Keshi Remain Unperturbed Over Renard Comments.

Nigeria Football Federation, NFF , has remained unperturbed by the statement made by the Head coach of the Zambia coach, Herve Renard, that Nigeria's Super Eagles are ordinary following the team's One - all draw against Burkina Faso in their Group C first match at the African Nations Cup.

Nigeria Football top officials are refusing to be bothered by a statement credited to Zambia Coach Herve Renard on the margin of the tournament, to the effect that the Eagles are ordinary.

Its Chairman of Media and Publicity Committee, Emeka Inyama, said the statement had no weight and the maturity of Nigeria's football players on the field of play would enable the team to win today's match, stressing that Renard was only playing mind games and the refusal of Keshi to reply him showed how matured is the Eagles coach.

 “That statement has no weight; the young man was only playing mind games but our own Coach’s refusal to even dignify him with a reply shows uncommon maturity.

I think such maturity by our players on the field on Friday will determine the match in our favour,” stated Chief Emeka Inyama, chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee.

 Inyama went down memory lane to say that Zambia have not beaten the Eagles at the Africa Cup of Nations in the past 30 years.

 According to him, Zabia defeated Nigeria at the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations but the Eagles booted the Zambians out of the 1990 finals in Algeria and then edged them to win the trophy in 1994.

 It would be recalled that in 2010 in Angola, the Eagles won their quarter final duel on penalty shoot-out.

 “They defeated us at the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations but we booted the Zambians out of the 1990 finals in Algeria and then edged them to win the trophy in 1994. In 2010 in Angola, the Eagles won their quarter final duel on penalty shoot-out.”