Team’s
Media Officer Ben Alaiya, quotes Keshi as saying despite his bold face on
injuries to some of his key players, it turned out that injuries actually
decimated the performance of the team at the tournament.
“I can’t imagine that
my top striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss some of the goals that we missed and
even Ogenyi Onazi was sorely missed, Victor Moses would have ruined any team
here and ofcourse several other players that should have been here could not
make it due to injuries. Among them United States based Bright Dike.
Keshi then
declared that he knows exactly what to do while appealing to Nigerians to
forgive the team for the less than average performance at the tournament.
He
promised that the team will come good in the World Cup qualifiers. “We want to
come back here next year and make an impact. This is a dress rehearsal and I
can assure that the Super Eagles will be among the top nations when the Brazil
2014 World Cup starts”, he said.
Keshi also
revealed that he has fresh options for the national team when the team resumes
for the final World Cup qualifier match against Malawi in September.
On his next
move, Keshi says he is ready to qualify Nigeria for the first time for the
African Nations championships meant for players playing in the local leagues of
countries in Africa (CHAN).
“We would go back home take a few days rest and
prepare for our CHAN qualifiers against Cote d’Ivoire in the coming days and
hopefully we should be able to make it through”, he said.
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