Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has cast his eye
on victory over South Africa after describing the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
qualifying match against Congo as a very difficult match.
Speaking in an interview Keshi said that
there were no longer small teams on the continent as the Super Eagles won 2-0
in Pointe Noire to keep alive hopes of reaching next year’s tournament.
You will recall that the defending African
champions were in danger of missing out on Equatorial Guinea 2015 but were
aided by goals from Ikechukwu Uche and Aaron Samuel.
Keshi told Goal that “the game of football
has changed, people are growing, nations are growing. So we have to grow too
and we have to continue with whatever we are doing that we think will make us
good and strong,”
“Our game against the Congo national team was
not bad. Two good sides played the match and I think in the second half we
could have had more goals. We lost some chances in the second half but I give
glory to God that we got the three points we needed in this match.”
Nigeria welcome Bafana Bafana to Uyo in
Wednesday’s must-win final Group A game.
“As regards the last qualifying match against
South Africa, Nigerians should pray for us, they should pray for the players
and they should be patient and they should come out en masse to support their team to win the match. They
should pray for the boys to be in good health and that they should respond well
in the match,” Keshi urged.
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