities to host
qualifiers should be exempted from the campaign by continental ruling body CAF.
“Where we played on Saturday is worse than when we were
playing street football, CAF must act to stop nonsense like this from happening
and they deliberately took us there because they know we play in better pitches.”
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