Team’s
Media Officer Ben Alaiya, quotes Keshi as saying despite his bold face
on injuries to some of his key players, it turned out that injuries
actually decimated the performance of the team at the tournament.
“I
can’t imagine that my top striker Emmanuel Emenike will miss some of
the goals that we missed and even Ogenyi Onazi was sorely missed, Victor
Moses would have ruined any team here and, of course, several other
players that should have been here could not make it due to injuries.
Among them United States based Bright Dike.
Keshi
then declared that he knows exactly what to do while appealing to
Nigerians to forgive the team for the less than average performance at
the tournament. He promised that the team will come good in the World
Cup qualifiers. “We want to come back here next year and make an impact.
This
is a dress rehearsal and I can assure that the Super Eagles will be
among the top nations when the Brazil 2014 World Cup starts”, he said.
Keshi
also revealed that he has fresh options for the national team when the
team resumes for the final World Cup qualifier match against Malawi in
September.
On his
next move, Keshi says he is ready to qualify Nigeria for the first time
for the African Nations championships meant for players playing in the
local leagues of countries in Africa (CHAN). “We would go back home take
a few days rest and prepare for our CHAN qualifiers against Cote
d’Ivoire in the coming days and hopefully we should be able to make it
through”, he said.
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