Mikel, Oboabona See Better Eagles In 2014

Two of the constant team players in the Super Eagles under Stephen Keshi, Mikel Obi and Godfrey Oboabona, have said they foresee a better national team next year, which is a World Cup year but warned against complacency on the part of the players.

 John Mikel Obi and defence ace Godfrey Oboabona spoke after the friendly against Italy’s Azzurris at the Craven Cottage in London.

Mikel who spoke first declared that Nigeria has the potentials to upset the world at next year’s World Cup, if the players played with the same spirit that enabled the team win the African championship in South Africa early this year.

“The potentials are obvious but we must avoid arrogance and complacency. With that this team will go places”, he said.

Oboabona spoke in a similar vein, declaring that he learnt a lot from playing against the Italians. “I noticed that before any player moves the other person already knows were to run. 

They were very clever with the ball and I told some of my teammates that we must borrow that from them. If we do that with the type of technical crew we have at the moment, our team will go places”.