Chelsea star, Mikel Obi, has urged the Eagles to brace up and beat Ethiopia in their next match in order to reach the quarterfinal of the 2013 AFCON, which is underway in South Africa. The Eagles, parading as many as 17 debutantes at the ongoing Nations Cup, have twice allowed their opponents to cancel out their lead at the tournament.
They were pegged back 1-1 by Burkina Faso with virtually the last kick of the ball on Monday. And on Friday, they again allowed Zambia to salvage a precious point in Nelspruit. “We have to learn how to retain our lead. We have to keep concentration and keep doing what we are doing till the end of every game,” Mikel said. “We have to keep improving, we have to keep believing in what we are doing; we have to keep believing in the team.
“We still have a chance to qualify from the group and hopefully, in the last game, we will get the three points we need to qualify for the quarterfinals.” Nigeria’s Under-20 star, Kenneth Omeruo, shone in his first start for his full international game and he revealed that Eagles will have to be focused against Ethiopia on Tuesday in Rustenburg. “The officiating has not been good for us in the last two games and so, we would have to play against the referee in the next game, but we must keep our head up to ensure we get all the three points,” said the Chelsea player on loan.
“It was so unfortunate against Zambia because that was not a penalty, but that game has come and gone. We need to focus on the next,” added Lazio youngster, Ogenyi Onazi. In the meantime, ex-Eagles’ skipper, Sunday Oliseh, has blasted Egyptian referee, Ghead Grisha for awarding Zambia a dubious penalty from which the Chipolopolo drew level with Nigeria on Friday.
“What we saw in the game was a show of shame from the referee, he showed how incompetent he was by choosing to award that penalty to Zambia. He should have consulted his assistants before he took such a decision,” said Oliseh. “It was a dubious penalty but I am optimistic that Eagles will go beyond the group stage by beating Ethiopia in their last game in the group.”
Lov this guys…..Same old story! why didn’t u focus on ZAmbia and BFaso….
YOU CAN LOSS IF YOU LIKE BECOS I WILL NOT WATCH YOU
I dnt care what u guys ar postn the are all lies,hw do u stat imption with#10,450.
By God’s grace Ethiopian game s a must win!
Some body should pls tell Mikel to shut the fuck up! He talks too much and at the end of the day we still hear the same story! Hear the daily headlines from him “we shall humiliate Bokinafaso, Zambia will test the Wrath of Eagles, Zambia can’t escape from Eagle claws, Eagles will take Stallion(Bokinafaso) to the roost, we shall dedicate our victory(against Zambia) to the president, Eagles sang War songs after reading Mr. President’s letter, we shall spell Z-A-B-I-A with goals, the spirit is so high in the camp, anything less than convincing victory will unacceptable! bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pls let him just shut up!!! GBAM!
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The same old story will continue after the match.
The lots of you criticizing Eagles are plain stupid, Peroid
If u like,u guys should win or loss. Super eagles has been on the lossing side right from day 1. We nigerians are tired of u guys. Full of disappointment. We have loss faith in u guys.
MIKEL IS A FOOL,LET HIM GO AND SIT DOWN
we need a win on our next match
“SENATOR Mikel” Should apologize 2 Nigerian 4 Missing the Spot kick that was suppose 2 Give us the much needed 3 Point against Zambia! He is a BIG Foooooooooool! Chelsea My Foot.
Mikel is a good player buh he should have started by apologizing for the penalty he missed and promise to do better in Ethiopian game.
FELLOW COMPATRIOTS,WE SHOULD NOT KILL OUR SELVES BECAUSE OF THE HOPELESS FOOLS
THEY ARE ALL PRETENDERS NONE OF THEM SHOULD SMELL THE NATIONAL COLOR AGAIN
I KEEP ON WANDERING THE MAGIC MIKEL DOES
HE IS TOO SLUGGISH FOR MY LIKING
NO BITE. NO ATTACK.NO GOALS INFACT
TO HELL WITH THEM ALL FOR GIVING US ANXIOUS MOMENTS IN OUR BLOOD. AFTERALL MATCH ALLAWY
10.000 DOLLARS IS NOT A CHILDS PLAY,
The Super Eagle players should work together as a team to ensure our success in today’s encounter, at least 3 – 0 against Ethiopia, good luck Super Eagle.