Speaking before training commenced on Tuesday
morning at the
FIFA Goal Project site in Abuja, Keshi who started his foreign career in
Cote D’
Ivoire, said the people are passionate about football and they will do
anything
to defeat Nigeria, hence the need to forget the 4-1 win in Kaduna and
concentrate on the return leg.
“The win in Kaduna is history and if you
have
been following the media you will see that they have been making remarks
that
they can also beat us well. We must be ready for their antics and forget
the
past”.
The team is training at the Goal Project because
the
Ivorians had already informed CAF that the return leg will be played on
artificial turf.
Twenty three players trained on Tuesday morning with
only
Godfrey Oboabona exempted by the coaching crew because he had had a
hectic
schedule with his club, Sunshine Stars.
He will join his teammates on
Wednesday
morning, as the players battle for the 20 slots that the coach will take
to
Abidjan for the match.
Also on Monday evening, FC Braga of Portugal
defence ace,
Elderson Echejile, was at the team’s Bolton White Apartmentabode to wish
his
mates and the coaching crew a good outing in Abidjan.
Echejile came in
at dinner
time and went straight to see Keshi, before spending sometimes with most
of his
mates. “It’s to encourage them to excel when they play the Ivorians and I
believe
they can defeat them right there in Abdjan”, he said smiling.
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