Throughout 2013, Super Eagles fans have had both reasons to be confident with
the Super Eagles.
Before long,Stephen Keshi added the finishing touches to the Super Eagles and the side blossomed. Victories over Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and—finally, emphatically—Burkina Faso, placed Nigeria at the top of the tree once again and chanelled us all with the confidence of continental champions.
Since that joyous occasion in Johannesburg, however, reasons for pessimism have crept back into the side’s archives.
The side have, at times, looked to be lacking a creative spark; the strikers were, for a time, toothless and ineffective; once again the federation and the authorities brought the national game into disrepute following the bonus scandal that threatened to derail the Confederations Cup in Brazil.
A easy World Cup qualifying group was also navigated with little elegance, with progression only guaranteed once Malawi were dispatched on the final match day.
That performance and that result, allowed us to forget, for a moment, the failings of the campaign up to that point. My advice, following success against the Flames(malawi), was to “for this week at least, wear your Nigerian shirt with pride, pop your collar like Cantona, walk with chest out-puffed, remind the world who Africa’s champions are.
”The evidence of the recent Cup of Nations suggests that Nigeria should be able to overcome their World Cup qualification rivals. The record books will forever say that the Super Eagles truly kicked off their illustrious Afcon campaign with that 2-0 victory over the Walia Antelopes in Rustenburg; would many bet against similar superiority this time around?against similar superiority this time around?
Before long,Stephen Keshi added the finishing touches to the Super Eagles and the side blossomed. Victories over Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and—finally, emphatically—Burkina Faso, placed Nigeria at the top of the tree once again and chanelled us all with the confidence of continental champions.
Since that joyous occasion in Johannesburg, however, reasons for pessimism have crept back into the side’s archives.
The side have, at times, looked to be lacking a creative spark; the strikers were, for a time, toothless and ineffective; once again the federation and the authorities brought the national game into disrepute following the bonus scandal that threatened to derail the Confederations Cup in Brazil.
A easy World Cup qualifying group was also navigated with little elegance, with progression only guaranteed once Malawi were dispatched on the final match day.
That performance and that result, allowed us to forget, for a moment, the failings of the campaign up to that point. My advice, following success against the Flames(malawi), was to “for this week at least, wear your Nigerian shirt with pride, pop your collar like Cantona, walk with chest out-puffed, remind the world who Africa’s champions are.
”The evidence of the recent Cup of Nations suggests that Nigeria should be able to overcome their World Cup qualification rivals. The record books will forever say that the Super Eagles truly kicked off their illustrious Afcon campaign with that 2-0 victory over the Walia Antelopes in Rustenburg; would many bet against similar superiority this time around?against similar superiority this time around?
I would say, however, breathing cautiously upon your dreams, that we should be wary, very wary about the prospect of taking on Ethiopia. Underestimate these regal greats of the continental game and that ‘Champions of Africa’ title may be feeling fairly hollow as we miss out on Brazil next summer.
Definately,the Super eagles would not dissapoint the fan loving Nigerians...Significantly,
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