Nigerian Ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire, Ambassador Jack A.
Bassey, has praised the resilience of the national team in the final leg, final
round round qualifier for the CHAN tournament, in Abidjan at the weekend, declaring that them team made his day by qualifying
for the tournament.
He however had harsh
words for the Moroccan refereeEl Jafaari Nouredine, who officiated the game,
declaring that the penalty he awarded against the Nigerian side early in the
first half which resulted in the seconded goal was suspicious.
Ambassador Bassey who described the Nigerian team as worthy
African champions, also told the them that as a school boy footballer, he believes
that the only way to always win a game is for the Nigerian team to always impose
itself. “We must stop taking our games as home or away, we must go out there
and show our skills which we have aplenty when suspect officiating is playing out and
win whether the referee likes it or not” he declared.
He thanked the Eagles for making his recent elevation to the
position of an ambassador after 28 years of service as ground breaking and
predicted that the team will be the champions of the CHAN tournament in South
Africa early next year.
Leader of delegation and NFF Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh
thanked the envoy for his support and promised that the Eagles will not
disappoint at the CHAN tournament next year in South Africa. “I can
conveniently say here that we will repeat the 2013 feat in South Africa, where
we won the African Cup of Nations and we hope his excellency, the Ambassador
will come home to celbrate with us”.
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